“As master students, the scope and structure of this project opportunity were like another full master semester, with guidance from very professional and experienced coaches throughout different stages. Every comment and feedback we received was significant and helpful, providing us with very constructive ideas and driving us to be more creative and innovative.”

Team

JUST DO

The Glasgow School of Art - Scotland

With different design backgrounds: service design, interaction design and industrial design, the team members are all currently enrolled in the Master in Design Innovation at The Glasgow School of Art. As Chinese students, they hoped to take advantage of this opportunity to focus on environmental issues in their adopted local context of Scotland and see how service design can empower the reverse logistics of products and address wicked problems.

Team members - Yuzheng Zhang (China), Xiangyu Qi (China), Qiti Zhang (China) and Qiannan Liu (China)

“The team did a great job explaining the scope and scale of the problem. The idea to help local businesses tap into the economy of scale that helps chains recycle is a compelling one.”

Assessment coach, Katie Smiley - Design Research Lead at IBM Watson Health Imaging, Chicago, United States

Service concept

Tri-Ca - an innovative used-paper cup recycling subscription service for local cafés in Scotland. It distinguishes the two stages of collection and delivery in service and empowers café owners to select and subscribe to a recycling plan that is most suitable for them. Through the Ca-delivery service, it strengthens the linkage between local cafés and other stakeholders in local communities.

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