Lawnless

Background

Native ecology across the world is being endangered and damaged by climate change, deforestation, pollution, and over-development. The degradation of native ecosystems/habitats has devastating effects on all species of life, including human beings. Restoration of native ecosystems and protection of existing habitats can help slow and prevent further anthropogenic damage.

OBJECTIVES

There is a severe lack of understanding related to these subjects. Many people struggle to comprehend the scope or context of the problems and potential solutions. Currently available resources are frequently inaccessible, overly complicated, or do not supply enough support to users. By designing a product which allows users to easily digest information, design their own projects to impact change, and receive support from their local communities, we can provide a valuable resource to empower the public to protect native ecosystems.

CHALLENGES AND SOLUTIONS

• Challenge: Providing information in an understandable and easy to digest format, keeping context in mind.
• Solution: Research user feedback regarding other information sources strengths and weaknesses.
• Challenge: Designing an application to allow for easily designed user projects.
• Solution: Research user feedback regarding other design products’ strengths and weaknesses.
• Challenge: Keep users motivated and moving forward on projects.
• Solution: Find user pain points in design process and address using simple application and support team of experts. Create gallery for sharing progress and viewing others’ progress.