TRANSMUTE
A modular wearable, and emotional tracker that promotes mental health awareness and breaks mental health stigmas.
Children and Adults ranging from 10-34 find it hard to be open and cope with mental health in their work and personal lives.
WHAT’S THE PROBLEM?
Children and Adults who find it difficult to cope with mental health ranging in ages 10-34.
WHO?
Empower people who struggle with their mental health. Help society to be more open about mental health.
WHAT?
WHERE?
In the workplace as well as everyone’s daily lives.
WHEN?
Any time and anywhere with the use of daily ways to promote better mental health. At home, at the workplace and more.
WHY?
To eliminate the stigma that people can’t talk about mental health.
Adults have been diagnosed with a mental health disorder.
People ranging from 10-34 have been diagnosed with anxiety disorder.
More than 7% of the United States population has been diagnosed with some form of mental health disorder.
The biggest stigma of mental health is that talking about and improving upon it makes an individual weak. Talking about and improving mental health actually creates a better opportunity to be more open and learn. However, everyones experience is DIFFERENT.
BREAKING TABOOS - OPPORTUNITY
+ DESIGN TAILORED TO USER’S SHARING/COMFORT LEVEL
+ NO SCREENS, NO DISTRACTIONS
+ JEWELRY AESTHETIC
+ MODULAR
DOMINIC: TARGET USER
BACKGROUND:
Dominic is from Santa Clarita, California, He has experienced something very traumatizing in the past. He regrets not being comfortable talking about his mental health.
Wants something that can help him become more comfortable and improve his mental health.
GOALS:
- Unable to find people that can relate to him
- Apple Health app is annoying and not personalized enough
FRUSTRATIONS
Wishes he had some sort of wearable that can IMPROVE mental wellness, be DISCRETE and DISTINGUISHABLE.
INTERVIEWS
Gwen
Psychotherapist
“People are very motivated to learn more about themselves and make themselves better. We should focus on change and not labelling ourselves.”
Sa’Vaughn
Psychotherapist
“I think people should consider just simply talking about their experiences with mental health. Just talking easily about it would make people more comfortable conversing about the topic.”
People with similar products such as watches and cars allow people to connect and learn more about each other. Brand Recognition creates awareness about a product.
RECOGNITION
CMF INSPIRATION
INITIAL IDEATION
MOCK-UPS RD.1
In the first round of mock-ups I used 3D printed cad models to gain a sense of scale, comfort, as well as orientation.
IDEATION
Forms achieved through a pairing of SOLIDWORKS and RHINO7 to understand how the form can be modelled as well as connection points.
3D IDEATION
MOCK-UPS RD.2
In the second round of mock-ups following ideation, I used an old Apple Watch to see how internals and scale of a real sized product. I also wanted to see the same outcomes from RD.1 of mock-ups.
REFINEMENT
STORYBOARD
Transmute is a Modular Wellness wearable that is simple yet distinguishable. It can either be discrete or invoke conversation depending on users comfort.
A NEW WAY
EMOTION TRACKER
With no screens there are less distractions. With less distractions there is more opportunity to grow.
Using the vital reader on the top Transmute will read your vitals to help learn more about your overall wellness. It will learn if there are any factors affecting your mental and physical wellness. It will continue to adjust to the user.
The more the user’s record their vitals, sleep, exercise, as well as use the other helpful ways to improve mental health. The user can become more comfortable and confident overtime.
ADAPTIVE TRACKING
Pairing with your smartphone. Over time Transmute learns about the user’s mental and physical wellness, becoming unique to the individual. By recording movement, sleep, journaling, vitals, and many more essential ways to promote wellness.
Designed to be accommodating. Having a simple yet jewelry like design it can be worn anywhere at anytime. With the different colorways it can be discrete depending on the users comfortability.
