ONE
Develop a healthy work-from-home routine, one day at a time.
Introduction
One is a wellness app that helps users develop healthy routines, provide daily wellness reminders, and generate behavior analysis.
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The goal for this project is to develop an app to help people who have to work and study at home because of COVID-19, helping them better cope with the "new normal".
Role
Product Design
User Research
Visual Design
Problem Statement
The year 2020 has caught everyone off-guard. As a transformation designer, I decided to develop an app to help people who have to stay inside to feel a sense of normality, and feel more in control of their lives. Regularity, organization and routines are the key focus of this project. One will help people develop a healthy stay-at-home routine, and gain more control of their life by setting and tracking their goals, restricting screen time and providing routine reminders.
Qualitative Interview
I was interested to learn what is other people experiences with the new "normal", and what challenges they face. So I interviewed 10 of my friends. I asked about their stay-in-home experience and their mental health.
Sarah, 25
Security Technical Program Manager
San Francisco, CA
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Goal: Restore a sense of normality at home, be more focused during work hours and be more energetic.
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Frustration: Sarah has missed two meetings this month because she stayed up too late at night and didn't get up on time the next morning. She constantly feels tired and can't concentrate as well.
Luna, 29
Project Manager
Chicago, IL
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Goal: Gain a better work-life balance, be in a better mood, and exercise more often.
Frustration: Luna has trouble defining the boundary between life and work now. She is constantly on her computer, tweaking schedules and giving feedback to team members. She is always online, which took a toll on her mental health.
Kyle, 24
Student
San Jose, CA
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Goal: Lift up mood, eat and drink more regularly, keep up with school work.
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Frustration: Kyle has been feeling depressed because he couldn't see any of his friends, classmates, and he is slacking off from his school work. Because his apartment is small, he's work space is also his bedroom. He spent most of his days playing video games, that sometimes he forget to eat and drink.
Pain Point
1. Daily routine has been disrupted. When people don't have to go out to work/study, they lose the whole morning/night routine.
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2. Flexible schedule causes staying up late at night, which disrupt circadian rhythm.
3.When people work from home, they work in somewhere they usually relax; which causes them to "always feel like at work".
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4. People don't eat, drink or exercise regularly at home, which take a toll on their mental health.
How Are People Coping Now
1. Using a physical or website planner.
2. Feel bad and set up unreachable goals.
3. Don't do anything.
Goal
The goals for this app is to help people who has a hard time changing their daily routine to the "WFH Mode" to adapt a healthy daily routine. By integrating AI technology, smartwatch and other smart devices, it creates a wholesome experience for the user, which help them develop a consistent routine. This app also merged wellness app and to do list together so people with limited storage in their phone don't need to worry about the app taking too much space in their devices.
Competitors Analysis
Pro
- Soothing color.
- Clear task page.
- Daily routine infused with mood check.
- Provide personalized data.
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Cons:
- Tedious to re-arrange habits.
- No note section.
- Can't add habit only for certain days.
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Pro
- Beautiful and creative interface.
- Calendar element.
- Customize reminders.
- Streaks to incentive user keep going.
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Cons:
- Confusing set up page.
- Vibrant color.
- Analysis system can be discouraging.
- Challenges can be stressful.
- Not enough directions on how to
complete a task.
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Pro
- Easy interface.
- Minimalistic design.
- Shows personal growth.
- Streaks to incentive user keep going.
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Cons:
- Limited feature.
- Too much pop up.
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Persona
User Journey
(Based on the rough sketch)
Solution
The One app will provide users a tool to organize their lives better. The app combines what routine app, check list app and wellness app have to offers, at the same time the simple and minimalist interface will encourage user to keep using this app. All of the features are self explanatory and the analysis will help the user visualize their process. This app will also encourage the user to go to a different section of the living space for different tasks.
Branding
Primary Colors
Secondary Colors
Roboto Bold One App
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Roboto Regular One App
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Brainstorming & Information Architecture
Wireframe
User Flow
Scenario 1
Receive Reminder
Open App
Fill in the tracking information
Check Progress
(eg. water intake, mood, etc.)
Scenario 2
Open App
Register
Sign In
Add Task/Check List
Key Features
Easy Set Up
One is designed for someone who have to stay home and perform their daily activities. They might feel overwhelmed, anxious or lose all motivations. So the set ups are designed cheerful, caring and easy.
The user can choose to just put in one or two habit to start with, and once the user get to the homepage, they can add more. This way, the set up can be less of a hassle. Once you complete the set up page, there would be a short tutorial to show you how to navigate the app, just in case people need it.
Inspiring and Simple Homepage
There is a new inspirational quote on the home page everyday to make the users feel less lonely and more productive. Homepage consists of the daily routine, which is more consistent to a day to day basis, and check list, which can vary day by day. It is quite intuitive to re-arrange different habits. When the user edit the time, the homepage will re-arrange habit in a chronological order. User can also choose to repeat the check list items, in case they have some other responsibility pops up for a couple of days.
Track Your Goals And See Your Process
On this page user can see how much of their daily goals are being met, and see how they are doing throughout the day/week/month/year. The visualized data can help user understand the pattern of their day and how to improve.
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Connect your smartwatch with this app so the app can update your hydration level, and provide more accurate analysis
Quick Note For Random Thoughts
The Note section allows the users to journal or just take some quick notes. Maybe it's a book they want to read or a poetry line just appears in their head. Recent notes can be easily accessed and the notes are organized by dates. Old notes can be retrieved by clicking on the date.
Notification To Help Build Habit
Little reinforcement goes a long way. It's not easy to form a healthy habit. Majority of people find it hard to follow through their plans. One will give you push notifications for all your events and tasks, it will also reminds you to go to a different spa
Check out the interactive prototype