aini
Platform for the exchange of services between members of a community as a method to overcome social isolation, restoring the sense of belonging by fostering new bonds and strengthening existing ones.
//Winter_2018 Human Computer Interaction course project
Timeline
8 weeks
Collaborators
Bernard Sahdala
Geethika Simhadri
Personal Input delivered
User research, concept development, interaction design, user interface, prototypes, user testing, vision video.
Goal
Design a product that encourages meaningful interactions between members of a community.
Problem
Despite technological advances, humans feel more isolated than ever before.
How might we?
Incentivize meaningful interactions between users ?
Provide them a sense of belonging ?
Encourage users to learn new things ?
Foster new bonds and strengthen existing bonds ?
Validate their experiences to encourage reciprocation ?
Let’s go back to our roots as a community…
Concept
aini is a platform that allows the exchange of skills and services between members of a community as a way to tackle social isolation, providing the opportunity for meaningful interactions between them as they all collaborate with each other, creating new bonds and strengthen existing ones.
The driving inspiration of mutualism is managed by aini’s reward system that motivates users to actively participate and share their contributions to the community. By acquiring commendations, users not only demonstrate their involvement to their communities but can also use said commendations to request skills and services from other users.
