Project Overview
By focusing on emotional disorders, designers can contribute to reducing the stigma associated with mental health issues. Openly addressing these concerns in design projects can help normalize discussions around mental health and promote greater acceptance and understanding. Seeking to create a user-centric mobile application designed to provide support for individuals dealing with emotions, specifically relates to anxiety. This app aims to offer users a resourceful platform to manage and alleviate emotional symptoms, enhance their mental well-being, and promote a sense of calm and control.
Personally, I suffer from anxiety and emotional mood swings. I explored many mood healing and tracking apps for benefiting my mental health. None of them truly worked for my situation. By evolving around the themes of “mood”, “emotions”, and “healing”, I wish my work can develop into a functional tool for benefiting others’ mental health.
Personally, I suffer from anxiety and emotional mood swings. I explored many mood healing and tracking apps for benefiting my mental health. None of them truly worked for my situation. By evolving around the themes of “mood”, “emotions”, and “healing”, I wish my work can develop into a functional tool for benefiting others’ mental health.
My Story
My Story
Features
Based on the information architecture, I have translated the structural blueprint into a visual representation through wireframe. This wireframe serves as a framework, outlining the placement and key elements within the app’s interface.
Launch page introduces the app with designs and shows visually pleasing aesthetic, as well as explicitly showcasing its important emoji feature for mood tracking.
Launch page introduces the app with designs and shows visually pleasing aesthetic, as well as explicitly showcasing its important emoji feature for mood tracking.
Launch page introduces the app with designs and shows visually pleasing aesthetic, as well as explicitly showcasing its important emoji feature for mood tracking.
Homepage delivers main features of the app, provide options for users to have a more refined emotional tracking journey to providing an effective means for individuals to navigate and overcome persistent anxiety.
Check in page offers an effortless tracking experience for daily mood along with user friendly emoji feature.
ESA page is customizable according to each pet profile, users are able to connect their emotional journey with the companionship of their ESA.
ESA page is customizable according to each pet profile, users are able to connect their emotional journey with the companionship of their ESA.
Meditation personalized to user emotional needs, allowing users to seamlessly integrate moments of cal and mindfulness into the emotional journey.
Meditation personalized to user emotional needs, allowing users to seamlessly integrate moments of cal and mindfulness into the emotional journey.
Community page allows users to connect with a supportive community, sharing experiences and insights as you navigate your emotional well-being journey together.
Community page allows users to connect with a supportive community, sharing experiences and insights as you navigate your emotional well-being journey together.
Profile page allows users to showcase their unique personality and connect with their unique experiences.
Profile page allows users to showcase their unique personality and connect with their unique experiences.
Research
I did research regarding to people’s emotions, particularly focusing on anxiety disorders and mood swings. My goal is to learn about the current situation and get knowledge on the needs and demands.
Competitive Analysis
Competitive Analysis
User Research
User Research
Persona
Before diving into the user research process, I did a round of competitive analysis to learn about the current emotional tracking app: what they are doing well or not well, and what features that they are lacking.
Summarizing from this round of competitor analysis, I learned that those products all help users to manage their emotions and stay mentally healthy, but they are lacking of efficiency and user consistency.
I conducted a comprehensive survey aimed at students and professionals in the workplace, focusing on their mental health and strategies for dealing with anxiety and emotions. The primary objective of this survey was to gather valuable insights for the development of a mood tracking and emotional support app.
In my user discovery process, I conducted in-depth interviews with six individuals who are frequent users of emotion tracking apps. These interviews aimed to uncover nuanced insights into their preferences, pain points, and unique user experiences, providing valuable perspectives that inform the app's design and functionality. The diverse pool of interviewees ensured a comprehensive understanding of various user needs and behaviors within the emotion tracking app domain.
User Discovery
Insights
Journey Map
Possible Solutions
Information Architecture
ESA Page - customized emotional support animal page
Launch Page - show overall app aesthetic
Launch Page - show overall app aesthetic
Home Page - personalized emotion tracking
Meditation Page - guided meditations for emotional balance
Community Page - share emotional journeys
Profile Page - customized user profile
Profile Page - customized user profile
Wireframe
Wireframe
After a thorough analysis, I have generated a range of innovative solutions that have the potential to shape the final product. These solutions address key insights and user needs, offering a diverse set of features and enhancements to create a well-rounded and user-centric product outcome.
Development
Designing Interface
Designing Interface
Tools
My Role
Figma
User Research, Concept Development, Interface Design, Visual Design
Ten weeks
(Nov-Dec 2023)
Duration
Check In - daily mood tracking
Check In - daily mood tracking
By focusing on emotional disorders, designers can contribute to reducing the stigma associated with mental health issues. Openly addressing these concerns in design projects can help normalize discussions around mental health and promote greater acceptance and understanding. Seeking to create a user-centric mobile application designed to provide support for individuals dealing with emotions, specifically relates to anxiety. This app aims to offer users a resourceful platform to manage and alleviate emotional symptoms, enhance their mental well-being, and promote a sense of calm and control.
I conducted a comprehensive survey aimed at students and professionals in the workplace, focusing on their mental health and strategies for dealing with anxiety and emotions. The primary objective of this survey was to gather valuable insights for the development of a mood tracking and emotional support app.
After a thorough analysis, I have generated a range of innovative solutions that have the potential to shape the final product. These solutions address key insights and user needs, offering a diverse set of features and enhancements to create a well-rounded and user-centric product outcome.
Home Page - personalized emotion tracking
Homepage delivers main features of the app, provide options for users to have a more refined emotional tracking journey to providing an effective means for individuals to navigate and overcome persistent anxiety.
Check in page offers an effortless tracking experience for daily mood along with user friendly emoji feature.
ESA Page - customized emotional support animal page
Meditation Page - guided meditations for emotional balance
Community Page - share emotional journeys
© Tiffany Hu 2024
Project Overview
By focusing on emotional disorders, designers can contribute to reducing the stigma associated with mental health issues. Openly addressing these concerns in design projects can help normalize discussions around mental health and promote greater acceptance and understanding. Seeking to create a user-centric mobile application designed to provide support for individuals dealing with emotions, specifically relates to anxiety. This app aims to offer users a resourceful platform to manage and alleviate emotional symptoms, enhance their mental well-being, and promote a sense of calm and control.
Tools
Figma
Ten weeks
(Nov-Dec 2023)
Duration
My Role
User Research, Concept Development, Interface Design, Visual Design
Features
Research
In my user discovery process, I conducted in-depth interviews with six individuals who are frequent users of emotion tracking apps. These interviews aimed to uncover nuanced insights into their preferences, pain points, and unique user experiences, providing valuable perspectives that inform the app's design and functionality. The diverse pool of interviewees ensured a comprehensive understanding of various user needs and behaviors within the emotion tracking app domain.
User Discovery
Insights
Journey Map
Possible Solutions
After a thorough analysis, I have generated a range of innovative solutions that have the potential to shape the final product. These solutions address key insights and user needs, offering a diverse set of features and enhancements to create a well-rounded and user-centric product outcome.
Development
Information Architecture
Based on the information architecture, I have translated the structural blueprint into a visual representation through wireframe. This wireframe serves as a framework, outlining the placement and key elements within the app’s interface.
Launch Page - show overall app aesthetic