Greenfun Mosebetsi o ka Sehlooho: Application ea Mehala by Xingcheng Zhu

Greenfun Mosebetsi o ka Sehlooho: Application ea Mehala by Xingcheng Zhu is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2024 Moputso oa Tšepe oa A' Design Award in Moralo wa Theknoloji ya Mehala, Diaplikeishene le Softwere Competition Category.

TšepeMohala· 2024

Greenfun Mosebetsi o ka Sehlooho: Application ea Mehala

by Xingcheng Zhu

Client: XC Studio

Moputso oa Tšepe oa A' Design Award Winner in Mohala Category

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The Design

About Greenfun Mosebetsi o ka Sehlooho: Application ea Mehala

Mongolo oa Buka: Greenfun ke application ea mohala e etselitsoeng ho tšehetsa tlhokomelo ea limela le tlhokomelisiso ea tikoloho. Basebelisi ba khetholla limela tse ba potolohileng ka smartphone mme ba amohela mefuta ea tsona ea dijithale serapeng sa bona sa botho. Bokhoni ba augmented reality bo bontša kamoo limela li fetohang ka linako tse `nè tsa selemo, athe theknoloji ea sebaka e thusa ho fumana limela tse amohelehang haufi. Metsoalle e ka memelloa ho kenela mesebetsi ea tlhaho, `me lirapa li ka etetsoa bakeng sa ho fapanyetsana limela. Lintlha tse fumanoang ka mesebetsi ena li fana ka theolelo ea theko ha ho reka limela tsa `nete.

The Recognition

About the Moputso oa Tšepe oa A' Design Award

Greenfun Mosebetsi o ka Sehlooho: Application ea Mehala ke mohapi oa Moputso oa Tšepe oa A' Design Award, kananelo e hlomphehang e fuoang meralo e metle e finyellang litlhoko tsa porofeshenale le tsa indasteri tse lebelletsoeng ho lintho tse hlahisitsoeng tse entsoeng hantle. Bahapi ba Tšepe ba bontša bokhoni bo boholo, bokhethehi bo phahameng, kutloisiso ea litsebi le bokhoni ba boqapi ba baqapi ba bona. Greenfun Mosebetsi o ka Sehlooho: Application ea Mehala e lebelletsoe ho ba ntho e hlahisitsoeng e hlomphuoang haholo, e ratoang le e ratehang, e sebetsang le e nang le mehopolo e mecha. Moralo ona o hapileng Moputso oa Tšepe oa A' Design Award o kenyelletsa mekhoa e metle ka ho fetesisa ea indasteri mme o na le litšobotsi tsa theknoloji tse nang le bokhoni tse amanang le tsebo le talenta. Ka lebaka la botlalo ba eona, Greenfun Mosebetsi o ka Sehlooho: Application ea Mehala e tšoanelehela tlhompho mme e entsoe ho fana ka ntlafatso ea bophelo e thusang ho etsa hore lefatše le be sebaka se molemo.

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.