Project 2: Sustainable Product Service System - "The Big Idea"

"The Big Idea"

This product service system focuses on collaborative consumption - how to design things to be easily shared?

This product is designed to help tourists in big cities. You do not know much about the city you just arrived in, and you will often have a hard copy map to help telling where in the city you are and where to go. Yet it will only give you an idea of the road system in the city and it is not updated with news about what is going on in the city. Maybe there will be a big firework in the evening or a concert. As tourist you will have no idea about these events, because nothing is telling you. You could of course take your "Smartphone" and search for events on the internet, but because of very high international roaming charges, tourists do not want to use mobile data when visiting other countries. All this will be solved by "The Question Mark". "The Question Mark" will be placed in different spots around the city, which will make it almost impossible not to meet. "The Question Mark" is a computer with touch screen, and it will give you different opportunities. You can search for things happening in the city, get tickets for an event or public transport, find a way to get there and all this is collected in just one product service system. This will also make the sharing of hard copy maps easier and reduce waste.