(Moqadasi, 2020)I first found this design from Dribbble.com. I liked the simplicity of the design which makes it easy to navigate for users. It clearly gives the options to select a mood and the activities that the user has done on a specific day. While researching, it was discovered that mood trackers faciliated self awareness and helped individuals to look back on previous moods to understand what was happening.(Schueller et al., 2021) This helped me to create a design that would cater to our users needs and further help them with their mood tracking habits.
(Saputro, 2022) When looking for calendar user interface design inspiration, I found this design which I thought I could take creativity from for my own design. It is very minimal and is not too complicated and busy when using. The user can easily choose which day that they are on and add specific things for that day to help keep organised.
(Freepik, 2020) I then started looking for goal page designs. This one caught my eye because of the use of the progress bar. I thought this would be important to use in Unshackled so that our users can see their progress and not lose track of their growth. I thought that the widgets were easy to use and seperate out the users goals so that they can see them clearly and they can see how much left of that goal they need to complete.
(Sutariya, 2021) I took inspiration from this design as I liked the simple navigation and how you can go back to previous messages with other users. I think this is important to have in Unshackled in case a user finds a personal connection with another user, and wants to stay in contact. The search feature is important so that users can easily find a specific user that they want to talk to.
(Szekany, 2021) With this sign up page, the use of personal grammar caught my attention. I thought that this would be beneficial for Unshackled because it adds a more personal and friendly atmosphere to the app, fitting the overall theme of Unshackled. This will make the user feel more at ease and as if the app is catered specifically to them.
(Madeira, 2020) For journal inspiration, I thought features from this design would work well. For example, you are able to write a few words each day in your journal so that there is a space for the user to write down any thoughts or feelings. This will be an important feature for Unshackled because it will allow users to be able to look back on previous days to see any personal growth or to look back on memories. This design also allows the user to keep progress of their journalling as well as their moods.
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