The Connection

Connecting the dots and taking it to users

User testing, feedback and mass production

Interacting with the local community, our focus remains on 3 major aspects:

1. Cost Efficient: keeping economic aspects as CenterPoint and final product that is affordable, cheap and uses naturally available resources

2. Easy to deploy: strength and longevity as the positive impacts

3. Safe and Comfy: relatively advanced solution with all basic amenities

A product’s connection with the consumer & bond it makes when user is satisfied with the performance could only be brought effectively and innovatively when considering all the positive impacts of the above three ideas and limiting the negation.

In person interaction was not possible, but virtual discussion with salt farmers and fellow course-mates regarding our idea of shelter did help us with feedbacks:

Not even 1 proper house to live in hence the most important part of innovative solution is cost effective solution with readily available resources such as Bamboo, Grass, Free cardboard provided by government, Plastic bottles, soil or clay which are cheap and easy to handle/implement.

Govt. doesn’t allow making of permanent shelters and therefore easy to implement, deploy, carry and transport materials that makes up shelter homes are used making it more user-friendly and compatible

Unique use of cheap and available resources to overcome discomforts such as grass and tarpaulin at top that keeps house cool and protects from extreme weather conditions like heat, wind etc.

Basic structure with cardboard, bamboo answers for required strength, combined use of grass and tarpaulin reduces chances of house catching fire so extreme carefulness is not required.

Extra provision for the unseasonal rainfall preventing belongings from rain filled water.

Longevity of materials would increase duration for repair work as opposed to need for once a month

Government/Authority input on the farmer’s shelter homes would deeply have a meaningful impact on both the community and the product use.