At this point, we were sure of the need that we wanted to solve, and how we wanted to solve it:
Need we wanted to solve:
Newcomers are expected to learn so much when they move to a distant place that they lose confidence in their value as community members; they need to feel comfortable and empowered as a community member in the new urban setting.
How we wanted to solve it:
By creating a desktop app that would act as a cultural bridge, allowing newcomers to share their cultural knowledge and skills with other members of their community. Our designs went through various iterations of serial prototyping, as shown below. These designs were enriched by feedback from the course staff, peers from our design studio, and from other members within our team itself.
