K.I. PLANT GUIDE
PURPOSE OF THE GUIDE
To educate people who visit the Institute and Kokrobite so that they are familiar with their environment and build environmental literacy. Helping visitors be able to identify local plants, know their medicinal uses, environmental benefits, to even what countries they are native too.
All brochures fold into a 9x9cm format and are designed to unfold in different ways based on the content. As well as fit within a 3A size format for easy printing. (The guide is still in the works therefore we have some concept sketches and prototypes).
Environmental benefit guide
Medicinal benefit guide
K.I. Plant Guide
(Concept Sketch)
Native regions map
Plants in K.I. guide
MEDICINAL PLANT GUIDE
Learning Objectives
1. For people to learn the medicinal uses of local plants
2. Understand the important role of traditional medicine in Ghana to how it relates to the sustainability of local ecosystems.
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(High fidelity prototype)
ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS GUIDE
Learning objectives
1. For people to understand how trees and plants act as natural infrastructure and protection.
​2. How traditional raw earth construction mimics nature, and we should use it as an example of sustainable infrastructure.
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(Low fidelity prototype)
NATIVE REGIONS MAP
Learning objectives
1. Broaden peoples perspective and understand that local plants are native to countries all around the world.
​2. How plants have a whole history of migration naturally through seed dispersal, human migration, trade, and discovery.
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(Concept sketches)
K.I. CAMPUS PLANT MAP
Learning objective
For people who visit the institute to be familiar with their environment and identify plants on campus.
The graphics on the packaging that holds the brochure is a plant map of the K.I. Campus.
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(Concept sketches)
There are numbers on the map that match with numbers on the brochure. The numbers represent a certain plant, allowing the user to identify plants around campus. The brochure will have the names of various plants to a fun fact.
