Maybe Polokalamu Hana Lehulehu by Pedro Miguel Salgado Conde

Maybe Polokalamu Hana Lehulehu by Pedro Miguel Salgado Conde is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award Kala in Hoʻolālā Pilina, Launa a me ʻIke Mea Hoʻohana Competition Category.

KalaPilina· 2021

Maybe Polokalamu Hana Lehulehu

by Pedro Miguel Salgado Conde

Client: Peguel

A' Design Award Kala Winner in Pilina Category

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The Design

About Maybe Polokalamu Hana Lehulehu

He maʻalahi ka polokalamu Maybe. He mea hoihoi, maʻemaʻe, a maopopo, i hana ʻia no ka kamaʻilio ʻana i ka kumuhana kapu o ka wā māhina, kahi mea e hoʻopilikia nui ana i ka ulu pololei o nā kaikamahine, ma ke kino a me ka naʻau. Ua hana ʻia ka hoʻoponopono ma o ka hui ʻana me nā poʻe akamai a me nā mākua, a ua loaʻa ka hoʻoholo ʻana he hiki ke pale ʻia ka ʻike ʻino ma o ka kākoʻo ʻana a me ka hoʻokokoke ʻana i kēia kumuhana i ka manawa kūpono me ka hoʻomākaukau kūpono o nā mākua ma o nā ʻatikala e maopopo maikaʻi aʻe ai pehea e alakaʻi ai, e aʻo maikaʻi aʻe ai i mea e hāʻawi mana ai i nā kaikamahine a e kōkua iā lākou e ʻike maikaʻi aʻe iā lākou iho.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Kala

Ua lanakila ka hoʻolālā Maybe Polokalamu Hana Lehulehu i ka A' Design Award Kala, he ʻike hoʻohanohano nui loa i hāʻawi ʻia i nā hoʻolālā kiʻekiʻe loa, nani a kupaianaha. He mau hana ʻālohilohi loa a hana noʻeau nui nā lanakila Kala e hōʻike ana i ka loea, ka makakoho a me ka ʻoi aku o ka noʻonoʻo o kā lākou poʻe hoʻolālā. Manaʻo ʻia ʻo ka hoʻolālā Maybe Polokalamu Hana Lehulehu he hana kupaianaha, kūlana ʻoi aku, ʻoihana kiʻekiʻe a hou loa. ʻO kēia hoʻolālā i lanakila i ka A' Design Award Kala he mea hoʻokumu kūpono loa, mahalo ʻia e hāʻawi i ka pōmaikaʻi a hoʻoneʻe i nā palena o ka hana noʻeau, ka ʻepekema, ka hoʻolālā a me ka ʻenehana. He mea i ʻeleu ʻia e nā mea he nui ka hoʻolālā Maybe Polokalamu Hana Lehulehu e hoʻāla i ka makemake, lawe mai i nā manaʻo maikaʻi a hoʻāla i ka kamahaʻo a me ka mahalo.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: Maybe is the proposal generated to solve this taboo problem. Consists of two main parts inside the appplication: teaching and get analisys of data, both creating a system for preventing bad experiences since you can know an approximate date for your daughter's first period, as well as learn about topics related to the first period or sexuality and be able to address them in the right way at the right time.
Dimensions & Packaging: Maybe mobile application is designed for the IOS and Android, orientated in portrait mode. Responsive mobile UI/UX design
Tags: social, eduacation, female body, prevention, app, technology, health, UI, UX, device, interface
Production Technology: Several design concepts were explored through different of user interface sketches and mockups created with the adobe suite: Adobe XD, Adobe Illustartor; which were then tested with help of parents, psychologists, doctors and specialist.
Design Challenge: The first challenge was to talk to parents and teachers about this taboo topic and get the most people involved in order to have a better result, but additionaly, the main challenge was the ability to create an app that could process and give important information in the correct time with an intuitive interface and that felt effortless for the user.
Research: The first step about how to improve the experience of the first menstruation was to investigate the causes of a bad experience, followed by a survey of 27 mothers and 18 women between 18-46 years of what was their experience and how could it be improved. Once with this information, a psychologist and a doctor were spoken to find out how this experience affects various aspects of development. Together with these people, they iterated until they reached an interface that revealed the weaknesses of education and helped prevent a bad first experience.
Inspiration: first time, unfortunately most of them had a negative experience that will mark their physical and emotional development, but worse still, some of them died. Girls from 9-13 years old, who committed suicide caused by bullying they suffered due to the ignorance of their peers, parents and teachers about menstruation and the female body. This could be prevented with a opportune education but sadly in some places is considered taboo
Project Duration: Maybe started in September 2019, is still going in Puebla, Mexico.
Operation Flow: The app is extremely simple. It is attractive, clean, and intuitive, when filled with the historic data of the girl such as habits, food, sport activity, age, mother’s first period, shows the levels of the female hormones that start to increase their levels between 7-4 weeks before menarche, with this information the user may see the probability of their daughter to have her first menstruation this month, in addition to that, it has previously filtered articles written by psiclogyst, doctors, and specialist for parent or teacher to understad better the anatomy so that you can guide your daughter or minor under your responsibility, educate the girl better, with appropriate information in the correct time so she can confident about her body and herself by giving the tools and understanding knowledge of anatomy and changes she will experience in this new stage, adopting a healthy lifestyle and fighting against taboos.
Team Members: Pedro Miguel Salgado Conde
Image Credits: Main Image: Designer Pedro Miguel Salgado, 2020
Optional Visual 1: Designer Pedro Miguel Salgado, 2020
Optional Visual 2: Designer Pedro Miguel Salgado, 2020
Optional Visual 3: Designer Pedro Miguel Salgado, 2020