We presented our project for artefact today. Since I am still developing the material, Kyung hwa gave me the advice to involve some community members to co create the recipe for the coffee biocomposite, turning this project into a community collaborative project. And potentially, encourage people to make their own compost bucket out of the common ingredients at home.
The idea sounds great in theory, I would love to involve people from the community to codesign the product. However, the idea of letting people DIY their food compost bin seems hard to realize. How many people are willing to spend a lot of time to make a disposable compost bin at home every week? My idea was to create a compost bin that are disposable so people don’t have to deal with the bring to bank scheme that most councils in London are using. People in London live a very fast paced life, I am not sure how many people will even have time for making something that will be consumed so frequently.
I do agree that since my target users are people from my community, it is important to involve community members to help tackle the issue of waste management together. But maybe I can think about other ways to get people involved.
RCA Graduate diploma 2019 