The Open Ventilator System Initiative (OVSI) was started at the University of Cambridge in response to the Coronavirus pandemic. In a matter of weeks a team of engineers designed a sophisticated ventilator that costs under $1000 and is simple to build from parts that can be sourced anywhere in the world. I created a visual Identity and a website for them; you can see it at [ovsi.org](https://ovsi.org/)

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```

### Keeping up with a pandemic

The primary aim of the site was to help attract potential manufactures worldwide. The team needed to show what they had done to a less technical audience, whilst conveying the sophistication of the ventilator. The site aims to cater to both audiences by giving anyone an overview of the project, whilst providing technical details to clinicians evaluating the design. The engineers were entirely focused on moving the design to manufacturing so I worked very hard to stay out of their way and get as much done as I could, on my own. It was stressed the credibility was critical, so the design is clean and simple, letting the outstanding engineering speak for itself.

```cv
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```

Responding to a crisis

In Denmark, over [10%](https://ventilen.dk/om-ensomhed/) of young people are sometimes or always lonely. Ventilen is reducing this number by hosting gatherings in venues across the country, multiple times a week. Five fellow students and I worked with them to help their volunteers develop new ways to break the ice at these gatherings.

[Watch the workshops](https://youtu.be/tWcAhTBUCOw)

### The delivered design

Ventilator is a board game to be used during Ventilen’s gatherings. It aims to help lonely youths that attend Ventilen form friendships with each other and encourages tough topics to be discussed. The players’ goal is to reach the centre of the board. They move by rolling a dice or spinning a spinner. After moving they take a card that matches the colour of the space they land on. Each card belongs to one of the following four categories:

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```

If the player picks up a card they don’t want to answer, they can opt to return to the spot they came from rather than answer. So, while the game incentives players to discuss tough topics, they aren’t excluded if they aren’t ready to answer. Also this relaxed approach to progression highlights to the player that the game won’t be fun if played in a highly competitive manner. This relaxed play style creates a calming atmosphere where friendships can be formed.

## The design process

### Making contact

A team member was already acquainted with the chairman of the Copenhagen branch of Ventilen. He recruited three co-workers with each at a different level of seniority and experience within the charity. The participants also had different roles within the organisation, which provided us with the perfect cast for the two workshops we had planned.

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```

We ran two workshops with our four participants, each of which was split into two parts. Afterwards a meal was served, both evenings lasted a little over two hours each. We hosted both the workshops in one of the team member's apartment in Vesterbro, Copenhagen. Whilst our university, ITU Copenhagen, offered space in which we could conduct workshops, the team agreed our priority was to create a relaxed and informal atmosphere. We felt under these circumstances our participants would be more likely to open up and be frank about the challenges they face.

### Workshop one

The primary aim of the first workshop was to identify a clear design opening. First, a modified version of Cranium was played. We tailored the game to focus on topics relevant to Ventilen and shifted some of its mechanics to better suit the co-design model pioneered in Scandinavia. Sometimes the player would have to enact a scenario that occurs at Ventilen gatherings. Other times they would need to respond to a quote taken from interviews done with members of the public we did prior to the workshop regarding volunteering.

```cv
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```

This was an ideal activity to start with, as the participants were immediately absorbed by the competitive nature of the game. Within minutes they began speaking freely about each topic the game introduced. If an insightful comment was made, the game would pause organically as the facilitators participating in the game asked follow up questions. The participants enjoyed the game so much that when asked if they wanted a break, they wanted to play a final round.

The second session consisted of a [Future workshop﻿](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Future_workshop). This design exercise got participants to envision their dream scenario for problem solving. First, they reflected on all sorts of problems they have encountered at Ventilen, which they sorted by priority. Then the participants and the team came up with the ideal scenario in which the problem they faced could be solved. This could be entirely abstract from the reality in which they had to tackle it at the time. Lastly, the participants were encouraged to integrate these utopian scenario into the reality of working at Ventilen.

```cv
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```

The four key insights from workshop one were:

**Assumptions vs. Reality**\
Based on our fieldwork, we thought that Ventilen would have issues with recruiting volunteers. However this isn’t a problem. They have an excess of applications, and have to turn some down.

**Network Recruiting**\
The participants agreed that knowing somebody in Ventilen was the easiest way to join the charity. This is a double-edged sword as whilst new volunteers require a “stamp of approval” before joining, it also reduces the diversity within the charity, potentially limiting the range of skills and ways of thinking at the charity's disposal.

**Sharing experience within Ventilen**\
Ventilen mentors their volunteers through a trained psychologist. The volunteers have a duty of confidentiality, so meetings with the psychologist are individual. Despite this, the participants all desired more opportunities to share their knowledge and learn from fellow volunteers.

**Leaving the charity** \
Those that receive the support of Ventilen can sometimes struggle when transitioning out of the charity. The participants ascribe this to the fact that some of the youth use Ventilen as a clubhouse, where they meet all their friends.

### Workshop two

The insights gained in workshop two presented a number of design openings that we examined in the second workshop. In the first session, we presented our responses to the design openings we had identified. We encouraged critique, which they were willing to provide thanks to the strong rapport the group had developed in the first workshop. In the second session, the participants collaborated with us to improve the concepts and eventually choose a favoured design.

