WILL ELIOT

Design researcher
and prototyper


Empowering local communities to collaborate with local councils through an open and transparent smart governence platform.


︎ Deliverables: Smart screen, mobile application
︎ Tools: Figma, Miro
︎ Process: Human centred design, rapid prototyping, contextual research

CONTEXT

Strained council vs community relationship - 
Communications only happen after “incidents” occur, making interactions feel adversarial.

Bottom-up governance - Using autonomy over authority to help shape a place (i.e. permablitzing or transparent governace using blockchain)

Smart city - Not using tech of tech’s sake - innovation should be representative of the inhabitant’s needs


HOW MIGHT WE...
use decentralised technology to better faciliate proactive and constrcutive conversation on cuncil projects?





PROCESS

Unearthing actionable insight through a human-centred design process with an immersive ethnographic approach at its heart.


[IMAGES] Storyboard of interaction




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