Approaching the set methods to create our prototype we first faced which prototyping resources would be the most effective form of communication with the User Groups conveying the set message of air quality activism in an easy approachable format.
A Prototyping model is built, tested, and then reworked as necessary until an acceptable prototype is finally achieved from which the complete system or product can now be developed. (SearchCIO)
As outlined our approach to prototyping our concept would have to convey effectively our concept while being open to change depending on the user’s feedback, for this Marvel seemed an appropriate resource for prototyping allowing a visual and easy to use fundamental app dashboard concept façade to be displayed and tested by the user groups hopefully allowing easy understanding and honest feedback, to fully display our concept Marvel provided a good displaying platform however to fully depict our concept Adobe Photoshop is also a reliable and efficient prototyping tool to allow concept images to be displayed in a real world image environment to further engage the audience.
To create our prototype our team had to decide on a format that is accessible to a wider audience of pedestrians and commuter of various ages, to effectively target both a pedestrian and commuter audience the prototype would be in two part with two member primarily in each while also working and assisting the other part of the prototype. A Marvel App is to be designed on edition for pedestrians and one for commuters displayed on the adverting space already existing on current bus tops.
To promote air quality activism displaying of accessible information is crucial in engaging the user audience along Gosforth high street both pedestrian and commuter. This is to educate and promote community matters such as air quality pollution in the surrounding neighborhood by creating a need to talk and address these issues which are held back due to the current difficulty of interputating the existing data generated by the air pollution censors already fitted along Gosforth high street and projected by Newcastle’s Urban Observatory.