Compostr
2022 Hackathon Winner
Group Brainstorm
Our team had multiple thoughts on different sustainability issues that we could solve. I created a FigJam file where we could add our ideas and vote on our favorite app idea.
Click below to see my team’s full brainstorm and notes
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1YbR4HPpBUk2hwMvPL9c1ZgT4z598ZdZrj5vq24V6n6E/edit?usp=sharing
The designers and engineers got together to brainstorm which features will be important for our product. This is where I made sure that we stayed on task and came up with ideas that the team was comfortable executing. Since we didn’t have enough time to do everything, I encouraged us to narrowed our task down to the MVP which was a Compost Finder, then add features once we finished incorporating that.
Our User
The Problem: The Critical Environmentalist has trouble finding the resources and motivation to compost.
The UX design team got together for a design studio. My idea of listing options to select a compost weight (rather than manually inputting it) was used in the final design as we decided it would cause less friction to select a size rather than weighing it and inputting an exact amount..