Product Service System

Rationale

Mental health and well-being is the state in which the individual realises his or her own abilities, can cope with normal stresses of life, can work productively, and is able to make a contribution to his or her community.  Edge is a public interactive display system, which may be distributed and set up throughout the city and areas where there are high volumes of traffic, which acts as a suitable medium as it may be easily saturated throughout cities.  The problem with the existing display systems is that it only offers marketing materials to the public, with no real benefits to society. 

The interactive display works on the application of ‘the science of smile’ where there is evidence to suggest that smiling (real or fake) is able to induce positive emotions.  The interactive display encompasses an application, which allows the user to take portrait shots, which are then added to a combined collage.  Which may be shared and downloaded through QR code.  This aim’s to subtlety induce positive emotions and behaviors into the public without acting like a well-being exercise. The interactive displays then allow people to access news and entertainment. 

A number of design features have been incorporated into the system in order to subtly evoke positive emotions, such as the use of yellow in the interface.  The colour yellow is shown to evoke positive thought and optimism.  There is also a spotlight that serves for two functions, one of which is that it provides greater exposure  and it creates lighting for the portraits taken.

Peer Comments

Ryan Go:

http://ryan-go.blogspot.com.au/2013/10/pss-moodlite-photo-therapy.html?showComment=1382323840724#c5529783669026651153

Christine Chau:

http://christine-x.blogspot.com.au/2013/10/the-ideabehind-swiftgift-is-convenient.html?showComment=1382324002389#c2985640526995032345

Christina Le:

http://christinaale.wordpress.com/2013/10/20/pss-collaborative-consumption/#comment-72

Daming Chen:

http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6797674082400671831&postID=5544784362525709076&page=1&token=1382324462734&isPopup=true

Jan Raymond:

http://janraymondgerardino.blogspot.com.au/2013/10/sustainable-product-service-system.html?showComment=1382324658293#c5828155156615692909

Product Service System 14/10/13

Feedback from Tom tutor:

There needs to be a lot more work and detail going into the systems map, need to explore all corners and avenues of the users interaction with the display system.  The product itself being the interactive display needs a bit of work done, where the form must compliment all users, including children and adults.  Need to consider material choices thinking about issues such as vandalism and weather.

Feedback from Adrian:

need to change the form for it to be much more inviting for users, make it more organic brighter and vivid.  The system is a good idea and needs to be fully resolved, could potentially add more to the system in terms of features, but there would be a fine line from it becoming overcrowded and messy.

Feedback from Oun: 

The idea of the system is awesome and would be really beneficial to society, its good because it targets the whole of society and doesn't single any specific users.  the form needs a considerable bit of work and should consider design elements which invite users and traffic in.