1. AR Board Game

2. Moving Photos App

3. Star Mapping

4. Know-Your-Environment Storybook

5. Winged Shirts

6. Sticker Tattoos

My idea was the AR Board Game and Moving Photos App. The AR Board Game is to let users play with an interactive board game, but the flaw in this idea was I do not have a solid idea for how will the game play work..and it is the most important factor in this idea for it to work. But no worries, for after my group discussion, we decided to combine game elements into our choosen idea.

My second idea appeared to be too much of a hassle for users. First off, users have to have a photo and the video that they want to play when viewing the photo. They also need to print the photo to be able to see the video. Come to think of it, it really does take too much time to just make an image move, for users. Some users may not be able to follow the steps right and the app would not work too well.. Perhaps somewhere in the future when technology is more advanced, I would simplify the idea more and developed from there..

After many deliberations with our lecturer and within ourselves, we've decided to proceed with Know-Your-Environment Storybook and by adding interactivity bits into the book. 

There are many environmental issues that we can include into the book, but we wanted it to be suitable for children, something that children can relate to. So, we did researches and finally decided to focus on one topic which is, recycling. After that we searched up on top preschooler books to be use as our reference. 

1. Dr. Suess (design style)

2. Mo Willems (design style)

3. Harold and the purple crayon (storytelling)

4. Jane and Peter (storytelling)
5. Berenstain Bears (design style)

We then narrowed down to Dr. Suess to be use as our primary reference. 

Initially we wanted one main character to lead through the story, but after many deliberations, we've decided that a trio would be more suitable. As a trio can have a more interesting conversation rather than 2 characters or even one. 

We searched up on different animals to be use as our characters. All of us named a few animals to be narrowed down. I suggested raccoon, rabbit, and some other animals. The animals I named are mostly neighbourhood animals as children see them often, so most likely they are able to relate to them. Initially, we've chosen Owl (the wise one), fox (the sly/naughty one) and raccoon (the kind and sensible one). 

However, our lecturer suggested we go for a universal approach, which is to relate the characters with their personality. Come to think of it, I agreed that the raccoon does not match with the given personality which is kind and sensible. As a raccoon is more related to mischief and a scavenger. That was what partly I had in mind when I thought of using the raccoon. We then changed it to a dog. 

Now, our trios consist of an Owl, a Fox, and a Dog. Initially, I thought of giving them names, but since this is for preschoolers, it would be great if they can identify the animals from their real species name first then only proceed to giving them nicknames. We wanted to include more educational element in the book.