Practical Outputs: research, development and
practical coursework made in preparation for the
Final Project. The coursework needs to build on the
critical feedback received in the previous semester
by being presented in a professional format with
attention to detail. (50%)
The brief 2:
You will prepare and submit a PowerPoint presentation to
include both slides and voiceover of your practical work that
you have continued to develop during the semester. In this
presentation we expect to see practical work that is highly
developed, carefully considered and well presented. The
practical work will have undergone a period of experimentation
in semester 1 as well as refinement in semester 2 so that it is on
track to demands the requirements in the summer semester.
The presentation should be for a maximum of 15 minutes
duration.
Tutorial 1
• Build up a storyboard for the Practical Output (50%
of grade) as a presentation. We will do the wireframe
of the presentation document (to be delivered in PPT).
We will create and present the storyboard of the final
presentation.
Notes
• The purpose of this part of the assignment is to allow you to present your practical
work in a professional format that you might find within a professional pitch situation
and to be able to speak about it in an articulate and well-prepared way.
• The emphasis on this element is that you are going to be submitting a presentation of
your studio practice. The intended audience for this presentation can be imagined as a
client to whom you are showing where the development of the project has got to.
• It is not a presentation that needs to explain everything that has gone into the
development of the project as that would not be appropriate in a professional setting.
If it had been a fixed and physical exhibition as originally planned, you would be
showcasing the designs and how they respond to the requirements of what the
project is designed to achieve.
• In essence, you are trying to ‘sell’ the project and where it has got to in its
development to the viewer of the presentation. Imagine that we are not academic
staff assessing this presentation, but we are your client or another interested party,
that you need to show and convince them of the efficacy of your project.
Storyboards: A series of drawings or pictures
that visualize a particular sequence of events.
This might include common situations where a
service/product/event/offering is used to
thought to be used.
INTRO SLIDE:
• Title of presentation, date,
presenter name
https://www.bates.edu/helpdesk/2011/05/14/powerpointpresentation-tips/
OUTLINE SLIDE:
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Main points of what you will talk about
Then follow the structure you’ve laid out
Start broad, finish specific
Rank Information (What NEEDS to go on the slide)
Simplify
CONTENT SLIDES:
• Cover detailed information based on your outline
• As many slides as you need, as many as 1-2 per
minute
• Remember Powerpoint is more visual than
verbal: “a picture is worth a thousand words”
FINAL SLIDE:
• Audience will likely take away the last thing you say
• So make a point to have the last slide be meaningful
& provide contact information for followup?
• Pose a question for discussion?
• Finish with a joke/or light hearted conclusion?
TEXT SLIDES:
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Highlight your presentation, don’t create a substitute for it
Bullet points, not complete sentences
4-6 points per page
No large blocks of text, audience stops listening, and reads
Consider showing one point at a time, using animation helps the audience focus on what you are saying
IMAGES:
• Avoid clip art… everyone has seen it before, lacks
emphasis
• Images should be good: not pixilated, out of focus, too
dark Crop to remove distractions
GRAPHS/DIAGRAMS:
• Make them as simple as possible
• To be grasped in just a few moments, not studied at
length
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7 Ways to Structure Your Presentation to Keep Your Audience Wanting More
7 Ways to Structure Your Presentation to Keep Your Audience Wanting More
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Introduction
The purpose of the report is to describe how to design an application to reduce food
wastage effectively. According to the latest edition of the State of Food Security and
Nutrition in the World, 820 million people go to bed hungry every day. The situation
is getting worse because of the coronavirus outbreak. “The COVID-19 reveals the
significant inequalities in the UK food supply and distribution system, as well as the
vulnerability of the food charity system.” (Power, Doherty, Pybus and Pickett,
2021). Furthermore, food waste not only causes significant economic losses but also
causes serious harm to the environment, having become one of the primary sources of
carbon emissions. A key finding indicated by Food Wastage Footprint that The
amount of water required by the food that is produced but not consumed each year is
similar to the yearly flow of the Volga River, and it emits 3.3 billion tonnes of
greenhouse gases into the earth’s atmosphere. Therefore, it is necessary to create an
application that allows those who want to purchase food that is redundant or
unnecessary by others at a low cost, as well as to provide ways to assist those in need.
