title of the project

information on the project
background information on the main subject of the project
a focue group used to get ideas for the project
a mind map excercise to help get ideas
background research into advertising
a map that helps people locate recycling centres
a scheme that rewards people for recycling
like a vending machine only instead of taking money it takes empty recyclable products
a mobile recycling bin
name for my final piece
rough prototypes of the project
the software and hardware i have used to make to project
user testing of the project
my personal views of the project
 
 
 
 
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The low fidelity prototype of the awareness map

 

The awareness map came about when I was thinking of the reasons why someone might not recycle and I thought it could be because people are not aware of where the appropriate recycling points for items are. So I decided to come up with the idea of the awareness map. The idea for the map was to allow people to see 6 different categories, each with a different colour to it. So for example if the wanted to recycle glass they would press the red button, and the red LEDs on the map would light up showing them the exact location of the recycling point.

I did like this idea a lot but did think it had limited capabilities to it, and knew I could make a project that had more depth and character to it and have a stronger story so I kept thinking about recycling and to put a twist on things, as it can potential give me a huge return in the way it can be developed.