Food Democracy
by Rikki
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Title
Food Democracy
Headline
Wasting Food app
Concept author(s)
Rikki Huang
Concept author year(s) of birth
1989
Concept author(s) contribution
The app is very common in today. Therefore I try to use the app to remind people the food in the refrig, cause people usually too busy or buy too much food and forgot what they have in the refrig. Also people can via this app to treasure the food.
Concept author(s) Country
Taiwan, Province of China
Friendly Competition
Competition category
Visual communication practice
Competition subcategory
web / interactive
Competition field
academic
Competition subfield
student
Subfield description
Griffith/Design/ Visual Communication Design
Check out the Food Democracy 2013 outlines of Memefest Friendly competition.
Description of idea
Describe your idea and concept of your work in relation to the festival outlines:
Because people's economic condition is better than before and the
marketing and advertisment is pushing we to buy more than we can
eat. Also, today people is very busy and no time to check what they have
in the refige and rebuy it again and throw away the rotten food. Or
cook more than they can eat and throw away the leftover and cause the
environment pollution and more people died by the hunger.
For these big wasting food problems, I want to design this app to
remind everyone that the expires day of theier food, also can give people
more information about the leftover and kitchen wasting and make it reused
and recycle. To reduce the pollution from the wasting food.
What kind of communication approach do you use?
Using a useful approach to closer the life of user and implement the concept of don't wasting food.
What are in your opinion concrete benefits to the society because of your communication?
People can start to manage their food and reduce the re-buy and
throwyaway rotten food. Therefore, the pollution of the wasting food
from the home can be decline.
What did you personally learn from creating your submitted work?
I learn more about the wasting food and start to think more deeply
about the wasting food from everyday life.
In the design process, I need to play as a user and thinke what is the
most convenient and useful way for them.
Why is your work, GOOD communication WORK?
Because people can via this app to manage their food and reduce the
wasting food. Share and get more food information and reuse the
leftover or save the energy and money from cooking.
Where and how do you intent do implement your work?
For the sticker would put on the food package and with the QR code for
people to get the free app to manage the food.
For the app will put on the iTunes sotre and Android shop for people to
downlod.
Did your intervention had an effect on other Media. If yes, describe the effect? (Has other media reported on it- how? Were you able to change other media with your work- how?)
The media are used is the app on the phone cause it is the most convenient media to carry and use. But it might be able to alternate to the pad which is more and more common now.