This study will describe the methodology and practice used thus far, as well as
demonstrate how the app operates to circulate food and help those who are hungry.
Methodology
Priority is given to think out what kind of operating mode and function the application
needs to effectively solve the problem of food waste and help hungry people. During
the rampant Covid-19, certain districts imposed a mandatory city-blocking policy, and
a huge number of physical enterprises and public areas were forced closed at the
government’s request. However, food is a necessity for survival. Because of the
inability to eat inside and the risk of infection, the only option left is take-out service.
To Investigate whether the frequency of use of the takeaway express-related
application has increased during the Covd-19 to determine if the takeaway function
can be used as the primary function. It primarily targets people between the ages of 18
and 45. These are the people who have the highest demand for low-cost goods. For
example, college students need to save on school expenses, and housewives need to
take care of their families. They are also the main group of people who use electronic
devices.
In addition, Food banks are popular in advanced nations. There are no professional
organizations dedicated to assisting the hungry in China. Instead, the Red Cross has
assumed responsibility for all public welfare projects. Food banks are the main
facility for helping the hungry, so researching and analyze how they operate will be
extremely beneficial in designing a function to help the hungry. Analyzing related
applications to take advantage of their strengths and avoid their weaknesses during the
initial phase of application design, as well as investigating the steps of designing a
professional application prototyping, will greatly aid in developing a successful and
qualified product. Adobe XD will be used as the core prototype design for software,
and other designs mission will be completed in Adobe AI.
Findings/Results
As is shown in the graphic, regarding people who were already increasing delivery
frequency. While the highest age bracket was 18-34, which netted 60% of participants,
the second-highest bracket was, interestingly, 35-54 at 30%, which represents half of
18-34, the lowest bracket, 55-and-up only at 10%. However, there were substantial
differences between the delivery frequency that were already increasing and the
delivery frequency that was planned to increase. In March 2020, 26 percent of people
who plan to increase delivery frequency were 18-34 age group; 35-54 age group
constituted 40 percent, and 55and overs 34 percent.
Fig.1. Share of people who plan to increase their use of food delivery services due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in
Great Britain in March 2020, by age, 2020
In contrast, there is a significant difference between before and after the 18-34 age
group, which had the highest and lowest percentages of already and planned
respectively. Although the age group of 55 and above had the lowest percentage of
already increasing delivery frequency, they began to plan to increase the frequency of
delivery in March, and the number increased from 10% to 34%. There is only a slight
upward in the 35-54 age group, but it still becomes the highest in the planned increase
delivery frequency. According to the findings, the COVID-19 has increased overall
demand for delivery, and the increased population is primarily in their thirties, which
is slowly approaching saturation. As a result, the planned increase of groups are
people who do not usually use them, such as the middle-age and the elderly. This also
shows that it is feasible to use the takeaway and food transaction function.
Food bank research
The main food bank in the UK is nowadays known as’ ‘The Trussell Trust’. “Their
mode of operation: mainly depends on external funds and food (non-perishable)
donations. When the food arrives, the volunteers will distribute and store the food.
After the applicant passes the professional appraisal, they will receive the food
voucher and receive the emergency food for 3 days. ” (The Trussell Trust. 2021).
Regarding the food bank’s issues, there is only one food bank in a broad area and only
accepts non-perishable food. Then it can only be used by people who have been
identificationed. Although the website claims that food can be donated online, in fact,
it only accepts monetary donations (Fig.2), ordinary users will find this to be a burden
and make them reluctant to donate. This indicates that although it has helped hungry
people, it has less effect on reducing food waste. The solution I proposed is to allow
individual users to freely sell food that they no longer require, which can reduce waste
and generate revenue for users. Furthermore, the application can alleviate the food
bank’s pressure to distribute food and allow more people to participate in the
consumption of excess food.
Fig. 2. Online food dontation website. 2021. Bankuet.
Working processes
The software will have an important take-out function after investigation and analysis.
Large supermarkets will offer low-cost food that is about to expire, and users can sell
excess food to each other. The first step after establishing the concept is to create a
user journey map and information that will be of great assistance. By imagining the
user’s experience, a user journey map can demonstrate the feasibility and understand
the user’s needs(Fig.3), then create a preliminary wireframe prototype for the
software(Fig.4).
