eXchangeFun - Reuse. Conserve. Build Community

Our concept of eXchangeFun encourages people to exchange and reuse household items within their residential communities. Its goal is to promote sustainable consumption through engaging more people into reuse. From our interviews and observations, we find that household items in fair condition are thrown away and unused items are often forgotten in hidden corners. Besides, advertising and marketing strategies encourage people to buy new items. This results in low use of products and high demand for new ones, leading to increased manufacturing to meet people's needs. Manufacturing unavoidably consumes natural resources, emits carbon, pollutes the environment, and affects climate. We designed eXchangeFun to facilitate community-based reuse in order to slow down consumption. The eXchangeFun provides opportunities for people to discover items through the experience of treasure hunting. The seller's wish list reminds people to trade unused items. Additionally, eXchangeFun allows people to post multiple items easily by tagging them in one picture. To encourage renewal and repurposing of items, the As-Is page encourage people to post items with defects. Building upon the trust and feeling of closeness that people have for their community, the design creates more opportunities for reuse.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• sustainability
• design
• interaction
• imagine
• cup