Headspace 

Headspace 

Headspace 

Headspace: Room to Breathe

Bringing Families Peace with Public Pods.

Background

In today’s urban landscapes, high foot traffic and stimuli can become difficult stressors for children and parents navigating public spaces.

In today’s urban landscapes, high foot traffic and stimuli can become difficult stressors for children and parents navigating public spaces, whether big or small. With Headspace’s Room to Breathe, families can learn to relax and recharge through simple meditation via private and publicly accessible pods.

With Headspace: Room to Breathe, families can learn to relax and recharge through simple meditation via private, publicly accessible pods.

Throughout this project, I led the art direction for Room to Breathe's presentation decks, final phone UIs, pod renders, and visual illustrations.

*Not affiliated with Headspace

roles

Art Direction
Graphic Design
Industrial Design

Timeline

10 Weeks

team

Owen Hudock, Fionalene Tan, Lara Kim,
Tan Tan Nyugen

tools

Figma, Adobe AE, Rhino3D, Keyshot

Figma,
Adobe AE,
Rhino3D,
Keyshot

deliverables

Vision Video

design

Interactive Touchpoints

Taking inspiration from the co-creation workshop, our idea was established: A quiet space for parents to help their kids regulate and learn about their emotions through interactive meditation.

Headspace App

A new feature is included on the primary Headspace app that allows users to locate pods near them.

Room to Breathe

A private pod that establishes a space for privacy and tranquility between parents and their children.

Meditation Device

An Interactive device within every Room to Breathe that allows the child to engage in meditative activities.

1.0

Headspace App

user goals & features

Create Navigability

Leveraging common map UI can help families best understand how to locate a pod.

Reserve Privacy

Advocate for families who may want to book a pod in advance to ensure availability.

Minimize Resistance

Connecting to a pod should be easy and seamless for stressed children & parents.

2.0

Room to Breathe

user goals & features

Easy to Assemble

Room to Breathe is designed for easy assembly to be accessed within any interior space.

Easy to Customize

Using user-controlled sound and lighting, the pod can become a personal immersive experience.

Easy to Maintain

The pod utilizes nonabsorbent cushioning and solid surfaces for simple clean ups.

3.0

Meditation Device

user goals & features

Creating Appeal

The meditation device engages children through relatable stories using symbolic characters.

Eliciting Action

Using kinesthetic interaction, children can touch and move to learn meditative movements.

Reinforcing Rewards

Story-driven rewards help children feel more at ease, learning from the interactive lessons.

research

Families and Public Spaces

In today’s urban landscapes, high foot traffic and stimuli become common stressors for children and parents navigating public spaces. In a heavily industrialized society, how can modern families adapt to the urban environment? Or better yet, is it the environment that should adapt to the modern family.

Shifting my role from UX Lead to Visual Design, I helped lead our revisionary meetings, correcting and communicating 2D elements into 3D atmospheres.

This stage within our process was extremely iterative, being careful to explore creative paths while still incorporating this year's CBS Super Bowl branding.

Interviewing w/ Parents & Experts

Our team outreached to both parents and developmental psychologists to analyze common themes about parenting within public environments.

Common Themes and Insights.

Synthesizing common themes and sentiments from the interviews, we narrowed down to 6 key insights.

ideation

Headspace for Families.

We found potential in partnering with the healthcare and wellness service, Headspace to leverage their existing content database and recognition within the mental wellness industry to benefit a solution for parents & children.

Designed for Families, with Families.

By collaborating with families to help ideate a physical concept, we better understood their needs and opinions, and considered perspectives and new features we might have overlooked as students.

Testing

User Testing

A/B Testing

Users pilot tested our digital features against different information architecture.

Prototype Simulation

Users simulated the actual size and experience of the Pod, all made with cardboard & tape.

Heuristic Survey

After experiencing our simulation, users gave honest feedback through non-moderated surveys.

From Cardboard to Creation

In order to test Room to Breathe's features, we simulated a 'minimal' prototype to evaluate the usability of the product's interior architecture and interface with user feedback.