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SHRIYA GURKHA

DreamScapes

Duration: 48 Hour UX Design Sprint 

Tools: Figma, Adobe Photoshop 

Context

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The project is the result of a Design Hackathon, 48 hours sprint organised  shared as part of a community building exercise during my junior year at NID. It involves creating a design solution for users to maintain a digital journal where they can document their dreams in different formats, granting them the creative freedom to express their thoughts through visual representations.

This initiative exemplifies my capability to delve into various functionalities and merge UX with the showcases design sensibilities into a digital product that resonates with user needs.

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UX Mapping

Visual Design

Mobile App.

48 Hours Design Sprint Brief

How might we enable users to creatively document and reflect on their dreams by maintaining a digital journal that supports multiple formats of expression?

Design Solution

To help users understand their sleep patterns and subconscious better, I designed DreamScapes—a unified triple-tab experience combining Visual, Journal, and Statistics views.

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Key Features 

Journalling

Dreamscapes has the primary goal of allowing users to journal their dreams and sleep quality

Visual Synthesis

As per the brief the product should have space to view visual synthesis or maps of their logged dreams

Statistics

For the purpose of learning, and self-realisation, statistics section is a key segment to look at patterns emerging

Constancy 

Lastly, to allow users to be consistent, the app features tools to carry consistent habits of logging dreams 

Find your dream tracking partner 🔍

Having a dream journal partner increases your quality of sleep by 95%.

Visual synthesis 

Journal in any format and view visual mappings of different triggers during your sleep

Organized maps and statics for noting real differences  🗒️

The statistics tab displays metrics like graphical representations of quality of sleep, dreams, unique stresses that may impact sleep quality.

JTD Framework 

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Market Study

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CSG Map

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In combination with the color palette evoking tranquility and freshness, mirroring the gentle curiosity of exploring one’s dreams.

Roboto Flex as the primary typeface perfect for reflecting the app’s balance between expression and introspection.

01. Request 

User Emotion

Ready to get into the habit of Journalling

User Action   

Exploring mind-related tools 

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This is a space to welcome visitors to the site.
Grab their attention with copy that clearly states what the site is about, and add an engaging image or video

Research & Discovery

  • Action: Journal dreams, explore mind-related tools

  • Feeling: Insecure, confused about app choice

  • Request: Guidance, clarity on which tools to use

2031

90k

2029

25k

Customer 
Segmentation Map

Stage

User Action

User Feeling

Request

Research

Data Entry

Analysis

Constancy

  • Journal Dreams 

  • Receive comprehensive information about their mind

  • Find what tools exist for dream tracking 

  • Visit DreamScape- Download the App

  • Add/Record Dream

  • Determine factors like sleep quality and time period

  • Share emotions such as Mood/ Feelings post dream

  • Summarise feeling/emotions

  • Display the frequencies of data analysis

  • identify triggers, habits and pain points that impact dreams in +ve and -ve ways

  • Set a reminder for entering data on daily basis

  • Ready to get into the habit of Journalling

  • Confused about which tools to utilize based on their features and their financial implications.

  • Insecure about their choice of app

  • Feeling light and positive when thoughts being shared while journalling

  • A feeling of excitement to see what patterns emerge 

  • A sense of control

  • It feels good to know more about yourself

  • Can seem daunting since new to understanding data and analysis's provided

  •  Encouraging to see your data and thoughts being mappeb Self Realisation

  • Reminders de stress the brain and the guilt of forgetting to perform a task

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Introducing DreamScapes

Iterating through various layout explorations helped establish a foundation for developing a widget-style interface.

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The visual section of the dream journal allows the user to build dynamic representations of various triggers

With more time I would

Cross-Platform Compatability

User-Testing

Develop the application for multiple platforms (iOS, Android, web) to reach a broader audience and ensure a consistent user experience across devices.

Conduct usability testing with a diverse user group to gather insights on the application's functionality and user experience. This feedback ensure that the app is intuitive to navigate 

Refine Inquiry and Details

While I am satisfied with the colors and information architecture, conducting more in-depth research during the initial stages could have provided greater insights into how customers navigate their journey, enabling more user-centric details to be incorporated

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