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Pumping Silicon

The first app I designed, for my UX certificate at UC San Diego. I put what I used most as a gym member onto one home screen, and took it to finished screens.

Fitness

Industry

Concept

Company type

2015

When

Role

UX certificate student

Team

Certificate coursework

Outcome

Finished app screens

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What everyone assumed

I started from a feature list and my own routine as a gym member.

What changed

Putting the next class, the cart, the nearest gym and my membership on one home screen was the first time I took an idea all the way to finished screens.

The gym app home screen on an iPhone: next class, cart items, nearest location and membership

How it unfolded

Pumping Silicon was the first app I designed. I made it for my UX certificate at UC San Diego.

I started from my own routine as a gym member. I put what I reached for most on one home screen: the next class, the cart, the nearest gym and my membership.

It was the first time I took an idea from a feature list all the way to finished screens.

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