CoCart
Overview
Connecting neighborhoods by simplifying orders
Our Prompt:
UW/UX’s designathon challenged participants with the following question:
“How might we empower communities to adopt sustainable habits that reduce environmental impact?”
My Role
Research, pitch writing, storytelling
Team
Emily Chan, Andrew Chu, Winston Zhao, Sophia Ho
Timeline & Results
5 hour designathon
1rst place winner
The Problem
3 Billion trees are cut down annually to make boxes like this:
Thats alot of wasted space.
Worse, the environmental cost of these packages is staggering—
one parcel delivery alone produces emissions equivalent to driving a car for 1 kilometer.
Online shopping was supposed to be frugal, simple, and efficient. But for many students it’s anything but that.
From Amazon alone,
22 Million
Products are ordered per day
1.9 Items
In contained in each order
How might we empower communities to adopt sustainable habits that reduce environmental impact?
Finding the main users
To understand how to design our solution, I wanted to understand the different people who would be involved.
These people are consumers who want to order but worry about:
1
High minimum order requirements
2
High shipping fees
3
Unsecure deliveries
Competitive Analysis
Existing solutions that guided the designs
1
Uber
Trusted drivers who deliver passengers to destinations
2
CapitalOne
A browser plugin that saves money with cart wishlisting
Our Solution
Connecting neighborhoods by simplifying orders
Find community carts near you
Share carts and delivery fees
Pick up packages from a trusted neighborhood host
