04. Soul Meets

Social Connection

Meets Science

Overview

Team: Mercury Huang, Annie Brown, Emily Macaux
My Role: Researcher, UX/UI Designer
Duration: 3 Weeks
Timeline: July 6, 2023 - July 26, 2023
Project Scope: 100+ Screens, 30+ Surveys, 5 Interviews
Tools: Figma, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, StarryAi, Google Suite

Problem Statement

How do we connect people up again? This app addresses the public health crisis- the loneliness epidemic, that has been a massive impact on people’s health

Proposed Solution

Develop an app with an authentic, research-backed foundation for success. Attend closely to the needs of the modern user for social connection that lasts

User Research

Literature Review

Survey Results

Interview Results

User Persona

Storyboard

Ideation

I wish, I like, What if

Value Prioritization Matrix

After researching and chatting with potential users, key features that will benefit the users would be:

1 - Personality Test

2 - Filter Option

3 - Simple game

User Flow

Product Development

Paper Wireframes

Low-Fidelity Prototype

Future Directions

  • Integrating values into measure of initial compatibility

  • Introduce more games, detailed icebreakers

  • Propose to develop as a feature extension to Hinge to gain valued user base

  • Hackathon our way to creation!