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Statement intent: diaper project
11/06/06
To reduce diaper waste the diaper recycling service will be introduced to community in San Francisco. To have a successful diaper service the service will meet users’ key concerns about diapers are: Ease, Environment, Health, and Cost. The system provides users easier diaper purchasing and disposal. The goal of the system is not only reducing diaper waste but also providing people beneficial diaper information and an easier system to use diapers.
In order to spread out the system among people a public campaign and information of the diaper service are important. People are interested in information that is useful for them depending on the time i.e. pregnancy or new parent, they need to know different types of information. For instance pregnant women might want to know information of diapers and the diaper service to prepare for their baby and those information should be posted at pregnant class, hospital, baby retail stores and so on. (New born moms- easy and convenient @ baby store, magazine, TV /Others and mothers- environments impact of diapers @ transportation area, macy’s, IKEA, day care centers ) So it is necessary to spread out information at appropriate places in order to get their attention and awareness of diapers.
Besides the public advertising, it is important to consider the convenience of the service and the efficiency of diapers and related products, which are provided by the service. The products provide easier, healthier life and relieve environmental impact. The key points are no smell, easy ordering, and easy disposing.
We have considered the following in what is necessary to make this project a reality:
Business development- cost, non profit, funding/sponsorship, resources of existing business i.e. cloth diaper services.
Information system- system booklet explaining business, recycling process and service, pamphlet of basic info for new parents in hospital within a gift pouch, pamphlet released publicly i.e. OBGYN, natural resources, planned parenthood, baby stores, weekly pamphlet of updates delivered each week with new diapers & pail, printed diapers.
Advertising/Outreach- follow system of education on service done by SF recycling program, public recognition- newspaper ads, magazines (SF magazine), T.V. commercials, bus, street, BART, events/stores.
Service Products- weekly recycling box, travel bags, diapers made from recycled & natural materials, promotional toys, printed diapers with information /patterns /recipes/happy facts etc, uniform, facilitating high use such as day care- diaper containment.
Graphic Identity/Name- branding for continuity of service products
Environment- testing within home environment- technology & interaction, focus group, delivery & pickup.
Deliverables
We have decided to recognize all of the above and represent them as considerations of our project. The following are the prototypes we are continuing with.
Story book- Extended brief on service
Gift pouch- Hospital pamphlet & introductory diaper
Hospital pamphlet- Simple explanation of service and diapering health
Representation of Ads-Magazine ad
Printed diaper-Example of information diaper
Recycling box/travel bag-Functioning box with charcoal
Promotional toys- Odor free sample
Environment- In home
Lifecycle Photo/Video Permission form
Please use this form if you plan to use any of your interview images as part of your final project that will be on display at CCA or The Thoreau Center for Sustainability. This only applies to private interviews, not images that you took in public places. It is especially important for Barbie and Diaper teams if you are using images of children as you must have permission to use them publically.
Contact the person (or parent) and let them know that you are sending 2 copies of the form and that they need to return one to you signed (or do it in person) as soon as they receive it. Turn in the returned forms to Katherine for CCA’s records.
Filed under: Palm
GOAL: To connect purchasing and end-of-life behaviors through cell phone leasing program.
o Increase user satisfaction with cell phones and service providers by giving them the opportunity to try out models before purchasing or during leasing.
o Reduce valuable electronic waste going to landfill or sitting in homes. (By ensuring cycling through leasing program)
o Increase pressure on manufacturers to make cell phones easier to repair and disassemble (shell, hardware, and software) by moving responsibility up to the service provider.
IN-STORE ADD-ON ENVIRONMENT
Adding in-store testing environments for customers to try models and
sign-up.
Next Steps
1) Use floor plan to design experiences based on the analogies below.
2) Test layouts and renderings of the 3 top ranked design and test in nave at CCA or public location. Role play and discuss findings with T-mobile employees at Van Ness St or Powell St store.
3) Use feedback to focus on one design direction. Use computer modeling to iterate.
4) Finalize design and decide final prototyping approach.
5) Test prototype and document more in depth.
6) Analyze findings and prepare for presentation of entire experience.
INTERNET MAIL ORDER EXPERIENCE
Internet & mail experience (story board of experience)
Next Steps
1) Collect questionnaires from screen prototype and packaging prototypes sent out and discuss feedback.
2) Further develop characteristics of experience to finalize storyboard.
3) Test storyboard along with in-store experience to get feedback on this part of the service.
4) Analyze findings and prepare for presentation of entire experience.
As you all know by now, attendance for the class is important and required. If you need to miss a class for any reason, please contact me at klambert@cca.edu or at 415-336-9054. You are allowed one excused and one unexcused absence before your grade starts to fall because of missing class. When you e-mail me the day of class to let me know that you won’t be there, it is an unexcused absence. Having me approve an absence several days, if not weeks in advance, is an excused absence. If you are ill and you have a doctors note, it will count as an excused absence. I hope this helps for those of you who need my contact information.
The Thoreau Center for Systainability in the Presidio of San Francisco will host an exhibition of our work from this studio after the end of the semester! The show will be from January 11th, 2007 – January 30th, 2007. We will have an opening for the show on January 11th from 6:00-8:00pm at the Thoreau Center. www.thoreau.org, is the link so that you can check out what the organization is all about.
In the meantime, please save the dates in your calendars……we can begin installing the show on January 9, 2006. If you have any questions please contact me, Katherine Lambert at klambert@cca.edu
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Here is our home movie from the dump.
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