Week one

Week one: KOHA Design for Good

Simpsons Exercise:

The Simpsons characters exercise is a way to think of a wide range of audience types and
therefore a wider range of ideas.

Brainstorms

Neighbourhoods:

• Families
• Students
• Children
• Couples
• Working professionals
• Older people
• Live there
• Park
• School
• Shops
• Food
• Pool
• Classic suburban middle-upper class
• Tsunami, earthquake, flood, volcanic eruption
• First aid kit
• Food and water supplies
• Torch
• Emergency kit
• Meeting point
• Neighbours phones
• Might be helpful in an event
• More friends
• Sense of community
• Easily borrow a cup of sugar etc
• Safety of the neighbourhood
• Feed the cat, collect mail on vacation
• Lend tools etc
• When neighbours know each other they are more likely to look after one another. This is especially important during and after a disaster, like a storm or a large earthquake.
• There may be people who could need more help than others in the case of an emergency—help that often can be provided by neighbours. E.g. elderly or disabled
• after a disaster occurs, the people in closest proximity to you – and the people who will be able to help you most immediately – are your neighbours.

Theatre venue:

• Comedy
• Music
• Dance
• Karaoke
• Open mic
• Poetry
• Opera
• Stage
• Seats
• Save the venue
• Community value
• Nostalgic meaning
• History
• Wellington is known as the art capital
• Sentimental value
• Saving it from being turned into something else
• Saving it from closing down
• Arts are fun, self-expression
• Understanding trends and opinions in current society
• Reflects societies values
• Tv and the internet could make arts unfashionable or less likely to go see them
• Creative release from work and stress
• Entertainment
• Part of our culture
• Part of our identity
• Better quality of life
• Sparks discussion and makes social issues visible
• Art is uniquely positioned to move people—inspiring us, inciting new questions and provoking curiosity, excitement, and outrage.

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