YOGLÖ - YOGA MAT AND APP TO GUIDE NEW YOGIS AS THEY LEARN YOGA
UX Researcher / Designer
3 Person Team
September-December 2018 (10 weeks)
TIMELINE
BACKGROUND RESEARCH
PERSONAS
USER SELECTION
Our initial user group was 'yogis' but after user interviews, I suggested our group focus on the relationship between yoga instructors and new students, as it seemed to be a unique connection
Based on the four interviews that our group conducted, we chose to make two separate personas. The first was a relatively new yoga student, and the other was a seasoned yoga instructor.
USER JOURNEY MAP
Based on the interview data, our team created a typical user journey map for new yogi attending a new yoga studio
SKETCHES
IDEATION
I began to sketch ways improve the yoga experience of new yogis. I followed three major design requirements:
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Non-invasive technology in yoga areas
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Ability to teach new pose positions while in class
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Easy to set up and use
I came up with a yoga mat that syncs to a user's phone to download yoga flows and teach users the correct positions and yoga movements.
APP DESIGN
INFORMATION ARCHITECTURE
After sketching, I realized that our mat design was going to need an accompanying app for users to interact with it.
This design accomplishes 3 major functions:
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Downloading a yoga flow to a user's mat
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Joining an instructor's pre-made class flow
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Creating an individual flow by combining yoga poses
APP USER FLOW & WIREFRAMES
USER TESTING
PHYSICAL PROTOTYPING
To test the mat concept, our team cut out hand and feet and yoga poses and attempted to move the paper prototypes while conducting the user test.
We discovered that:
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The users liked the "glowing" hands and feet
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They wanted to control when they saw the lit images
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Controlling the brightness of the images was important
APP TESTING
After creating an information architecture and low fidelity wire frames, our team conducted user testing with a paper prototype.
We found 2 major themes:
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Users found the app easy to use
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The conversation part of the app was unnecessary
Based on this feed back, we modified our original user flow to be more concise.
ITERATIONS
FINAL FORMS
