An app designed to alleviate common symptoms associated with ADHD
Timeline
3 Months
Tools
Figma, FigJam, Optimal Workshop
Overview
ADHD is a neurodevelopmental disorder due to physically different growth of a person’s brain.
People with ADHD often struggle to complete “easy” and “menial” tasks like putting clean dishes away.
What’s Hard
Matter reduces the overwhelm of to-do creation by streamlining the flow while providing robust searchability. Users can find anything they need in the app like events, tasks, and whether they took their pesky morning medication.
Solving It
Research
User research was conducted to inform visual design and flows. An Optimal Workshop survey asked targeted questions about behaviors, habits, and preferences in relation to maintaining tasks and visualizing responsibilities.
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“It makes things a bit less overwhelming because...I'm just managing what I'm doing today and tomorrow.”
“I tend to write tasks everywhere, in places I will later forget where I wrote them.”
“Being able to cross off items in that list gives me a boost to have the confidence to keep going.”
“I wish there was a way to sync them all.”
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A university student seeking her bachelor’s degree in computer science. She lives in an apartment with 3 other people. Her coursework is very demanding with lots of tasks and assignments and has trouble managing the execution of all those tasks. She tends to forget things often and experiences overwhelm easily. She is medically diagnosed with ADHD and is treating it with prescribed medication.
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Description text gA professional in his industry where he works in an office. Most of his work is project-based and contains many parts to it. He is able to prioritize tasks and goals through systems he’s built for himself to be successful. Though he isn’t medically diagnosed, he exhibits many symptoms of ADHD which affects his day-to-day life. He has worked extremely hard to create organization systems to help him take control of his life.oes here
More Details
Tokens & Components
Every part of the app is created with responsive color tokens in order to provide a custom, yet consistent experience for each user. Reusable components were designed based on atomic design methodology in order to lower cognitive load on users. These components are essential in avoiding overwhelm when going through task creation flows.
Built-In Medication Reminders
Sometimes the hardest thing for someone with ADHD is making the call to refill your prescription (or remembering to make the call). Matter minimizes the mental effort by sending those requests at the push of a button.
Live Event Functionality
Based on previous research, one of the biggest struggles with maintaining tasks or events is as simple as forgetting them because they aren’t easily viewable. The live event allows users to create a custom widget that is persistent on their home screen.
Smart Watch Experience
Matter utilizes notifications to provide reminders as a trigger for users to help them switch gears when events are transitioning or when it’s time to take a medication.
Final Thoughts
This project was born out of my own personal need. I created it for myself to stay on top of many responsibilities. It was so rewarding creating a brand and experience to positively impact people.
I threw myself into the meticulous design of each component, color and spacing token, brand system, and flows. I did this based on a robust survey with 39 individual responses which helped me craft a unique experience. I was able to conduct testing with users on flows, components, general design, and app features.
Thanks to everyone who provided feedback and/or support!