Fig. 3. User Journey Map. 2021. Own Image.
Fig. 4. initial wireframe prototyping. 2021. Own Image.
The next step is to give the software a name and design a logo. The name should be
easy to remember and include the software’s features so combining the pronunciations
of the terms ‘easily’ and ‘save’ into ‘ezave’. The logo was inspired by preztel.
Furthermore, the letters e and z can be combined with handwritten styles to from a
love shape (Fig.5). Most people can intuitively associate charity, environmental
protection, and food through the surrounding questionnaires based on the shape of the
logo and the use of light green without being told the meaning of the logo.
Fig. 5. logo mockup. 2021. Own Image.
The second semester’s task is to create a complete framework prototype for the
application. As a result, the final stage is to perfect the framework. Add the basic
colors firstly, then optimize the preliminary wrieframe(Fig.6).
Fig. 6. Seocnd wrieframe Prototype. 2021.Own image.
However, serious issues were discovered after investigating the applications related to
the food bank. The majority of the software is incomplete, which is inconvenient for
people who need to apply for food. As a result, it is meaningful to add a complete
food bank function in the app. Subsequently, The prior design’s results were sorted
and evaluated to create a new information architecture that demonstrate how my
digital service operates in response to a user’s navigation across it（Fig 7).
Fig. 7. New Information Architecture. 2021. Own Image
Finally, the interface was redesigned with new information architecture to rethink the
needs of users, modify the design style into a flat design and remove redundant
elements to make the it simple and no longer uncluttered(Fig.8&Fig9).
Fig. 8. Final wireframe prototype. 2021. Own Image
Fig. 9. Final wireframe prototype mockup. 2021. Own Image
Discussion
The applied framework has been essentially finished at this point, following
continuous investigation and analysis, but the project lacks testing, so changes to the
framework are still possible. Moreover, the design of the application prototype is a
complex project. It combines a series of interconnected designs such as logo design,
icon design and interaction design. As a result of the uneven distribution of time,
logos, icons, and illustrations require more energy to adjust and redraw. As a beginner
in this field, there are still significant challenges, particularly with regard to the user
interaction experience and standard interface design requirements of the application,
and additional research is required to lay the groundwork for the final qualified
product.
Furthermore, in the current situation, this project can increase food circulation to
reduce waste and has potential commercial benefits. The application’s main functions
are take-out and food transaction services (users can also choose to pick them up),
which avoids the impact of the COVID-19 and instead helps the application expand
the market. Because it allows those who must be quarantined to not worry about
running out of food during the quarantine period, and it protects ordinary users from
infection. In addition, , more people may prepare their own meals at home, which will
only affect software that sells ready-to-eat meals, such as Uber Eat. ‘Ezave’ can
provide food materials to users and balance food distribution by trading surplus food
among users. However, there may be competition and similar functions when
comparing similar software. Fortunately, current related software such as “Too good
to go” and “Karma” have single functions and are unable to entice users to use them
indefinitely. And ‘ezave’ will include a reward system and a community system.
Users can earn points by sharing activities in the community to keep them in
exchange for rewards.
Ezave has the potential to attract outside funding because it aims to help the hungry,
and those with limited financial resources can purchase food at a low cost. The app
will have a lot of donation function that will allow capable people to assist them. Most
importantly, ezave has a fully optimized food bank assistance application system that
can work with local food banks to make it easier for hungry people to apply for food.
Conclusion
To confirm that take-function is indeed working in the COVID-19, we performed to
analyse the graphic. Food can be traded between users via takeaway or self-collection
in the event of an epidemic. Food recycling helps to reduce food waste. After further
investigation into the food bank, it was discovered that there is no user-friendly
application or query mobile application. Therefore, in order to help the hungry people
more effectively, ezave will include donation and food bank application functions.
Although the current general framework has been completed, many details still need
to be improved, and the next step of the design will be completed in the future with a
thorough understanding of interface design specifications and interaction design. The
ezave project will help developers improve their design skills. At the same time, it is a
project that is both commercially viable and beneficial to society. Users can enjoy
low-cost food while also saving food and protecting the environment. Some users
who require assistance can easily locate a foodbank and apply for free food through
ezave.
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