Greenfun Mobile Anwendung by Xingcheng Zhu

Greenfun Mobile Anwendung by Xingcheng Zhu is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2024 A' Design Award in Eisen in Mobildesign Competition Category.

EisenMobil· 2024

Greenfun Mobile Anwendung

by Xingcheng Zhu

Client: XC Studio

A' Design Award in Eisen Winner in Mobil Category

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The Design

About Greenfun Mobile Anwendung

Greenfun ist eine mobile Anwendung, die die Pflanzenpflege und das Umweltbewusstsein fördert. Nutzer identifizieren Pflanzen in ihrer Umgebung mit dem Smartphone und adoptieren digitale Versionen davon in einem persönlichen Garten. Augmented Reality zeigt, wie sich die Pflanzen im Verlauf der vier Jahreszeiten verändern, während die Standorttechnologie dabei hilft, adoptierbare Pflanzen in der Nähe zu finden. Freunde können zu Naturaktivitäten eingeladen werden, und Gärten lassen sich besuchen, um Pflanzen zu tauschen. Die durch diese Aktionen gesammelten Guthabenpunkte gewähren Rabatte beim Kauf echter Pflanzen.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award in Eisen

Greenfun Mobile Anwendung ist Gewinner des A' Design Award in Eisen, einer prestigeträchtigen Anerkennung für gute Designs, die die beruflichen und industriellen Anforderungen erfüllen, die an gut gestaltete Schöpfungen gestellt werden. Eisen-Gewinner zeigen großes Können, hohe Spezialisierung, fachkundiges Verständnis und die kreative Kapazität ihrer Schöpfer. Von Greenfun Mobile Anwendung wird erwartet, dass es eine hochgeschätzte, bewunderte und geliebte Schöpfung ist, die praktisch und innovativ ist. Dieses mit dem A' Design Award in Eisen prämierte Design integriert bewährte Branchenverfahren und weist kompetente technische Merkmale in Verbindung mit Know-how und Talent auf. Greenfun Mobile Anwendung wird für seine Gründlichkeit geschätzt und ist darauf ausgelegt, Verbesserungen der Lebensqualität zu liefern, die dazu beitragen, die Welt zu einem besseren Ort zu machen.

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: No
Image Credits: All images are credited by the designer Xingcheng Zhu.