ICON is an online tool designed by young New Zealanders (with interactive designer Yasmine El Orfi). It’s goal is to help young people find strategies and support to deal with online negativity. From nudes to bullying and cyber aggrression, ICON was co-designed with and by young people to be a tool that gives young people very practical relatable strategies.
The name ICON came out of our first co-design workshop it is an inspired by the App ICE - In Case of Emergency. Designed to be a tool you keep in your pocket ICON is a web App which is optimised for mobile but is also accessible on a laptop. Reflecting the digital needs and habits of young people. Often the problem is occuring online ICON now exists in the same space to help deal with it.
We had a team of young people aged 14-20 from across Aotearoa, working with a facillitator (Karla Sanders) and interactive designer (Yasmine El Orfi).
The user experience, user flows, and overall concept was worked out together during 8 in person workshops.