Paco: Encouraging children’s outdoor play
Design Research // Human Centered Design Sprint // 2.5 weeks, January 2025
Overview:
Paco tackles the question: How might we encourage children to play outside more to improve child development & community for parents? Paco, short for Park Company, encapsulates a product and community ecosystem rooted in human insight to address this statement. Playground redesign, community hub, a playful safety device, and a connected community app come together to encourage outdoor play and support families.
Deliverables:
Product ecosystem achievable in 5-7 years
Research & innovation presentation
Responsibilities
Design Research
Visualization
Innovation
Team:
Ben Franson
Anna Koebel
Richy Ramirez-Cobian
Morgan Nguyen
Intentions & passions
Goals -> to revisit throughout project and to use as evaluation
Parameters
How might we statement
approach
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