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MY WORK
A Breath of Fresh Air
In a challenge to understand how to develop an app that supports an element of mental health, I was thrown into the deep end on user research methods, prototyping and wireframing, and designing a high-fidelity prototype of a mobile app for mental health. Breathe is an app focused on integrating moments of relaxation into your daily life without disruption.
DESIGN PROCESS
Let's take a look at how we got here.
The Opportunity
Sometimes, we all need a moment to breathe, but getting away in our busy lives and trying to track our progress is difficult, inconvenient, and time-consuming.
The Solution
A mobile app that provides users with an escape from their day-to-day lives. This app has the ability to measure your progress over time, provide you with suggestions based on recent activity, and integrate into your to-do list.
The Result
Test users reported positive feelings about personalization and the ease of integrating their task lists with Breathe's daily tasks. They reported appreciation of the constant progress checks and context hints present throughout the app.
My Contribution
I performed three stages of five interviews each, looking for different insights from similar customer segments. I used this information to develop sketches, wireframes, high-fidelity mockups, and brand guidelines for Breathe, eventually making a (nearly) fully-functioning prototype hosted in Figma for further testing.
Design Tenets
Everyone’s mental health needs are different. Personalization is key.
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The personalization survey in the introduction accounts for all user needs.
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Using suggested content to help users after personalization.
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​Personalization needs to be editable and non-definitive to preserve changing user needs.
Users need validation once they have completed tasks.
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Users receive rewards for completing their to-do’s.
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Incorporating mental health tasks balances the user's day.
Knowing progress is important to users.
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The streak counter creates a sense of accomplishment for each user.
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With increased use, each user has an increased sense of progress.
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