Smart Furnishings

for Herman Miller

Using connected office furniture to encourage and manage a healthier office

As part of a new initiative to create a healthier workplaces, the furniture manufacturer Herman Miller wanted encourage employees to be less sedentary and help companies manage their office space. Our team was asked to build a mobile application to onboard employees and customize the furnishings to their needs.

On this project my responsibility was to outline the application structure, wireframe designs, design interfaces, and conduct usability studies.

Role

Research, User Experience, and Interface Design

Iterations on our visual language for the introductory page
Making set up easier by changing to a relative scale
Iterating on how we could explaining activity levels more directly
Visual iterations on design language and furniture setup
Ways of communicating workday ratios
Iterations on how we could show activity on the landing screen
Proposed homescreen for alpha release
Documentation to build consensus on goals during onboarding
User flow documentation