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10 Week - Student Project
A redesign of the Nest Thermostat for the Office
Overview
The temperature in the office often an issue, making teams feel disconnected and out of their control. Most thermostats like the Nest aren't built for shared spaces, leading to this discomfort. This redesign reimagines in a "friendly and cheerful" way how the office thermostat can promotes collaboration, teamwork and all around connectedness in the office after the pandemic. Room layouts enable targeted control based on the current location of the room blending with the environment seamlessly. The result is a temperature controlled system that created a shared enjoyable experience for everyone in the office.
My Roles
Project Manager
User interface designer
Team Members
Min Wook Shin
Alana Banister
Hyunsoo Eun
Brian Glennon
Tools
Figma
Jitter
PowerPoint
Client
UXDG 315
Spotlight
Control your comfort, together
Discovery
Defining Terms
What Does Friendly & Cheerful Mean
To quantify the meaning of "friendly" and "cheerful," we created a mood board along with a set of rules to follow in order to achieve a design that conveys this feeling.
Defining Characteristics
With this set of guidelines, we were able to check if our design matched what our client asked for when tasked to create something with that mentality behind. Also, when asked we had direct proof proving our decisions.
Font Style
Sans serif font
Curved edges
Theming
Bright saturated colors
Dark text on light background
Effects
Colored Drop Shadow
35% max opacity
Elements
Bright saturated colors
Dark text on light background
Colors
Warm main colors
Cold accent colors
Design Specifics
Filled Icons
1/4 Line weight of text
Initial Research
As well as achieving the friendly and cheerful mood, we also wanted to look into the current issues and pain points that exist in the office.
Insights
With these findings we were able to come to our three goals when redesigning the nest thermostat
A friendly and cheerful feeling
Our goal was to create
A nest created for the office environment
Put temperature control in employees’ hands
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How might we?
Redesign a device to be engaging, and bring community back to the workplace, while portraying a friendly and cheerful mood.
Design
Finding the best flow
Wireflow
Before creating any screens we wanted to focus on creating the most understandable user flow as possible. Breaking down each moment in the mobile and device into an simple flow.
