“The Challenge went beyond our expectations, allowing us to collaborate with expert and generous tutors. The competition taught us how to think and act as real service designers, helping us develop a solid service solution in the end.”
Team
BANANA FISH
University of Cambridge / MIT / TU Delft - United Kingdom
An interschool team consisting of four aspiring service designers connecting from four different time zones: China, the United States, the United Kingdom, and the Netherlands to work on the Challenge. What brings them together regardless of distance is their ultimate love for bananas and fish.
Team members - Lide Li (China), Huiwen Shi (China), Ziyuan Zhu (China) and Yu Huang (China)
“Team Banana Fish is an amazing group of hardworking, talented, and creative individuals that collectively brought the bests of themselves to the Challenge. Our mentoring sessions were mutually enlightening and thought-provoking. Thank you for letting me be a part of your journey. I can’t wait to see what you do next.”
Assessment coach, Fran Chacon - Senior Product Designer and Strategist at IBM Garage, New York, United States
Service concept
GroundUP - a service aiming to collect and repurpose coffee grounds from individual brewers in San Francisco and use them as a substitute for trees to make furniture and logs. The service includes a home collection kit and an online supporting platform with a continuous reward system.
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