Exploring Interactions Cycle 2: Iterate

Noortje Habets 4011430 Gert Pasman & Natalia Romero Herrera

Design and research goal

The design goal for this project is the following: I want starters to feel guilty when not separating their organic waste and to feel good when they do. In the previous cycle I did a research on finding out why starters did not separate their organic waste. It turned out that the place to deposit the waste is too far away from their home, it takes too much effort in their busy lives to go there. Besides putting a bag with organic waste in the underground depot results in not knowing where it will go to and what will happen with it. Giving a positive effect on separating and bringing organic waste would encourage starters to actually do so. Also, when separating at home, their smaller houses/apartments will have too much organic waste to do something with. But in the bigger cities, like The Hague, there are not enough possibilities to put your organic waste close to your home. Gathering it togheter with your neighbourhood would be a solution, since everyone can use the amount they need. This is the reason why I picked a social service or product to go on with in cycle two, in which the neighbourhood participates and encourages each other by sharing experiences. This would also bring up the guilt feeling when not participating in something that everyone around you does.

Interaction vision
In cycle two a new interaction vision has been created to include the social aspect of the product idea and to emphasize the guilt part of it. Using the product feels like donating some coins to a person who is collecting for charity. The qualities that come with this interaction vision are: Conscious: the fact that you know about the charity and know that you donated money makes you feel conscious of what you are doing and what for. Which is also the social aspect: you are helping others by donating a small amount of money. Effortless: it only costs little effort to put this few coins into the collecting box Rewarding: it gives a satisfied feeling when you give money to charity: you feel a better person. On the other hand; not participating in using the product feels like not giving any money to someone who is collecting for charity while knowing you have some coins in your pocket. You know that it takes little effort to do so, but you do not because you do not feel like it. After closing the door you will feel guilty, knowing that you did not put this little effort in donating for charity.

Square close to one of the participants house

Design and research activities

The people that participated in my research in the first cycle, all live in the city centre of The Hague. When looking at their surroundings, both of the apartments had a small, but empty, square really close to their home. This space could be a nice opportunity to put a device to gather organic waste from people that live in that neighbourhood and turn it into compost. The device would give the possibility to bring your organic waste to and get compost out of, as well as undertake some social activity with your neighbours. The thought behind is that you actually see and learn what happens with your own organic waste and you can use it for your own purpose again. After doing research on the different ways to make compost and what to do with it, I selected the elements I wanted to include in the design.

This turned out to be too much for just one design. In the Interactive Prototyping workshop a set of cards was made which all had to do with the elements names above. I asked four participants to select on out of 2 cards every time, imagining that they were a starter with a busy life. The cards had to do with social activities, sharing experiences, what elements of making and using compost was found most interesting and in what way they would like to learn about these aspects.

Cards used for Interactive Prototyping workshop

Different aspects that could be used in the design

Based on the outcome of the Interactive Prototyping workshop I decided to focus on: The social aspect o bringing people together o sharing experiences and compost Compost & compost tea (all were curious about compost tea) Learn how, in a visual way Interacting in feeling: o taking compost out o feel warmth The social aspect will cause that people share their experiences with this device and by this encourage people who do not participate yet, to get curious and get motivated to participate as well. Besides a one or two household without a garden will not be able to keep all their organic waste for compost at home.

