This post features the results of another mapping exercise.

I consolidated my research by looking into important issues surrounding the design of a wall-size, touch-screen device for community communications.
I considered:
  • location,
  • audience,
  • contents,
  • practices around contents,
  • community functions.
































I listed various functions the device could fulfill and grouped them into three major categories:
  1. Community:

    News - updated daily, automatically generated by local media;

    Events - community generated;

    Board - an electronic, community generates notice board containing customer advertisements;

    Maps - maps of the local area featuring community points of interests and local businesses (paid advertisement);

    Faces - a social networking application allowing users to create an online profile, share their interests, archive posts and communicate with other users;

    Talent Bank - an application allowing users to advertise their talents and/or special interests and exchange them for services of other users, for example spanish lessons in exchange for piano lessons.

  2. Activity:

    Canvas - a simple application allowing users to draw and create similar artworks, and share them with other users via digital gallery;

    Puzzle - an interactive game allowing multiple users to work together to create a big image by dragging and moving around its small pieces (all images to be sourced locally: landscapes, local photographers, local models);

    Games - other similar games.

  3. Shopping:

    Food - an interactive database of grocery products available in the supermarket, alongside with recipes, food guides (cheese, fish, etc.) featuring dish of the day, ethnic foods, customers' comments and reviews;

    Drink - a similar database showcasing wine of the day, information about grape varieties, origins, history, etc.;

    Style - a guide to fashion available in stores that sell clothing, featuring latest fashion trends, accessories, customers' comments and reviews;

    Books - a local readers' club, featuring books available in store, book of the week and customers' reviews;

    Movies - a similar local fun-club for film, cinema, DVDs available in store;

    Music - an application for all music-fanatics featuring expert and customers' reviews of music albums available in store as well as sample music tracks available for customers to listen;

    Games - another application that enables users to review latest games releases, etc.