Undergraduate work

Relax Me

A mobile app concept that gives busy people an easy way to relax through technology.

Scope: Introduction to User Interface Design, Level III, Bachelor of Design
Duration: 4 weeks
Focus: Concept generation, UX design and research, UI design
Users: Busy working professionals and individuals

The challenge

People in today's world are in a rat race and barely find time for relaxation. Stress has become one of the most commonly heard words of today, and it makes it difficult to live a happy and effective life. How can we come up with a solution that busy people can easily reach through technology?

Users: Busy working professionals and individuals.

Personas

Persona card for Code Sam, 21, an Australian undergraduate computer science student in Canberra. She gets stressed and frustrated about deadlines and exams, and wants to complete her degree and work in human-computer interaction. The card shows personality sliders and motivations. — Persona: Code Sam.

Persona card for Lead Eshen, 31, a Sri Lankan CEO of a leading tech company in Colombo. He wants to be more productive and live a relaxed life with his family, and gets stressed and tired when managing work. The card shows personality sliders and motivations. — Persona: Lead Eshen.

Persona card for Scholar Lilly, 31, an American lecturer pursuing a PhD in Oregon. She wants to complete her PhD, balance her work and family, and stay focused, calm and relaxed, but has difficulty focusing and managing time. The card shows personality sliders and motivations. — Persona: Scholar Lilly.

Paper prototyping

A large map of hand-drawn phone screens connected by lines, showing how people move between screens in the app. — Paper prototype map of the app screens.

Flow chart of the app

Flow chart of phone screens joined by arrows. A note says these steps occur in each option selected from the relaxation mode list. — Flow chart of the app.

All case studies