💡 What: Different countries have different government regulations to encourage correct recycling. South Korea mandates households to sort trash by the following categories: paper, glass, can, pet, plastic, and vinyl. COVID has greatly impacted the recycling behavior; there has been an increase in plastic usage and a reduction in recycling rates. We focused our design problem to: how might we design a trash system that will help improve the street hygiene?
👩🏻💻 Who: I worked with two other product design students. One was a Chinese international student and the other was a Korean student. We had a language barrier, but we were patient with one another. We spoke in simple sentences and used a lot of visual indicators to communicate.
🤳 How: We did onsite field research, secondary online research, sketches, prototype testing, and followed up with iterations.
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I took an Advanced Product Design course while studying abroad and one of our main projects was to combat the recycling problem in South Korea through design.
