Design Challenge

How Might We Make the Increasingly Open and Supportive Public Attitude towards LGBT in China Visible and Maximize Its Impact?

The Illumination Project

The Illumination Project advocates diverse culture and aims to create a real-time, wide, straightforward and friendly space for SOGIE (sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression).

Concept

The project is inspired by the contradiction between the increasingly open and supportive attitude toward LGBT topic in China and LGBT community’s low recognition of support in daily life.
Without geographical and time limit, the tranditional safe zone is redefined and transformed into a carry-on attribute - Live Safe Zone.

Why Illumination

Illumination

Light Cluster

When sources of light aggregate, powerful and widespread energy will come into being.

Illumination

Light Source

The positive energy is like light source that always surrounds the supporters.

Illumination

Sense of Security

It is depressing to live in closet. But the light source (support) could lead people away from the darkness.

See the Light

Live Illumination

Support towards LGBT community shows lively as lightspot on the map, any move with the supporter. In the map view, LGBT-friendly environment could be easily identified through the number of lightspot.

Be the Light

Illumination Mode

Simply open Illumination Mode to share location information and express attitudes. Form a dynamic safe zone, no longer subject to physical space constraints.

Explore the light

Discover Safe Zone

Safe Zone is all around you.

All You've Been

Your Illumination

The personal journey with Inllumination.

Light the World

Call for Paticipants

Logo

Illumination

Mind-Map

Workflow

User Journey

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Ultilized Skillsets

Design Research

Background Study;
Analyze User Bahavior;
Identify opportunity Area.

Ideation

Wirframe Product Structure;
Product Sketch & Prototype;
Visual Guideline.