Plant Parent

User Experience and Interactive Design Senior Capstone

Plant Parent is inspired by my mothers love for gardening. To her, plants are a love language, and through gifting and caring for her plants, she nurtures her connection to nature, to those she loves, and ultimately to herself. When a user waters their plants or sends a message through the app, the pot glows to invite both users to interact with the connection.

THE GOAL:

Utilize our natural biophilia to create a positive connection between our loved ones, our plants, and our devices.

THE CHALLENGE:

Designing a simple platform that fosters authentic daily connections. For my senior capstone, the challenge was to explore design that utilizes our innate biophilia to create an intuitive positive connection with our devices, our plants, and with others.

THREE KEY PROBLEMS: Market Saturation, Daily Engagement, Information density

Interactive Plant

The interactive plant pot glows when a user waters their plants or sends a customized message through the app to invite both users to interact with the connection between them.

Arduino, Processing

Companion App

In the companion app, users can see their plant connections, create a virtual greenhouse, and customize their plant messages.

Figma

MY ROLE: User Experience Designer, Interactive Designer, Graphic Designer

What do people think?

Target Persona: Plant owners that are looking to further their relationships with people through plants

Results

Survey done through Google Forms, 54 responses

"I love having plants in my room to make to feel closer to my home. My dad also has a huge green thumb so owning and taking care of my plants makes me feel closer to him and remember all of my memories with him"

"It's refreshing and calming to see plants grow and bloom"

"The only reason I don't have any currently is because I don't want the commitment to water them"

Featured Screens

Home

Connections, Plant Overview, Notifications

Greenhouse

Plant Overview, Connections, Plant Messages