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Greenfun Mobilní aplikace by Xingcheng Zhu

Greenfun Mobilní aplikace by Xingcheng Zhu is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2024 Železná cena A' Design Award in Mobilní Competition Category.


ŽelezoMobilní· 2024

Greenfun Mobilní aplikace

by Xingcheng Zhu

Client: XC Studio

Železná cena A' Design Award Winner in Mobilní Category

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The Design

About Greenfun Mobilní aplikace

Greenfun je mobilní aplikace navržená na podporu péče o rostliny a zvyšování environmentálního povědomí. Uživatelé pomocí chytrého telefonu identifikují rostliny ve svém okolí a osvojují si jejich digitální verze v osobní zahradě. Rozšířená realita ukazuje, jak se rostliny mění v průběhu čtyř ročních období, zatímco lokalizační technologie pomáhá najít rostliny k osvojení v okolí. Přátele lze pozvat k účasti na přírodních aktivitách a zahrady lze navštěvovat za účelem výměny rostlin. Kredity získané těmito aktivitami poskytují slevy při nákupu skutečných rostlin.

The Recognition

About the Železná cena A' Design Award

Greenfun Mobilní aplikace je vítězem Železné ceny A' Design Award, prestižního uznání udělovaného dobrým designům, které splňují profesní a průmyslové požadavky očekávané od dobře navržených výtvorů. Železní vítězové prokazují velké dovednosti, vysokou specializaci, odborné porozumění a tvůrčí kapacitu svých tvůrců. Očekává se, že Greenfun Mobilní aplikace bude vysoce ceněným, obdivovaným a oblíbeným výtvorem, který je praktický a inovativní. Tento design, který získal Železnou cenu A' Design Award, integruje osvědčené postupy odvětví a má kompetentní technické vlastnosti spojené s know-how a talentem. Greenfun Mobilní aplikace je vážen pro svou důkladnost a je navržen tak, aby poskytoval zlepšení kvality života, která pomáhají činit svět lepším místem.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties
This product promotes environmental awareness and plant care in engaging ways! Users can identify plants by smart phones in real world and grow them in digital gardens! Additionally, they can invite friends to participate in nature events to explore nature. By accumulating sufficient credits from these activities, they will be eligible for discounts when purchasing real plants.
Dimensions & Packaging
AR technology can be directly placed into the product, produced by designers and does not require a special developer, so it is greatly convenient for designers to play. This App can be used in IOS and Android systems, convenient fo users to use.
Tags
App, Mobile, Plant, Environment, AR, Biodiversity, UX Design
Production Technology
AR technology can help to identify plants more accurate and add virtual animal to describe the plants . Through AR technology, I can see the changes of plants in the four seasons, which increases the interaction. Meanwhile, GPS technology can help locate Adoptable plants nearby.
Design Challenge
Based on the field investigation and analysis by using User Journey and cart sorting, it can be concluded that people's pain point is that they want more interaction, socializing and happiness. So design is from these ideas.
Research
Behavioral maps are used to document readily observable characteristics, movements, and activities, time spent at fixed locations or in a transit, and the details of environmental context. Through this method, we could observe the interaction between the participants and the plants nearby, such as actions and behaviors. In addition, through the records of different people's surveys, we can find out what attracts participants nearby.
Inspiration
According to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List, as of 2021, approximately 39,500 plant species worldwide are classified as endangered or threatened. The loss and imminent extinction of plant species is a global issue often caused by multiple factors, including human activities, habitat destruction, climate change and illegal collection. Therefore, safeguarding plants starts with raising awareness in our daily life is important. At the same time, many people want to learn about the plants around them but don't have a good way.
Project Duration
The concept was started in April 2018 in Loughborough, U.K, and constantly upgrade until now.
Operation Flow
The operation process is very User-friendly, as long as users register an account, they can go to the neighborhood to identify plants and adopt their own digital plants in the mobile phone. At the same time, they can fill in their friends' accounts to invite them to participate in activities. Users can visit their friends' garden to ask to exchange plants. In the end, they used the points earned for these actions to get discounts on real plant purchases.
Patents
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Image Credits
All images are credited by the designer Xingcheng Zhu.

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