The kindworks project is Team Glatitude’s solution to a design challenge presented by the client, the Linden Foundation, at the outset of a sixteen-week semester: to create a global kindness initiative inspired by the Pay It Forward concept. Goals put forth included the focus on real-world interactions, accessibility to as wide an audience as possible so as to promote viral potential for the movement, and a visualization of the user base as a network. The product prototyped in this semester is an expandable digital community in which people work together to build a shared central Machine in an online experience by performing good deeds in their everyday lives and promoting their stories. The specific deliverables are a demonstrable prototype and comprehensive design and technical documentation.
Client
George Blobe, Linden Foundation
Faculty Advisors
John Dessler
MK Haley
Students
Daniel Aum, Artist
Matthew DiMatteo, Designer
Eric Hamel, Producer
Jing Li, Programmer
Suejung Nam, Designer
Consultants
Terry Sperringer, Programmer