Team meeting #4

27 Oct. meeting note

Last week our team reached a point where having explored our personas – Nigel, Soonhee and the cyclists, we were slightly unsure about where our product would fit in.  The idea of the Kingston tourist guide was one we all were very happy with but the more we began to think about our audience the more we began to feel like we had missed the market- the optimum time being either just before students came to Kingston or during the first week. As a result we thought about more local users or students who had already began to explore Kingston.
These were the ideas we generated-

Yvonne – open up the guide from Kingston to London where we would have more information. Make it user generated with people’s personal views and stories via informal chats and an interactive website.
Pinar- stick to Kingston but make it more personal and liken to a memoir of Kingston.
Cristina- bring in local artists works to make it more viable and worth more than simply a guide.
Gin- combine it with postcards which can be torn out from perforated edges.
General group idea- ADVERTISING! Research into prices etc needed.
Seb- Kingston is not big enough! Links the guide to a USB full of information and possibly access to websites and advertisers information. The USB could also once the information had been used be wiped clean by our user and used for everyday life.

We also spoke about the size of the guide with Cristina suggesting a business card holder full of the information which could then be used a business holder. Gin thought of it as a passport size book, which could just as a passport be very portable.  Seb built upon this by suggesting a pouch like design full of offers, such as loyalty cards from local business’.

Overall we restored our positivity in the Kingston guide book and thought of many side ventures which could stem from this- bags, badges and t-shirts.

Aside from the idea of the Kingston guide we discussed the idea of cardboard furniture, which Gin had prototyped. We thought about where we could fit into the existing market and decided to research further into these.