In a recent post, I introduced Kluster, a new web startup that is trying to build a community for democratized design, i.e. crowdsourcing.
As an experiment, I recently sponsored my own design challenge on Kluster (you’ll need a Kluster account to see it). I offered $50 of my own money and challenged the Kluster community to design a killer location-aware application for the iPhone. The challenge ran for about a week and a half, during which time 47 proposals were made and 68,523 watts (Kluster currency) were invested to determine the best among them.
The main purpose of my experiment was to try and re-create the human-centered design process within Kluster, which, according to my previous post, is difficult if not impossible. Not to be a mere critic, I gave my own best shot and making it happen.