Joyster App Mahinga Matua: Pūmanawa Waea Pūkoro by Paula Barcante is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award Hiriwa in Hoahoa Hangarau Pūkoro, Tono me te Pūmanawa Competition Category.
HiriwaPūkoro· 2020
Joyster App Mahinga Matua: Pūmanawa Waea Pūkoro
Client: Joyster
A' Design Award Hiriwa Winner in Pūkoro Category
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About Joyster App Mahinga Matua: Pūmanawa Waea Pūkoro
Kuputuhi Pukapuka: He pūmanawa waea pūkoro a Joyster hei whai i ngā tohu hinengaro me te toiora tinana me ngā mahi o ia rā. Kotahi mema, iti iho i te toru tekau hēkona te wā hei tāpiri, nō reira ka ngāwari tonu ngā rekoata o ia rā. Ka arotakengia e te pūmanawa ngā raraunga kua kohia, ā, ka whakaatu he aha ngā mahi me ngā kai he pai, he kino rānei te pānga ki te toiora. Ka whakaatuhia ngā tirohanga arā ngā ia me ngā whakaoho i roto i tētahi hōputu mārama. Kei ngā wāhi katoa o te atanga ngā whakaahua tāngata me te whakaahua noho, ā, ka whakaatuhia he whakaahua hou ki te papatohu ia rā. Kua hoahoatia a Joyster mō iOS me Android.
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award Hiriwa
Ko Joyster App Mahinga Matua: Pūmanawa Waea Pūkoro te toa o te A' Design Award Hiriwa, he whakaaetanga tino whai mana e hoatu ana ki ngā hoahoa taumata teitei rawa, ātaahua me te whakamīharo. Ko ngā toa Hiriwa he mahi tino kanapa, tino auaha e whakaatu ana i te mātanga, te pūmanawa me te mōhio hōhonu o ā rātou kaihoahoa. E tūmanakohia ana ko Joyster App Mahinga Matua: Pūmanawa Waea Pūkoro he mahi whakamīharo, he tauira, he tino ngaio, he auaha hōhonu. Ko tēnei hoahoa i toa i te Hiriwa he hanganga rongonui, whakamīharotia e whai wāhi ana ki te whakawhānui i ngā rohe o te toi, te pūtaiao, te hoahoa me te hangarau. Ko Joyster App Mahinga Matua: Pūmanawa Waea Pūkoro he mahi e hae ana te tini, e whakaara ana i ngā hiahia, e kawe mai ana i ngā kare-ā-roto pai, ā, e whakaoho ana i te mīharo.
Behind the Design
Press Kit
Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- Joyster is an app that allows users to understand their overall health by tracking their mental symptoms against their physical well-being and daily activities. Journaling every night or remembering what happened during the day can be time consuming, which is where Joyster comes in. The process of adding an entry takes less than thirty seconds. The app analyzes all data it has and outputs activities, foods, and personalized content that are making a positive or negative impact on one’s well-being.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- Paula designed the entire end-to-end experience for iOS and Android. This included the information architecture, persona development, UX Research, UX design, visuals, illustrations, and design system.
- Tags
- UI Design, mobile app, Product Design, Health, Mental Health, UX Design, iOS, Android, Illustration
- Production Technology
- Joyster began with the user. Paula completed two rounds of research, one interview based and a purely functional test. Additionally, therapists user tested the app to provide valuable feedback. For the design Paula used Sketch, InVision, and Procreate.
- Design Challenge
- The main challenge was the ability to create an app like this that felt effortless for the user. Additionally, the ability add a scale for each symptom was a challenge as symptoms can be physical or mental.
- Research
- Paula ran two types of research. The first one was eight user interviews. The purpose of this research was to understand the market and overall interest in Joyster. The script consisted of open ended questions focusing on how users currently keep track of their symptoms, feelings, what they do to understand themselves better, and their overall interest. The second research was a usability test. The purpose of this test was completely functional, to understand how easy or difficult it was to navigate through the app.
- Inspiration
- One out of four people experience mental health in today’s society. Last year, Paula experienced ten days of panic attacks out of the blue. The mental symptoms were terrible and the physical symptoms were worse. She was frustrated by the fact that no one could tell her why this was happening or how she could prevent it. Paula started my own spreadsheet to track her physical body symptoms and mental symptoms against what she was doing, who she was seeing, and what she was eating to understand what helped and what did not. After twenty spreadsheets Paula decided to create Joyster.
- Project Duration
- The project is still going. The project is currently taking place in Vancouver Island, Canada.
- Operation Flow
- The app is extremely simple and leverages existing technological behavior seen in popular apps. It is attractive, clean, and delightful. The daily entires are a simple list of symptoms and activities that users can tap on to select and create their own. Every day of the week the user sees a new illustration on their dashboard to create delight and inspiration for adopting a healthy lifestyle. The insights are straightforward and effective in showing trends and triggers. Additionally, Joyster sends insights based on an individual's weekly improvements.
- Team Members
- Paula Barcante
- Image Credits
- Image #1: Designer Paula Barcante, 2020
Optional Image #2: Designer/Illustrator/Creator Paula Barcante, 2020
Optional Image #3: Designer/Illustrator/Creator Paula Barcante, 2020
Optional Image #4: Designer/Illustrator/Creator Paula Barcante, 2020
Optional Image #5: Designer/Illustrator/Creator Paula Barcante, 2020
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