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Konnichiwa, my name is Gonçalo Melo and I’m a UX Designer living in Amsterdam for 4 years. I love creative hats and a warm chai.
I believe technology should improve life, not distract from it.
I have passion for creating brands that resonate and connect with their target audience augmenting people's well-being.
Root-in is a simple app manager to boost
digital well-being, for Iphone
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Root-in
Gonçalo - Main Designer
June 2020
www.root-in.me
Well-being platform to control the time you spent online
Gonçalo - Main Designer
June 2020
www.root-in.me
Well-being platform to control the time you spent online
This project was made for the university and it consists on creating an app that manages all the apps you have been using, and control how much time you want to spend on them.
It focuses on being clear about what you are doing, and that you do not spend too much time online.
We wanted to minimize the time online as much as possible, and we wanted to make people aware about their time online.
We created 4 main mental state options, where you have some available apps for: working mode, study mode, gym mode, and dating mode.
It focuses on being clear about what you are doing, and that you do not spend too much time online.
We wanted to minimize the time online as much as possible, and we wanted to make people aware about their time online.
We created 4 main mental state options, where you have some available apps for: working mode, study mode, gym mode, and dating mode.
Goals:
- Control all apps
- manage time spent in phone
- Have a "mental state Options"
- Very very simple
- Control all apps
- manage time spent in phone
- Have a "mental state Options"
- Very very simple
Process
Our main reason for the creation of this app was that after much studies, and also observing the life of western society in general, we saw that there is a trend to use excessively the smartphone, and it has been distracting people from their lives. On average a person spends 3 hours a day on the phone, and a great part of the people do not consider their time spend in the most smart way.
The most easy to track reason why people use so much their phones is due the notification system, that constantly stimulates people to look to their phones.
Our question was: What if you choose the notifications and the apps you want to use?
Therefore, our conclusion was to create a system where customers could pre-chose which notifications they would like to get.
The most easy to track reason why people use so much their phones is due the notification system, that constantly stimulates people to look to their phones.
Our question was: What if you choose the notifications and the apps you want to use?
Therefore, our conclusion was to create a system where customers could pre-chose which notifications they would like to get.
Target Group
- People who want to minimize their time online as much as possible
- young people especially
- People who want to minimize their time online as much as possible
- young people especially
Failures
The final design is clean and shows the most basic and straight to the point features of the app. Other settings were added via the iOS Settings based on user request.
Some early sketches displayed multiple programs on the main screen and used country flags. One of the early designs uses a blue and dark visual style that I later on retired.
When I started development and showed the app to my friends they seemed confused about which which apps I was mentioning about, and also it was difficult to decide which programs specifically I was mentioning.
Some early sketches displayed multiple programs on the main screen and used country flags. One of the early designs uses a blue and dark visual style that I later on retired.
When I started development and showed the app to my friends they seemed confused about which which apps I was mentioning about, and also it was difficult to decide which programs specifically I was mentioning.
Final design
The final design focuses on doing one job well: selecting apps that you want to get notifications, by "mode". Features such as focus, as tasks, are included in the final version of the product.
One of the most unique aspects of Root-in is the mode features where you can select what you want, for the period of the day.
We focused on well-being and to turn on the other way around the mindset of technology. Technology should work for you, not against you.
One of the most unique aspects of Root-in is the mode features where you can select what you want, for the period of the day.
We focused on well-being and to turn on the other way around the mindset of technology. Technology should work for you, not against you.
ZZZMART is a simple sleep aware app for
Iphone and Android
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Zzzmart
Gonçalo - Main Designer
June 2020
www.zzzmart.app
Well-being platform to control the time you spent online
Gonçalo - Main Designer
June 2020
www.zzzmart.app
Well-being platform to control the time you spent online
This project was made for the university and it consists on creating an app that controls your sleep habits, and makes you understand your sleeping habits and also your dreaming habits.
Connect with yourself is very important to connect with you.
We created 2 main types of options: to check your dreams as they are, and the inferences we make about them.
Connect with yourself is very important to connect with you.
We created 2 main types of options: to check your dreams as they are, and the inferences we make about them.
Goals
- Check your sleep habits
- track dreams
- understand your unconscious
- take inferences from your dreams
- Check your sleep habits
- track dreams
- understand your unconscious
- take inferences from your dreams
Process
Our main reason for the creation of this innovation was that a big range of people do not remember what they have been dreaming, and they also do not directly use their dreams on their creative process.
