(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2023-05)
Vieira, Pedro Henrique de Medeiros
Collaboration can be defined as the act of working together with one or more individuals or groups towards a common goal, with the aim of achieving a shared result. At its core, collaboration is about leveraging the strengths and abilities of all team members to achieve a better outcome than any individual could on their own.
Bloc Co-op is a game designed to incorporate Lego bricks and a companion app to improve collaboration within teams in a seamless and playful way.
Teams will get together and compete in weekly building challenges, upload pictures of their structures and rate others builds, while exercising their communication, trust, creativity, and accountability muscles.
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2023-05)
Holmes, Cam
This project direction is directed towards improving student’s transition into their careers by leveraging the gig economy to create connection and cash flow with an intent of finding a scalable product market fit on the Georgia Institute of Technology's campus. This project utilizes a common startup practice by condensing the design process to more of an iterative approach to problem solving. The design cycles start broad and become more defined as the project progresses based on feedback received from students and eventually local businesses around campus. The three main themes around each design cycle are as follows:
1. A Student to Student Gig Exchange,
2. A Text-based Freelance Marketplace for Students,
3. A Scalable Platform and Ecosystem designed to help build small business, Student Experience and Expand the University Community. This iterative process of “failing fast” has enabled Gigsurf to strengthen it’s product market fit through the entirety of the project. Gigsurf is a marketplace for top talent students to provide contract work to start-ups while expanding the start-up presence on campus and within local communities.