Livia Application by Xianghan Wang, Jing Yao and Rui Xi is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2025 Silver A' Design Award in Digital Product Design Competition Category.
SilverDigital Product· 2025
Livia Application
by Xianghan Wang, Jing Yao and Rui Xi
Client: Xianghan Wwang, Jing Yao, Rui Xi
Silver A' Design Award Winner in Digital Product Category
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About Livia Application
Livia is an AI powered digital companion designed to provide emotional support through memory driven interactions, mood tracking, and proactive engagement. Unlike traditional chatbots, Livia remembers user experiences, initiates conversations, and evolves over time. Integrated AR technology brings Livia into the real world, creating an immersive presence, while smartwatch compatibility ensures continuous, real time support. By blending AI companionship with human like emotional intelligence, Livia redefines how technology can foster meaningful connections and enhance well being.
The Recognition
About the Silver A' Design Award
Livia Application is a Silver A' Design Award winner, an extraordinarily prestigious recognition granted to top-of-the-line, gorgeous, and impressive designs. Silver winners are tremendously brilliant and exceedingly creative works that illustrate the outstanding expertise, talent, and acuity of their designers. Livia Application is expected to be a wonderful, showpiece work that is remarkably professional and profoundly innovative. This Silver A' Design Award-winning design is a highly notable, admired invention that benefits and advances the boundaries of art, science, design, and technology. Livia Application is a vastly envied creation that evokes desires, introduces positive feelings, and sparks amazement and wonderment.
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What is the main principle, idea and inspiration behind your design?
Livia was inspired by the global mental health crisis—particularly the rising rates of loneliness affecting nearly one in four people worldwide. Our goal was to design a digital companion that feels emotionally intelligent, always available, and truly supportive. We aimed to reduce barriers to mental health care by providing proactive, judgment-free interaction through intuitive AI and immersive technologies.
What has been your main focus in designing this work? Especially what did you want to achieve?
Our primary focus was to make AI feel human—emotionally aware, contextually intelligent, and genuinely caring. We wanted users to feel seen, heard, and remembered. We also focused on accessibility, ensuring users could reach Livia anytime, anywhere, through mobile, AR, and wearable integration.
What are your future plans for this award winning design?
We plan to continue evolving Livia with deeper personalization features, such as adaptive emotional memory, multi-language support, and integration with wellness ecosystems. We also aim to expand AR capabilities to allow Livia to exist in more physical environments, from personal spaces to public installations.
Behind the Design
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Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- Livia redefines digital companionship, offering genuine support by remembering conversations, preferences, and emotions. Unlike chatbots, she provides the warmth of a trusted friend through personalized interactions. By creating judgment-free spaces, Livia addresses global loneliness. Stepping into real-world environments for interactive experiences through AR, while smartwatch integration ensures always-available support. Through intuitive design, Livia makes AI feel personal and alive.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- Android or iOS/watchOS operating systems
- Tags
- AI, Companion App, Mental Health, Emotional Support, AR
- Production Technology
- Livia was developed using AI technologies, including natural language processing, memory systems, and emotion recognition algorithms. The design process prioritized user-centric methodologies, incorporating iterative testing and feedback loops to refine its intuitive interface. AR functionality leverages real-time spatial mapping to create immersive interactions, while seamless integration across devices, including smartwatches, ensures a cohesive and accessible user experience.
- Design Challenge
- The biggest challenge was making Livia feel truly "alive" by combining emotional intelligence with proactive engagement. We struggled to balance advanced AI features like memory recall, mood tracking, and AR with accessibility. External factors like ensuring data privacy and seamless multi-device integration added complexity. Overcoming these challenges required iterative design, real-world user feedback, and innovative use of emotion-driven technology to build a lifelike, empathetic companion.
- Research
- We conducted user-centric research to address loneliness and enhance digital companionship. Using surveys, interviews, and usability tests with diverse participants, we identified a need for proactive engagement and emotional personalization. Insights shaped Livia's AR interactions, memory systems, and mood tracking, creating a lifelike, accessible companion. The research impacts society by tackling loneliness and design by redefining standards for AI-driven emotional support.
- Inspiration
- Livia was designed to address global loneliness and the barriers to mental health support, with nearly one in four people worldwide experiencing loneliness. Stigma, high costs, and limited access leave many without help. Livia offers a personalized, always-accessible companion that uses memory systems and mood tracking to build meaningful connections. It provides a safe, judgment-free space for users to process emotions and feel understood, ensuring tailored, and readily available support.
- Project Duration
- The project started in May 2024 in California, US.
- Operation Flow
- Livia operates through simple, user friendly interactions. Users can call, text, or use AR mode to engage with Livia, who responds with empathy and memory-driven insights. Key features include mood tracking, proactive checkins, and personalized journaling. AR brings Livia into the user's space for lifelike interactions, while smartwatch integration ensures constant support. This seamless flow fosters meaningful connections, making Livia a companion that feels truly alive and attentive.
- Team Members
- Xianghan Wang, Jing Yao, Rui Xi
- Image Credits
- Xianghan Wang, Jing Yao, Rui Xi
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