Allergenalert APP ui Design
Designed for those that have severe allergic sensitivities, this smartwatch app detects any potential allergens that are nearby before they get close enough to harm the user. The app allows the user to set the allergens that effect them and then sends a salient signal indicating the relative distance and severity to said allergen.
This project was created in response to a practice brief developed by members of the design team at Emergo by UL. The goal of this project was to complete all concept work, drafts, and the final UI design within 4 hours.
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​Key Skills: UI Design | User Research | Wireframing | Prototyping
USER FLOW
As I drafted this initial workflow, I knew that I wanted it to be as simple as possible for the user, only offering the most imperative functions. I narrowed down the primary functions to include managing allergens (as well as severity and distance to the allergens), viewing alert history, and responding to active alerts. I added the ability for users to deactivate the app for a limited time to reduce alarm fatigue in the event that they would be surrounded by an allergen and unable to step away (i.e. allergic to gluten but shopping in a grocery store).
WIREFRAMING
The next step of the process was developing the wireframe screens for the app. I focused on refining the simple, intuitive actions that I wanted to include. My goal here was to optimize the flow so that users would have to do little settings management after an initial set up of the allergen settings.
FULL UI DESIGN and NExT STEPS
The final UI design uses components that align with the Apple watchOS developer guidelines. My next steps for this project would be to prototype the screens in Figma and conduct a usability study on the functionality of the app.