Concept: Sharecycle
Together with the fact that sometimes there will be more people at the same time using the device, I decided to use multiple bins to put the organic waste in. Hereby when in use, the warmth of the compost, which will be about 50 degrees, will be used to warm a bench which is placed on the other side of the bins. This way people can interact with the device, they can feel and understand the way it works. The bench also encourages do undertake social activities: have a quick talk about your experience with this product. The bins will have an upper and lower lid. In the upper one you can throw your organic waste, out of the lower one your can get the compost. From scratch, this process takes about 3 months, but later on it will be an on going cycle with multiple bins in different stadia. Besides normal compost bins there will be compost bins combined with the possibility to make compost tea. To make compost tea, one has to put water in the bin and take it out from the lower part of the bin: the water will absorb nutrients and run to the bottom of the bin, where you can tap the nutritious water out of the bin an bring it home to fertilize your plants. Shape To design the right shape for the device I made up a few criteria: The design has to represent an on going/ cycle process The device has to be two sided: to dispose the compost and to sit down and feel the warmth I did a form study to decide what the shape of the device would be. I started with organic shapes, in which I tried to create multiple usable sides of the product. A single bench seemed to be too little, which is why I decided to focus on a shape that would have space for a bench multiple compost bins on each side.

From the organic and circular shapes I noticed that some forms would turn out inconvenient when producing the bins and also to place the bench in an open way. After the organic shapes I started with more angular shapes, but still placing them in a way it would suggest a cycle or on going shape.

The shape on thehe bottom left came out best since it really represents a cycle or on going line, but still is made out of angular shapes. This shape has been further developed in SolidWorks.

Dimensions

Dimensions in mm, based on dined database

By use1 of Dined the dimension for the bins and bench were determinDeel

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Light To show whether a bin has good compost to take out or whether it is full or not, lights will be used to interact with the user. A red lid on top means that the bin is full, which also means that the lower lid will be Brussel green: compost can be taken out.

ed. The dimensions are based on the mean dimensions of woman and men in the age of 20 to 30 years. The lid of the bin is at elbow level, De bedoeling is dat je gedurende 2 dagen bijhoudt the bench is based on the sitting dimensions.

Dag 1
Ik heb vandaag bijgehouden:

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Ontbijt Lunch Diner Tussendoor

Wat voor groen afval heb je vandaag weggegooid?

o Schillen/ andere resten Light use in Sharecycle o Eierschalen o Theezakjes Warmth technology o Bedorven eten/oud

DAG I

- ontbijt :

eischillen appelschillen (voor de hondjes) bananenschil nasi goreng leftover thee zakjes eischillen beetje tomaat en ui resten

- lunch :

Through the compost bin there will run tubes with hot water or air o Leftovers that will go along the back o Overig: . and possibly seat of the bench, where they will release their heath. The temperature of the compost can get up Heb je enig wat het gewicht is van wat to about 50idee degrees, but the air orjewater in the tubes will also loose weggegooid hebt? het aantaltubes kg. warmth when transferring. Schat By placing underneath the sitting surface, the warmth will be transferred through the material. 500gr The Sharecycle will be made of a heat conductive plastic, preferably recycled plastic. The bin-side will be well isolated so that most of the warmth can be captured by the tubes and led to the bench.
Hoe voel je je na het weggooien de gewone van groen afval in

Ventilation & water

prullenbak

Light use on Sharecycle avondeten : eischillen aardappelschillen champignon restjes tomaat en ui restjes doppen van boontjes

Raster in compost bin

Niet anders normaal Whenothrowing in dan different layers of wet and dry organic waste, the composting process will start on itself. What is needed is oxygen, also o Schuldig to prevent bad smells. The bottom of the recycle bin itself will be proo Verantwoord videdowith a raster, which allows air. This raster also has the function of Trots letting water through. When pouring water on top of the compost, the o Bewust compost tea can be easily captured at the bottom of it. The water will o Verplicht run through the compost en in the end leak through the raster, so only situatie ik bang.. theToelichting: nutritious water will afhankelijk be left. Theben reservoir slopes down, so all the In Zuidby Amerika ging ik tap. er namelijk heel verantwoord mee om water can be captured opening the doordat je in je omgeving veel afval zag rondslingeren. Als ik in Besides the water that will be thrown into the compost bin, the resereen situatie zou wonen waarbij mijn groente afval voor pervoir will also capture rain from the sitting surface. There will betuintje) a few dan soonlijk hergebruik kan worden ingezet, (kippen, small holes in itzou where the water can drain into the reservoir. ik het veel sneller doen. Ook als het groente afval in mijn
straat wordt opgehaald. (dus eigenlijk, hoe makkelijker het voor mij word gemaakt, hoe sneller ik het zou doen)

Communication Dag 2
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The user will be informed once about what he or she can put in the Sharecycle. On the Sharecycle itself they can find instructions on how to use the Ik heb vandaag bijgehouden: product.

