Sand ProjectIoT
Smart Aquarium app
The Smart Aquarium takes the routine out of aquarium care. Sensors track the tank, and a mobile app shows how the fish and plants are doing and lets people adjust every setting to their liking. The system automates the rest.
My focus: the UX research from ground zero, and the MVP’s design.
Year
2018/2023
Timeline
3 months
Tools
Figma,Miro,Adobe XD
My role
UX/UI Designer,UX Researcher
Team
Product Designer (1)
Problem statement
Challenges
The product depended on the hardware and technology already on the market.
Business
problems
- Caring for an aquarium takes time and expertise
- Preventing disease and loss among fish and plants takes in-depth knowledge
- Monitoring and controlling the key metrics by hand is hard
Design
goals
01
Make aquarium care simple and adaptable, with as little intervention as possible
02
Show the essential data in one view and make every metric easy to control
03
Scale beyond home aquariums to large water systems
Process & solution
Process
Discovery
- Ran the kick-off
- Planned the UX strategy
- Analysed competitors
- Researched the market
- Ran moderated in-person interviews
Define
- Created personas
- Mapped customer journeys
Ideate
- Analysed the data
- Set design principles and non-functional requirements
- Listed the functional requirements and MVP features
- Prioritized the features
- Created user flows and the sitemap
Design
- Sketched lo-fi wireframes
- Built, tested and iterated prototypes
- Created the final designs
