2024

Design Awards Silver Winner - Anqi (Angela) Chen

Calmspace

Entrant Company

Anqi (Angela) Chen

Category

User Experience (UX) - Product UX

Client's Name

Country / Region:

United States

Calmspace, a mobile design addressing technology-induced anxiety in young adults who are at school or working in professional industries, employs a freemium model, providing free well-being features for self-focused and group activities. The innovative reward program encourages users to learn about digital anxiety, earn credits through quizzes and inviting friends for free sessions, and track well-being performance in the profile dashboard. Calmspace aims to enhance happiness, and natural, proactive interaction for a healthier digital lifestyle.

How can we raise awareness of young adults' anxiety through digital tech, addressing their "always connected" concerns for well-being? Calmspace seeks a mental balance for whom in need of having personal spaces while still desiring social connections. It aims to design an intuitive, accessible experience to raise people's awareness of mental well-being. The design includes features where people can take self-focused sessions individually, while being able to join group sessions to maintain connections, and it adopts colors that evoke a sense of care and stress-free, and builds with a freemium model for free and a reward program for motivations.

First-time user begins with three-step onboarding where Calmspace offers a guided introduction, and they land on the homepage that shows the individual activities. This is the entry point of the experience that brings people the choices of managing mental well-being through self-care or group activities. In the meantime, people are able to learn about digital anxiety topics through the Learning page, and track their performance in the Profile dashboard. Calmspace aims to bridge the dilemma between self-care and social connections, and break down the barriers of budget, location by making users at home.

Credits

UX Designer
Anqi (Angela) Chen
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