Soil-Services


A service and software project
w/Plengpai Ratnajarn
2022


UX/UI Design
Service Design







Part of a handy interactive toolkit for on-field probe-tests that organically balances efficiency and ecological farming.


Soil service app is a platform that supports soil-probe devices in voicing and showcasing its data in an accessible manner, in order to further motivate farmers towards sustainable yield futures.




This project is possible with the collaboration of  ETH start-up DigitSoil
and the Swiss Farmer Alliance for the Biodesign Challenge 2022
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My roles as a UX/UI designer in this project includes conducting interviews, iterating low- and high-fidelity wireframing, as well prototyping those iterations; conducting usability studies that accounts for accessibility and further design iterations.





Project —

Summary

The problem : There is no platform for soil serviece app that support soil-probe devices and demonstate the data in which can motivate farmers towards sustainable farming.

The goal : To create platform for soil service app that supports soil-probe devices in voicing and showcasing its data in an accessible manner, in order to further motivate farmers towards sustainable yield futures.

Our guiding question : How might we create a service system to support and motivate (swiss) farmers in tackling soil health issues with long-term sustainability in mind, depending on their specific needs




Information Architecture

After further understanding of the user and the innovation (market research field trips, on-site demo of device, benchmarking the market) We decided to focus on the most prominent and actionable needs or use-cases (both for users and our collaborator): this is the service to provide accessible and supportive app that

1.Create awareness about soil health and innovative farming (Community & Education support)

2.Save time for time-restricted farmers (ie. Farmers in Switzerland)

3.Enhances yield sustainably (financial thinking)







I seek to actively pay attention as means to mediate sustainable designs by caring for inclusion.    


Mark