weirdo

a service for education

weirdo

a service for education

weirdo

a service for education

[ cathegory ]

interaction design

2022

interaction design, 2024

[ faculty ]

Maristella Matera,

Guido Parlato,

Roberta Tassi

[ team ]

Elena Sofia Agnolet, Alice Belardinelli,
Andrea Molteni, Maria Nardi, Giulia Zago

[ role ]

concept design,

project development,

prototyping

research methods

definition,

concept design,

project development

[ the callenge ]

Weirdo was created as a digital service able to accompany students in their choice of high school education, making them feel included. The difficulty in making the decision is mainly linked to the lack of awareness that young people have of their abilities and aptitudes, as well as the many preconceptions that risk hijacking the choice.

[ research goals ]

[ research tools ]

[ user journey ]

[ the project ]

For the development of Weirdo, the research phase to fully understand the user was crucial. Several user journeys were developed, mainly based on interviews conducted in the field, in order to identify the needs and critical stages in which the service could be placed.

The project made it possible to identify guidelines for addressing the users studied, in particular with regard to how to engage the children and how to circumvent the preconceptions present within the Italian educational system. In fact, the objective was to help children name their passions by exploiting the stories of the public figures they followed, gamification and the discovery of alternative school paths.

[ guidelines ]