Hook a duck

When first given the assignment we immediately decided to distance ourselves from the typical clipboard and question affair, preferring to think of a way to draw the public towards us without the need to hassle and irritate. Looking at ways to interact with the public we came up with the idea of using the classic fairground 'duck and hook' game, with a few of our own additions to get the opinions and ideas we needed.

What better habitat for our ducks than the ubiquitous public fountain...

The names of 15 areas or places in Manchester were written on the bottom of the ducks, which then had to be hooked and sorted into piles of 'loved' or 'unloved' spaces. After the initial ice breaker we asked the players the reasons behind their choices and got them thinking about any spaces they felt needed a bit of love - our 'ugly ducklings'




Once we had enough information the ducks were left to be found by passers by, with the link to the blogspot marked in pen

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