Food, Sustainability, and Community in Pittsburgh

Trellis: Process Documentation

For the final project for our studio, Introduction to Interaction Design, we were tasked with designing a…

4/22–4/28: Evaluating Concepts + Early Component Ideas

We reviewed our concepts with two possible users: Kristin Hughes (founder of the Octopus Garden and design professor at CMU) and Jane Lien (graduate student interested in one day running her own urban farm). Kristin had a LOT of…

4/6–4/7: Research Synthesis and Presentation

On Thursday (4/7), we presented our research and synthesis to the class. We described what we saw and heard in our research, what we learned from that, and what that means, leading toward design implications and principles to keep in mind as we move…

4/16–4/21: Diverging Concepts

As part of the conceptualization process, we continued to broaden the scope of what exactly we might be designing before bringing the concepts to users for evaluation. We want our concepts to cover as many bases as possible before narrowing down to one solution, since our…

4/14–4/15: More Observations & Interviews

4/14: John Creasy — Founder Garfield Community Farms/Pastor at The Open Door Church

We attended the weekly, Thursday volunteer night at Garfield Community Farms. The farm…

4/1–4/2: Foraying Into the Community (Questions and Observations)

On Friday (4/2), we met quickly to discuss where we were at with some of the people we have reached out to as well as to formulate a game plan for the two events we planned to attend the next day. Hannah and I will be…

3/26 — Sketching the Territory of the Food Cycle in Pittsburgh

To begin our research, we sketched out the territory around the locally produced, sustainable food space in Pittsburgh. This territory map represents our initial step towards identifying key stakeholders within the…