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Urban Line
GUIDING QUESTION ─
How might we turn an urban pattern into an opportunity?
Consisting of a cross sampling of Providence, RI. Concluding in developing improvements to the Google Maps application to better serve the Providence Community.
This project is a collaboration with Malaika Franks.
SKILLS ─
Design Research
Ethnographic Research
Design Strategy
Challenge
Our goal was to explore alternative methods to design research. Firstly, we dropped a marker from above, two times, to make our starting and finishing dots. Then we added 4 more stops along the way to accurately gather our observations.
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Goal
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Methods
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Research
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Analysis
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Opportunity
INTEGRATION
The findings could be used to upgrade Google Maps with further data to explore urban areas.
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The findings could be used to upgrade Google Maps with further data to explore urban areas.
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Outcome
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