2023 Galleries
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Galleries // 2023 Spark:Spring Student // Mood Flow
Mood Flow
Winner - Silver
Competition: Spark:Spring Student
Designer: Cassily (Danwei) Zhao
Design Type: Product & industrial
Company / Organization / School: ArtCenter College of Design
Website: https://www.cassilyzhao.com/
Team Members: Cassily (Danwei) Zhao
Moodflow is a wearable device with an app that changes how we track and understand our emotional states. Moodflow wearable sensor utilizes advanced technologies, including heart rate monitoring, skin conductance sensors, and temperature measurement, to capture daily physiological data. Moodflow embraces a design language that is simple, clean, and consistent, providing users with a visually appealing and intuitive experience. The overall aesthetic is characterized by rounded edges, offering a soft and comfortable feel and enhancing the user's interaction with the device and app. At the heart of the design is the innovative use of color gradients to represent the wearer's current mood. By leveraging a range of colors that vary in intensity and hue, Moodflow creates a dynamic visual representation that reflects the unique emotional state of each individual. From serene blues and tranquil greens to vibrant yellows and fiery reds, the color gradients evolve in real-time, providing an immediate and intuitive understanding of one's emotional state.
JUDGES COMMENTS:
Great form factor and presentation, Problem statement not convincing, industrial design good
