Week 6 Tuesday

Today in class we had a prototyping session. I am still unsure which direction my project is going as I have two very different concepts I want to explore. I started by creating a survey to confirm my assumptions and gain some insight into what students want. 

These were my survey questions:

• -          Do you enjoy cooking
• -          What is your go to meal when you cook
• -          How often do you cook
• -          What stops you from cooking more?
• -          Would you rather buy takeaways than cook yourself?
• -          Why would you rather buy food than cook
• -          What do you usually buy if you don’t cook
• -          How did you feel the first time you had to cook for yourself
• -          How much are you willing to pay for a my food bag type service?
• -          Would you like to gain more skills and recipes that are cheap and easy?

These were the results:

And the answers to the open-ended questions were:

what is your go to meal when you cook?

• tortillas x 2
• pasta based dish x 6
• curry
• spag bol x 3
• eggs
• marinated chicken drumsticks and roast veges
• pizza x 2
• homemade crumbed chicken and handmade wedges
• pasta and pesto
• stir fry x 3
• Falaphel
• Fish Laksa
• chicken nuggets
• Carbonara x 2
• cheese toastie x 2
• chicken udon noodles, butter chicken or burgers
• tacos
• Grilled veggies and mash potato
• omelette
• Roast vegetables with meat 

Why would you rather buy than cook food?

• cheaper
• healthier 
• easy
• something I can't cook
• quick
• tired of thinking about food, buying it, cooking it,paying for it, eating it, and then cleaning up
• less effort
• taste better / better quality
• better variety
• money
• less cleaning

What do you usually buy if you don't cook?

• pizza
• thai 
• burgers
• sushi
• chinese takeaway
• uber eats
• fish and chips
• indian 
• kebabs

How much are you willing to pay for a my food bag type service?

• $80
• $70
• $40 - $70
• $100
• $55
• $120
• $40- $50
• less than $60
• $30- $50
• cheaper than other food bags

Mark gave me some advice and ideas on where to go next. I need to narrow down my concepts a bit more and use Friday's prototyping session to ask people what they think about them and during the meantime observe cooking in a flatting situation.