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After discovering the name for my project was already taken by a similar sounding organization, I set about searching for a new idea. This was really difficult, especially since my old name, Resourceful, seemed to work so well for the brand. A mind map of various words relating to the topic. Core words are in purple, interesting words are in yellow. I started by creating multiple mind maps, free wrote, and read through all of last year’s research notes on the topic to get ins

This round, I started off by rounding out the creative brief I worked out last semester into a Materials Matrix. This is basically a document that lists a brief description of the overall idea, a list of what will be made for each deliverable, a description of the components of each, and the number of screens or pages of each item. I still need to nail down exactly what I will do for the app and website, but I’m almost there with this. Next was the User Journey. I chose the p

I started work developing the keywords last semester during the research process. I was reading a lot of papers and articles about food insecurity and learning about the barriers to access. I recognized that there was a need for privacy for those dealing with internalized stigma, but also a need to make existing resources more visible and community oriented in order to fight that stigma. We need to reframe food support as community empowerment rather that charity. And that st