- AUCB Student Shop. An online shop for students to sell their crafts. I thought this would be a nice little project which also benefits other students & gains them exposure. Scrapped this idea as I didn't know how many students would be interested in putting work up, & was more taken with my other ideas.
- Skill Swapping. A website for residents of Bournemouth to swap skills / services / equipment in return for something they need ( a favour for a favour ). I thought this could be a good way of strengthening community spirit, & useful for people in the current economic climate. Eventually decided against it as I was unsure how successful it would be, & thought it also held a risk of people abusing the service (borrowing equipment & not returning etc.)
- Clough Smith Rail. A mini site for the company my dad works for, detailing the construction of a £15 million rail depot in Glasgow which my dad was the construction manager for, including; timeline, photos, construction info & facts, infographics etc. and an accompanying booklet. In the end I decided that although this is a nice project, I want something that will really stand out at the end of year show, & I could probably complete this as a summer project instead.
- Beginner Chef. A website for newby cooks & people cooking on a budget. The user selects ingredients they have in the cupboard, & the site comes up with a list of recipes they could make using those ingredients. Scrapped this idea as the cookery website market is already over saturated, & the possibilities for ingredient combinations & recipes is endless, so gathering them all in 12 weeks is unrealistic. Also considered doing it for cocktails which would be more achievable, but didn't think the subject matter was meaty enough for me to get stuck in to for the duration of the project.
- Bin Ads. A bit of a random one, & the only print based idea. This is something I thought about a while ago, shortly after moving into my current student house which backs on to a main road. On the day the bin men are due our whole street is lined with dull grey wheelie bins. The concept of my idea was for the council to sell advertising rights on the bins to various companies, for example red bull might line a main road with bins made to look like red bull cans. I decided against this idea as it was based in advertising & the area I wanted to focus on was web design.
- And finally the idea I chose to present: Help for Haiti iPhone App & Website. Create an iPhone pedometer app which people download from my website & go running / walking with. They then recruit friends & family to sponsor them e.g. 20 pence per mile they run. After each run they upload their distances from their iPhone to my website, where friends & family can track their progress & make their donations.
As always I was apprehensive about speaking in front of the class, but my idea gained a positive response. I was advised not to attempt to develop a functioning iPhone app as 12 weeks is too short a time to learn how to code an app, something which is a challenge for professional developers. Instead I should focus on designing it to look like a functioning app & website, so basically design the concept.
I was also warned about my subject matter seeming outdated by the time it came to the London show, as most natural disasters have a "shelf life" of only three weeks in the media. This has made me decide to let each individual user choose which charity they would like to raise money for.
My presentation PDF:
I was also warned about my subject matter seeming outdated by the time it came to the London show, as most natural disasters have a "shelf life" of only three weeks in the media. This has made me decide to let each individual user choose which charity they would like to raise money for.
My presentation PDF:
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