We believe that ideas can be understand from your sleeping habits and the way you dream, and that it can be extremely valuable in order to understand who you are.
We want to make a universe where we promote well-being and that you can take the most out of yourself for your self.
We believe that ideas can be understand from your sleeping habits and the way you dream, and that it can be extremely valuable in order to understand who you are.
We want to make a universe where we promote well-being and that you can take the most out of yourself for your self.
Target Group
- People who want to explore their dreams
- people who want promote well-being
- People who want to explore their dreams
- people who want promote well-being
Failures
Some early sketches displayed people sleeping and depressed, and presenting to some organisations, the feedback I received was that it was not the most prone to feel that way, afterwards, I decided to go in a more well-being direction.
Final design
The final design focuses on doing one job well: converting a foreign currency into the customer’s home currency. Features such as currency fluctuation graphs, in-app settings and notifications were not necessary for this job.
One of the most unique aspects of Root-in is the formatting of the currencies, with the correct symbol, correct number of decimal places, decimal divider and group dividers.
Don't scroll life, time smart your future.
One of the most unique aspects of Root-in is the formatting of the currencies, with the correct symbol, correct number of decimal places, decimal divider and group dividers.
Don't scroll life, time smart your future.
WEROS is a simple translation EU platform
for web users
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Weros
Gonçalo - Main Designer
June 2020
www.weros.me
Well-being platform to control the time you spent online
Gonçalo - Main Designer
June 2020
www.weros.me
Well-being platform to control the time you spent online
The wicked problem that we want to solve is the excessive language diversity that leads towards the spread of fake news, misunderstandings and the increase of the maintenance of stereotypes, and it leads to lack of integration of EU citizens into other EU countries. Recently we have seen on the news and TVs excessively misinformation and fake news that could cause even more problems that those can eventually cause. There are many agents who want the proliferation of misinformation in European Union.
Our solution was to build a platform which translates news from all the EU countries into the same language, by specialists.
Our solution was to build a platform which translates news from all the EU countries into the same language, by specialists.
Goals
- Increase the trust between EU countries
- Increase the interpretation of information amongst EU citizens
- Increase the trust between EU countries
- Increase the interpretation of information amongst EU citizens
Process
Because it is an organisation that applies strategies to maximize improvements in the social impact problem focusing beyond simply generating profits. We are looking mostly to help people in society, providing them opportunities to integrate, to develop as people, to also become more wealthier and healthier.We are driven by the issues they seek to address, giving the consumers an inspiring, understandable and tangible innovative change connecting emotionally to its mission, and it is a very simple innovation.
We have a social purpose in a financially and sustainable impact, which is to foster the access to transparent information that encourages EU citizens to make more conscious decisions and to empower a more united EU identity.
We have a social purpose in a financially and sustainable impact, which is to foster the access to transparent information that encourages EU citizens to make more conscious decisions and to empower a more united EU identity.
Target Group
- Eu newspaper readers that are migrants in other eu countries
- general newspaper readers
- Eu newspaper readers that are migrants in other eu countries
- general newspaper readers
Failures
Some early sketches displayed multiple language platforms with great information that does not have anything really correlated to the topic. Then, I attempted on the first time to include news from all the countries not considering that some EU countries share the shame language.
When I started development and showed the app to my friends they seemed confused about which which languages should we use, then I decided that would be actually smarter to just use this platform in English language.
The final development shows a straight to the point website.
When I started development and showed the app to my friends they seemed confused about which which languages should we use, then I decided that would be actually smarter to just use this platform in English language.
The final development shows a straight to the point website.
Final Design
Conferring to our research there is not a platform that exclusively translates ALL the main news from the EU countries tailored by specialists. Therefore, we have some markets in order to explore this idea of specialisation translation, nonetheless, we are also aware that other players from this mentioned markets might also explore the same market in case we become successful on them.
Our platform is singular on having all the main EU news in all the plaftorms.
Our platform is singular on having all the main EU news in all the plaftorms.
Design
I design all types of digital work, and I'm honoured to help my clients to achieve their goals.
Concept Ideation
I love to create new ideas, and to combine ideas from different concepts into reality.
Webdesign
We combine different areas of web design include web graphic designto interface design, to search engine optimization.
Creating sustainable well-being
great again
Yes, we also love GIFS! Whether you have a rockstar budget or a normal budget with great spirit, let's chat, have a warm coffee and make work done. I look forward to build new exciting products together.
