Story Board:
One day, a young man went to the hospital to visit his seriously ill colleague. This colleague said that he had lung cancer. The doctor judged that he had only one year of life, and he regretted it now. He said that the doctor gave him a simple clock and told him that due to long time smoking, on this clock, his life had reached the end of 11 o’clock. At this time, he took out the magic clock with difficulty and asked the young man that you also smoke, what time do you think you are now? After the young man saw the clock, he trembled and stammered: “You scared me. My life has just begun, and it’s still at 1 o’clock.”… The warning of the clock and the terminal illness of his colleagues made the young man ended visit early. After leaving the ward, he threw a box of cigarettes into the trash can and whispered: “This is lucky, I’m only at 1 o’clock. Wish me healthy!!!”
User Test:
This prototype I call it “life clock”. It is the form of my topic. Its main body is made of cardboard paper. And in the middle, one cigarette represents the hand of the clock. 12 pictures show 12 different status of a smoker in his life and represent 12 hours. It’s easy to play, you just show this clock to any of the smokers and ask them to move the hand of the clock to tell himself what time he/she is at. I think this is a big shock to smokers.
I shared this prototype to my cohort group which includes “Dorian, Haoqi and Parisa”. And here are some comments from them.
Dorian — Could you connect this clock to a cigarette box, like design an QR code on a box and when scanning it the user will get a virtual clock and if the user enters his age of smoke and quantity of daily smoke, this virtual clock will show you what time you are at now. This probably will be the next step to design.
Parisa — has some terrible pictures to scare smokers like bad teeth or lung cancer. This gives a big shock to warning smokers.
Haoqi — Previously, I wrote many words to explain the status of each hour, but Haoqi suggests that big cords in the center are enough, because words will limit people’s imagination. So I removed words for explaining each hour, as showing above the final version.