Intention Mirror
Research + Design
Digital Society School + Exodus
Target group: Ex - Offenders
Work: Researching, Designing & Prototyping
Role: Design & Research Intern
Project Link: Tumblr, Medium Post
Digital Society School
DSS facilitates 20 weeks projects that are clustered in intensive, trend related programmes called Tracks. Each Track sees multidisciplinary teams of designers, developers and researchers working on challenges that meet the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
Digital to Physical Track
In this track we explore topics such as physical representation of data, sense of presence and smart objects.
This project focuses on the Sustainable Development Goals:
Design Challenge
Help Ex-Offenders (Participants) avoid returning to prison by using their data in a positive way and successfully reintegrating into the society.
Stakeholders
Ex - Offenders
Family & Friends
Exodus
Correctional Staff
Ministry of Justice
Experts & Professionals
Why is Recidivism occurring?
Research Problem
How do we use participant data to inform them of an aggressive state so that they may release or reduce it in order to aid them in their reintegration process?
User Research Insights
I visited Exodus houses in Rotterdam, Leiden and Hague, talked with caretakers and participants and collected various insights along the process.
Bureaucracy is frustrating
Empathy is an aggression reducer
Users have smartphone knowledge
Survivors vs Aspirers
Users are skilled (5-7 languages)
Unaware about aggression level
Buddy system
Financial issues with housing
Positive feedback
Competition
Design Methods used
- Brainstorming
- Brain Writing
- Mind Mapping
- Dark Side
- Interviews
- Desk research
and several more..
I researched my heart out, brainstormed countless ways to collect useful data on my user group, and created games and paper and basic prototypes to use with the user group.
Final Product
Feedback Game
Final concept
Follow my work on Tumblr
https://work-play-design.tumblr.com/
Follow my work on Medium
Showcased at the ‘Wearables in Practice’ Symposium
https://digitalsocietyschool.org/insight/why-we-need-to-really-make-privacy-secure-wearables/