Bloom

Overview

During this 2-day hackathon event, my team and I designed an application aimed at empowering children emotionally through coping methods that help calm their minds. Through research and discussion, we decided to make coping skills the main feature of the app. Our primary goals were to encourage children to process and share their emotions, while also strengthening teacher-student relationships through emotional trust and vulnerability.

My contribution

User research UX design

The team

4 x UX researchers and designers

Year

2022

Process

The first step we took as a team was conducting research. We wanted to fully understand the problem space and explored existing solutions. Through our findings, we learned that creating an application focused on coping methods could meaningfully help children calm their minds and manage their emotions.

Outcome

After refining and iterating on our ideas, my team and I created several coping method options, including breathing exercises, counting, coloring, and journaling. We incorporated more visuals and used light, calming colors to make the application more user-friendly and engaging for children.