Team Livable Communities

Ralph’s Interviews Pt. II: The Covert Approach

“Wow, these bananas are really green. It’s going to take like 3 to 4 days before I can even eat them.” A simple sentence like that was how one lady began talking to Tess and I about her decision to make the transition from buying non-organic…

Ideation Phase 1

4th March, 2015

Brainstorming began with coming up 20 ideas each. The aim was to first for quantity rather than quality.

1460 W. 28th Street

February 20, 2015

Today, Soham and I visited the local eco-op on 1460 W. 28th Street. When we…

Potential Challenges from Round 1 of Interviews

24th February, 2015

• Reduce/Waste of Food
• Reduce consumption
• Packaging/ Packaging of Food
• Awareness/Mentality of being mobile

Redirecting our Focus with Help from Emerging Markets

11th March, 2015

Before our weekly studio meeting on Wednesday (March 11), Matt, Soham and I had to opportunity to speak with Daniel Tellalian, director of Emerging Markets, a consulting firm based in LA that…

Prototyping

March 25th, 2015

Last Wednesday we experimented and prototyped.

“How Might We” Statement

3rd March, 2015

With ongoing interviews within the local community, defining the problem statement was challenging solely because we did not have a definite user in mind. We began with targetting mobile or pop up businesses, however it was the community…

Prototyping and Testing: Part 1

March 31st, 2015

Mercado La Paloma: Interview in a Community Space

7th March Saturday

Mercado La Paloma is a successful example of a local community space in South LA. It provides local businesses easy access to retail space, hosts arts and culture related public events and helps…