Deel 2 De bedoeling is dat je naast je vuilnisbak een extra zak/bak neerzet waarin je groen afval scheidt. Aan het eind van de dag weeg jehet totale gewicht van deze zak (die je daarna vervolgens natuurlij k netjes leegt bij de groencontainer).
eischillen theezakjes leftovers (beetje hutspot) veel appelschillen bananen schil avocadoschillen broodrestje

Wat voor groen afval heb je vandaag weggegooid?

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Schillen/ andere resten Eierschalen Bedorven eten/oud Theezakjes Leftovers koffie Overig: .

Heb je enig idee wat het gewicht is van wat je weggegooid hebt? Schat het aantal kg.

300gr

Hoe voel je je na het weggooien de gewone prullenbak ?

van groen afval in

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Niet anders dan normaal Schuldig Verantwoord Trots Bewust Verplicht

Omdat ik niet veel afval heb voel ik mij niet schuldig, maar ik ben wel bewust van het feit dat als ik elke dag een beetje groente afval heb, dat het best snel kan opstapelen naar een kilo. Dus eigenlijk zou het gewicht niet moeten uitmaken maar de instelling altijd hetzelfde: afval scheiden, dan zit je sowieso goed.

Toelichting:

Conclusions & what is next Dag 1

In Ik this a bijgehouden: concept was designed that fulfils the needs and wants heb cycle vandaag of starters living in a city centre. The Sharecycle is a easy to use and o Ontbijt interesting product. It attracts the attention, which also is a nice trigger o Lunch to start with separating organic waste, and to share experiences with Diner your o neighbours. o next Tussendoor In the cycle the technical specifications for the warming system and the light system in the lids will be elaborated. Besides there will be Wat voor groen afval heb je vandaag weggegooid? a small material and colour study to find the right material with a good thermal conductivity. After the right material has been found, the thicko Schillen/ andere resten ness o and production process of the Sharecycle can be determined. It Eierschalen could be that the shape of the Sharecycle changes a little. The main o Bedorven eten/oud focus in the next cycle will be on the communication to the user: where o Theezakjes and how will the information be placed on the product. o Leftovers
o Overig: .
Hoeveel kg groen afval heb je vandaag gescheiden? .. kg

Dag 2
Ik heb vandaag bijgehouden:

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Ontbijt Lunch Diner Tussendoor

Wat voor groen afval heb je vandaag weggegooid?

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Schillen/ andere resten Eierschalen Bedorven eten/oud Theezakjes Leftovers Overig: .

Hoeveel kg groen afval heb je vandaag gescheiden? .. kg

net geen kilo ! 950gr

200gr

Hoe voel je je na het scheiden van het groen afval?

Hoe voel je je na

het scheiden v

an het groen afval?

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Niet anders dan normaal Schuldig Verantwoord Trots Bewust Verplicht

omdat 950gr nog best veel is als het gaat om een dagelijkse hoeveelheid groente afval.. maar ook bewust doordat je er dus ook iets aan kunt doen wat degelijk effect kan hebben.

Toelichting:

Niet anders dan normaal Schuldig Verantwoord Trots Bewust Niet echt een schuldgevoel omdat ik vandaag niet veel afval heb.. ook niet Verplicht trots, want heb gewoon niet veel geToelichting: geten.
maar nog steeds wel bewust van gisteren dat het tot mijn verrassing nog best veel afval kan zijn die je kunt scheiden en voor een goed doeleinde kan gebruiken !

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