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?
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/73f0151bad155079ef4a901f81a4ec4677e388206aebb82e983f9838fac31328/Impact_BusStop.jpg)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3c3dca2d3ca47cbd0dcfde14f588bccc396a5256b91c895e73c0a4628a82deea/Portfolio-Design-File-Screenshots_11.png)
PROCESS
Unearthing actionable insight through a human-centred design process with an immersive ethnographic approach at its heart.
[IMAGES] Storyboard of interaction
Unearthing actionable insight through a human-centred design process with an immersive ethnographic approach at its heart.
[IMAGES] Storyboard of interaction
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f7d0115cac7cc572df205ae6415a6f478868579fa25e9ac7a9ffc317a73e29cd/Storyboard.png)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c49a86598e00e78a5df589c8f1c0abbd344d0833e2b2d4504ece2849fefc0175/Portfolio-Design-File-Screenshots_12.png)