Log Week 6
Sketching
This week we began to pull all of our ideas together into sketches and a final storyboard for our choice of project. We had a range of ideas between us, all inspired by our previous research into cycling projects in the past/present.
Our ideas
Some of our ideas were the likes of using barometers to collect data of cyclists going by, animated signposts in which a thumbs up/down could be registered by the sign to see if people were to find it interesting or not, resulting in either more facts on the post or a link to a website/ twitter page in which people can leave positive feedback. We also came up with simpler ideas like bluetoothing/ airdropping people facts on their phones at certain points on the road so they are able to see benefits of the potential project, or even simple posters put up around Heaton to catch people’s attention or on buses.
Our Feedback From our Mid-term Presentation
Along with our seminar work we also completed our midterm presentation this week. We felt like this went okay and we got a lot of helpful feedback. From this feedback we realise we should do some more research into all aspects of our project, including other projects like ours from which we can get more inspiration, bus timetables and routes so we can supply the knowledge of other alternative transport methods to driving and needing to park along Heaton Road. We want to include more pictures from our site visit and our meeting with Julie and Mark, this wasn’t asked of us but came from our own personal reflection on the presentation. One final point given to us was to think about where we will display our signs.
Hello team, good to see your thinking is coming along nicely. There is some real potential for innovation in your project, in the way you might put something up locally. As you say, finding some more examples of innovative concepts and other services out there will give you further clarity about possibilities and positioning. More on that also in our presentation feedback. Great work – keep it up.
Hi team, glad you found the feedback from the presentation helpful, and pleased to hear how your ideas are taking shape. I like how you also reflected on the presentation beyond our comments – I would encourage you to keep doing that as it’s a really important skill. Keep up the good work.