"Tower Garden" App Redesign Process
This project was a team effort to design an app for "Tower Garden", a company that sells hydroponic devices. We wanted to simplify the process of using a tower garden and allow users to have access to all functionalities at the tips of their fingers. We designed the app to be as cohesive and user-friendly as possible.
Research
Problem to Address: Users of Tower Garden find it difficult and complicated to care for their hydroponic device.
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Research Steps:
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Identify Problem and Create Possible Solution
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Decided to create an app that was easy and simple to use for Tower Garden customers
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Interviews
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We interviewed three different people with a set of questions created to help gauge the user needs and questions​
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Drew behavioral insights from interviews to help direct design process
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User Persona
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We created a User Persona​ to represent the "average user" of our product
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Design
Design Steps:
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Identify elements to include in app
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We used our user persona and takeaways from the interviews to create a roadmap of features our app would include​
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Decided that the app should look clean, simple, sleek, and welcoming
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Low-Fidelity Wireframes
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Created sketches of how we wanted the website to look​
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Kept text boxes and sections round and inoffensive
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​Kept text fairly large and spread out to keep that flowy feel​
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High-Fidelity Wireframes
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Created high fidelity versions of wireframes using figma.​
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Used a basic, muted color scheme with greens and beiges to help open the screen space
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Prototyping
Prototyping Steps:
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Take wireframes and bring them to life
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We used Figma to create a loop a user would take through the application
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Prototype Link:
