The next step of the project was to create the brief and have clarity to what I am problem I am designing for.
Before the brief got set, I defined the problem, and this was to get the ideas in my head down on paper and have a clear focus for what I wanted to do. From the research it was clear what I wanted to focus in on, due to my own personal experience and also from the research that I done. Using different methods that we learnt in class I was able to frame my design challenge, then create a user need statement. These will help my thinking from now in the project.
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Problem: Students struggle to concentrate in class due to poor health and lifestyle
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User Need Statement: As a university student, I need to have a better lifestyle, so that I can concentrate in class.
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After doing some more research and discovery, I have decided that I wanted to take the project in a new direction. I found that although students concentration is a big problem, It has a lot of aspects and I thought that it would be too much to cover in the time that we have for this project. I have found that students struggle to organise their days due to the increased freedom they have from when they lived with their parents. University students struggle with remembering at balancing things like house chores, doing shops, having a routine, and remembering important things ,and instead I have decided that I am going to centre my focus on this problem instead. I think that it is more viable for this project and I can really have a good crack at making a solution.
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Problem: University students struggle with the increased responsibility of living without parents
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How Might We: Help students organise and remember their tasks for the day
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User Need Statement: As a university student, I need to organise my day, so that I can get all my tasks done.
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