Squirll Polokalamu Kālā Pilikino by Maria Borysova

Squirll Polokalamu Kālā Pilikino by Maria Borysova is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2026 A' Design Award Hao in Hoʻolālā Huahana Kikohoʻe Competition Category.

HaoHuahana Kikohoʻe· 2026

Squirll Polokalamu Kālā Pilikino

by Maria Borysova

Client: Maria Borysova

A' Design Award Hao Winner in Huahana Kikohoʻe Category

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The Design

About Squirll Polokalamu Kālā Pilikino

He polokalamu kālā pilikino ʻo Squirll i hoʻolālā ʻia no ka hoʻohana ʻana ma ka pōkeokeo a me ka pūnaewele. Hiki i nā mea hoʻohana ke hahai i ka hoʻolilo kālā, hoʻonohonoho i nā pahuhopu, a nānā i ko lākou holomua i nā pahuhopu kālā ma o Squirll. Hoʻopaʻa ʻia nā likiki ma ka pahupaʻikiʻi a i ʻole ma ka hoʻokomo lima ʻana, a hoʻololi ka ʻike kiʻi i nā likiki paʻi ʻia i mau moʻolelo kikohoʻe me ka hoʻokaʻawale ʻokoʻa ʻana. Kākoʻo ka hana ʻōlelo maoli i kahi robota kamaʻilio e pane ana i nā nīnau e pili ana i ka hoʻolilo kālā ma ka ʻōlelo o kēlā me kēia lā, a hōʻike i nā ʻano holomua a me nā manawa kūpono e mālama kālā ai. Hoʻohana ka ʻaoʻao hoʻohana i kahi kumumanaʻo pōʻeleʻele maʻalahi me nā pakuhi ʻokoʻa kiʻekiʻe.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Hao

Ua lanakila ka hoʻolālā Squirll Polokalamu Kālā Pilikino i ka A' Design Award Hao, he ʻike hoʻohanohano i hāʻawi ʻia i nā hoʻolālā maikaʻi e hoʻokō ana i nā koi ʻoihana a ʻoihana hana i manaʻo ʻia mai nā mea hoʻokumu i hana maikaʻi ʻia. Hōʻike nā lanakila Hao i ka mākau nui, ka loea kiʻekiʻe, ka ʻike akamai a me ka hiki hana noʻeau o ka poʻe i hana iā lākou. Manaʻo ʻia ʻo ka hoʻolālā Squirll Polokalamu Kālā Pilikino he mea hoʻokumu i mahalo nui ʻia, hoʻohiwahiwa ʻia a aloha ʻia e pono a hou. ʻO kēia hoʻolālā i lanakila i ka A' Design Award Hao e hoʻohui ana i nā hana maikaʻi loa o ka ʻoihana a loaʻa nā ʻano ʻenehana mākaukau i hui pū ʻia me ka ʻike hana a me ka makakoho. Mahalo ʻia ka hoʻolālā Squirll Polokalamu Kālā Pilikino no kona nānā pono a ua hoʻolālā ʻia e hāʻawi i nā hoʻomaikaʻi ola e kōkua ai i ka hana ʻana i ka honua i wahi maikaʻi aku.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: Application that allows users to track their spending, set smart goals, optimise their spending using AI powered chatbot. Users can surface the insights related to their spending patterns, smart saving opportunities and see how they progress towards their targets. Receipt tracking allows users to see spending on category and item levels, allowing granular analytics and personalised offerings.
Dimensions & Packaging: A mobile and web application were designed and developed for this project to cater to the needs of different user groups, ensuring accessibility, intuitive navigation, and seamless performance across platforms.
Tags: Product Design, Digital Design, Mobile Application, Web Application, Finance, AI
Production Technology: The app uses the leading AI technologies such as image recognition and natural language processing. Image recognition enables accurate receipt scanning and automatic categorization of expenses, reducing manual input and improving data accuracy. Natural language processing powers the interactive assistant, allowing users to ask questions about their spending, receive personalized insights, and set financial goals using everyday language.
Design Challenge: The challenge was to design an experience that empowers users to quickly analyze spending and make optimal financial decisions using AI. We addressed this by introducing smart summaries, clean visualizations, and a conversational chatbot that simplifies complex data.

This integrated AI assistant serves as both a guide and a dynamic reporting tool, monitoring spending to highlight unusual activity and savings opportunities in real time. By translating technical analysis into actionable, plain language insights, the chatbot reduces the mental burden of money management and supports more informed decision making.
Research: We conducted research to address the stress and confusion many adults face in everyday money management. Through interviews, market research, and usability tests, we uncovered key challenges like information overload, inconsistent saving habits, and emotional fatigue around finances. Insights revealed a strong need for intuitive, personalized tools that ease decision making and build confidence over time. These findings shaped Squirll’s conversational design, smart nudges, and emotionally aware feedback.
Inspiration: This design was inspired by premium applications that prioritize both elegance and functionality combining a sleek, minimal dark theme with intuitive navigation. Every detail, from the high-contrast charts to the contextual AI chatbot responses, is crafted to make financial management not just smarter, but genuinely enjoyable. The dark theme makes the interface feel sleek while helping key numbers and charts stand out.
Project Duration: The project was designed in London and went live in 2025.
Operation Flow: Users log their receipts using camera or manual entry, the system analyzes and transforms print receipts into digital. Using AI, the system provides insights about trends and spending patterns for the individual user, highlighting potential tax refunds, expiring warranties, and opportunities to optimize future purchases.
Team Members: Designer: Maria Borysova