```cv
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```

We presented the participants with a number of designs that employed modern digital platforms. They saw potential in them but were wary of the complexity they introduced to the organisation and resources they’d require to build and maintain. When we mentioned the idea of adapting the version of Cranium we had used in the first workshop for the Ventilen attendees, they lit up. They agreed that the game had been the catalyst in the success of the first workshop, in that it made a potentially uncomfortable encounter between near strangers into a fun evening in which everyone left feeling progress had been made. The rest of the workshop was spent fleshing out this idea.

Tackling tough topics

In the financial year of 2018/19, the Trussell Trust provided just under [1.6 million](https://www.trusselltrust.org/news-and-blog/latest-stats/end-year-stats/#fy-2018-2019) three-day emergency food supplies to food insecure households and individuals. In five years that number has gone up by more than [73%](https://www.trusselltrust.org/news-and-blog/latest-stats/end-year-stats/#fy-2018-2019).  Demand and strain on the Trust and similar organisations is growing. Five fellow students and I worked with them to make the amazing work they’re doing go further.

[Watch the demo](https://vimeo.com/341074275)

```cv
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```

### Ideation, research & interviews

We started by gathering information about the organisations around Bristol that are trying to reduce food insecurity. We wanted to know how exactly they were tackling the problem; what kind of person volunteers and what kind of person requires support. With this rough outline, we prepared an interview script and organised meetings with as many charities and food banks as we could. The ultimate aim of this first round of interviews was to identify a promising design opening. We tried to limit how long we spent with each organisation as we were very aware of how precious their time was. However we felt it was important to let every interviewee direct elements of the conversation, so they could highlight what they thought were key issues. In the end, they’re the experts.

In an interview with Naomi from [Refresh](https://www.refreshbedminster.org/), a small food bank in Bedminster, she mentioned that their stocks of supplies often ran out. This contradicted what we were being told by the food banks in wealthier areas of Bristol. This imbalance and lack of communication between food banks was a key insight and the design opening we were looking for.

```cv
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```

### Prototyping & iterating

With our first round of interviews complete and a design opening identified, the team defined our concept. The service would streamline communication between food banks, allowing centres in need to submit requests for supplies in under a minute. Food banks with a surplus could fulfil these requests with ease. As we fleshed out this concept, limiting the audience to which requests are shown to only other food banks, became an arbitrary constraint. So we shifted the service’s focus from requesting supplies, to offering them — the catch being that in reality anyone making an offer was simply searching local requests.

```cv
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```

I used Figma to digitise our sketches, and create a testable prototype. We wanted to test the broad concept behind the app and see if participants could navigate it with ease.

I wanted to minimise the chances that a participant gets confused by the intricacies of the app's UI during a test. So I used Google's Material design language, an interface language that the majority of smartphone users would be familiar with.

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### Testing

This project was conducted on a compressed timescale, however we did have time to run testing workshops, the results from which were integrated into the concept. We received positive feedback, with users pleased with the simplicity of the service and the small amount of time required to post a request. Currently they use other social media sites to post requests, which can produce some success. They didn’t want to abandon the communities they had built there and we discussed how our service could integrate with other social media sites. Having considered this feedback, the team discussed a potential set of open protocols and APIs that our service could be built upon. This would allow other similar services or broader social networks to index requests made by users of the service.

### ﻿The delivered design

I created a new version of the prototype, integrating the feedback from our testing. Now featuring a visual and brand identity, Givr sports bold colours and a playful font, inviting those who have never donated to give the app a try.

[Try the demo](https://www.figma.com/proto/HbnwSVzetJUuN3iQU5RfURN9/Givr)

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