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  Prototyping in Figma

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  GIS for location-based tree filtering

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  Database for Search in the prototype

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  Sprig Team Members

Inspiration

-TeamTrees movement Our project was inspired by seeing the high amount of enthusiasm generated by the Arbor Day Foundation’s Team Trees. Team trees pledges to plant one tree for every dollar donated and has within a few weeks reached $12 Million of their stated $20 Million goal.

-Converting energy to action Seeing the energy behind Team Trees spurred us to ask “How can we channel this energy to fuel more environmental activism and engagement.” That’s how we came up with Sprig.

What it does

-Your Guide to Greening the Planet Sprig makes it easy to participate in the green movement by effortlessly helping you select a native tree species fit to your planting site, directing you to a nursery who can provide the sapling, and instructing you in planting the tree.

-Responsive Mobile Web App Sprig will run on your smartphone device and automatically use your location to filter appropriate species and require minimal user input to refine the search to trees which are most suited to your environment.

How we built it

-Whimsical Cloud-based; For visual workspace for collaborative wireframes, flowcharts, sticky notes and mind-maps.

-Figma Cloud-based; Design, prototype and gather feedback from user testing.

-Excel Providing our database of trees.

-ArcGIS Web application allowing sharing and search of geographic information. For location-based database filtering.

-Slack Communication, synchronization and file sharing among team members.

Challenges we ran into

-Tool compatibility Excel filters not hiding values from Figma

- The Noun Project For sourcing visual assets

- Material Design User Interface Kit A library of UI elements, app templates and style guides combined into a source file for Figma

-Data sourcing Finding reputable, current, and relevant climate data.

-scope creep Staying focused on creating a prototype that demonstrates core features, not getting distracted with extras.

-time estimations Setting realistic goals about what we could build in the alloted time.

-communicating our mission Trying to refine our message to convey both the immediate problem solved by the app as well as the larger context of the app.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

-demonstrable prototype Simple streamlined design models how the app will look and function.

-Well defined way forward Clear idea about the tools and methods we will use to finish building the back end.

-had fun This whole weekend was a great experience

What we learned

- Application design process - from idea to prototype - using tools such as Whimsical and Figma (Corwin, Jon)

-How to integrate a database into prototype (Mischa)

-Collaborative product design

What's next for Sprig

- Social networking and gamification

- Full database integration

- deployable app

- Map of trees planted through Sprig

-refine selection process

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Built With

• figma
• material-design-ui-kit