I want to reduce the carbon footprint of festivals by redesigning a tent.
The insights that i have learned are that the easier something is, the more likely people are to do it. As most people are hungover when it comes to packing up after a festival then i need to create a product that makes the process much easier at this point.
I’ll seek to create something that the buyer will love and want to keep. I’ll investigate longevity/eco friendliness/price and create what i feel is the best solution to reduce abandonment and plastic waste over time.
What should my tent have/be?
By setting constraints on my tent, it will be more straightforward to design. I have used my findings from research to find what is imprtant in tent design. This will be my Minimum Viable Product, before I start adding strings and bows - a minimum viable product has just enough core features to effectively deploy the product, and no more.
• Rapid to put up/down
• Easy to carry/push
• Weather resistant inc sun
• Personalisable
• Large and ventilated
• Eco friendly somehow
Things that I need to do next:
Festival travel – public transport is declining each year. Why?
Design for the drunk fella
Move on from research. Begin prototyping/sketching
Contact tent manufacturers
Visit sites
Try carrying everything I would take to a festival
Contact Love your tent
Contact Amanda at Comp-A-Tent