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Brief:
Choose a service that 'serves the city' in some way...
After choosing a service, project into the future an extreme scenario
grounded in your research...e.g. what would happen if everyone in London
used a dog walking service?
Consider physical aspects of the city change, what are
the points of interface between the information network and the physical,
repercussions etc. We chose 'life coaching' as a service for the city.
Background:
With the stress and isolation of city life mounting,
people are turning to life coaches to help them negotiate their complicated
lives.
A Life Coach is a motivational personal helper and
hand holder that has a future orientated affirming approach to inspiring
one's client. Life Coaches consult through means of the telephone, email
or in person.
We attributed this increasing reliance on life coaching
to the concept of 'comfort zone'.
The 'comfort zone' is the area that we are all living
in. We are all comfortable, living in a relatively buffered zone where
other people look after the more unpleasant things in life. The police
take care of the criminals, the firemen take care of the fire, there is
always someone else to delegate to.
We believe this attitude is developing into our private
and emotional lives. Some people go one step further then most and have
a person that looks after their life for them. Whispering was chosen as
a method of problem release.
Line2, the service:
A service for the city... With stress and isolation
in cities mounting, life coaching has become popular. Public transport
plays a central role for every major city. The London Underground and
London Bus systems are both strong symbols that represent London. It is
for these reasons that the project was developed with both these services
in mind.
Pushing Life Coaching into widespread use, we created
a way of receiving coaching while on the move. People can release their
problems, relieving stress and aggression, and receive encouragement anonymously.
Discussion amongst other commuters or if someone for whom the advice was
not intended was to gain encouragement or enlightenment, are also goals
of the service. Maybe people might actually talk as they commute. With
the congestion charge coming into effect it is proposed that it pay for
this service. Congestion in the streets can clear the congestion in the
mind! This is an investigation of a personal service delivered in an apparently
impersonal manor. Also it explores the way that people can feel more at
ease talking to an apparently inanimate object and divulge more personal
thoughts.
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