For my industry event I decided to go to an open house at Morning Sun in New Egypt, NJ (right by Jackson or Six Flags), a registered United Plant Savers sanctuary that has over 150 species and many of which are endangered. On 11/23 they had a seed exchange and I went with a whole… Continue reading Industry Event: Herbal Sanctuary Open House
For my third prototype I made tentative designs for my Spring field guide. Originally I had planned on making purely information focused version to figure out how much I would be able to fit on what sizes but I decided to focus on a single plant and incorporate visuals drawn by myself. I focused on… Continue reading Prototype 3: Feedback
The goal of Phytosophy is to present the topic of urban foraging in a digestible manner to an audience totally unfamiliar with the concept while also being a source of information useful for anyone interested in foraging. The goal isn’t to convince every person to go out and start looking for edible plants, it’s to… Continue reading Research: conceptual
phytosophy knowledge of plants (an actual word? unsure) Phytosophy strives to give users, especially those new to the concept of urban foraging, the tools to feel confident in finding plants with the assistance of a local expert. Presented to a tech crowd with no relation to agriculture or botany, there’s no expectation to win over… Continue reading Research: website/identity
This week for my prototype I gathered responses to questions on the subject of wild food/foraging and it was a bit of a rude awakening. I realized that the vast majority of people have never heard of the terms “wild food” nor “foraging” in a modern context. I very quickly realized that my multiple choice… Continue reading Prototype 2
In this prototype sprint I planned on creating my website introduction page. Initially I had intended to focus on the technical aspects–wording and React setup–but decided to take the admittedly easier route (for me) and tackle the design instead. I overall received positive feedback on it with people agreeing on the concept of the site… Continue reading Prototype 1: Feedback
Intro page (website) Develop the website intro page using React Write out the introductory page Not worry too much about aesthetics I’m making myself do this prototype first because it’ll help me to figure out consistent and absorbable wording, something that’ll be relevant throughout the project In person surveys Collect user data and reactions by… Continue reading Rachel’s Prototype Plan
History + Current State: Technology & Foraging + Herbalism There isn’t much on foraging in the digital sphere beyond blogs and a few websites. There are even less on herbalism that are true, up to date resources. My website would definitely be the first of its kind. An important step will be to have actual… Continue reading Rachel’s Research Plan: Take 1
Introduction What is your idea? My thesis concept is to create a website as well as some sort of physical, tangible content (likely booklets/pamphlets plus something else to catch attention) in order to introduce people to the concept of wild food and why it’s a good idea to add foraged ingredients to your diet. This… Continue reading Rachel’s Revised Concept
Interactive informative/informational website on wild food & medicine in the tristate area targeted to beginners but still useful for intermediate to advanced foragers. Website would open to initial viewers (based on cookies) with an informative introduction using two or three slide-like pages (with option to skip) on “what?” “why?” “how?” of wild food/foraging/herbalism — there… Continue reading Rachel’s Initial Concepts
