Watercoolr

Digital tool used to break the ice and encourage team bonding in the workplace

Dashboard

UX/UI

Web

Project Overview

METHODS & TOOLS

  • Sketching

  • Research

  • Prototyping

  • Figma

DELIVERABLES

  • User Flow

  • Wireframes

  • Mid and Hi-Fidelity Prototypes

PLATFORM

Mobile

Background: Isolation

This project was born when COVID-19 hit worldwide and quarantine was mandated. Many people lost their jobs and felt disconnected from others.

With a team of other designers, we interviewed people with different backgrounds to find common challenges we could practically address.

Interviews, empathy exercises, and affinity mapping revealed a sudden vacuum in the social environment for employees who transitioned to full-time remote work, limiting connection and reducing motivation to be productive.

Key Insights

Virtuality is draining

Fluctuating productivity

People miss the informal socio-physical interactions

Lack of verbal and body cues

Hard to communicate with coworkers

This led us to focus on answering the question:

How might we help teams engage in a healthy work culture in the absence of in-person human interactions due to remote work?