Designing a Wacky Solution for the 'Bengaluru Newbie' to improve their Social Lives
4th Place Winner (3 Members)
Our Idea
We conjured multiple ideas that challenged traditional apps that solved real problems and this was the first draft of the project outline.
Introducing Scan Maadi
Meet your socially conscious know-it-all assistant! In the peculiar landscape of people within Bangalore, Scan Maadi enables your to initiate better conversations, avoid awkward situations and harvest the benefits a good first impression.
Design Iterations
Within 4 hours, we came up with the following designs to support our product idea:
Components and Design Systems
Onboarding
In order to get started:
Unbox your glasses and turn the sensor button on.
Point the glasses towards your face, and let it being scanning, in order to connect all your online-available data to your persona. This happens automatically, without any manual inputs.
You can now test it out on anyone!
Use Cases of the Product
Aim: To simplify the social lives of Bangalore-novices & socially-awkward Bangaloreans by giving them a framework of how to approach people around the city.
Process: We went through every wacky solution suggested by the team and mapped how helpful it would be to every type of user. We
Feedback: During the middle of the Designathon, we presented our raw ideas to lurking industry mentors and were suggested to focus on the UI more, in order to match the requirements of an AR design Project.
One popular persona that Scan Maadi detects is the 'Tech Bro'. This is an example of your experience when scanning a HSR Tech Bro that has been spotted on the rooftop of a co-working space.
During your visit to your local cafe, you may find the 'Food Purist', and instead of walking on eggshells, ScanMaadi suggests the perfect icebreakers, as well as conversation starters.
Result & Takeaways
Our team came in 4th! There were a total of 350+ people present in the event, and the major awards went to people that went outside the box to solve unsolvable problems with highly unrealistic products. This designathon helped me learn how to go with my intuition, and follow the brief- no matter how unconventional.
