Sometimes, I watch my diet. But most of the time, I treat myself 😇
Cuisine actuelle
Symbioz
Go-shiwon
Gathr App
Flash App
Prisma Media request for proposals
UI/UX Designer
2018
Creating a digital edition of the French cooking magazine while trying to eat healthy was no walk in the park. Any resemblance to real persons living or dead is absolutely not coincidental, I was my own persona here.
Too often, we tend to think that digital technology automatically provides an added value to the experience of reading a paper magazine.
Apps like Zoomdle, Selectionnist or SnapPress were based on the belief that bridging the gap between print content & online experience can only be done by using flashcodes and/or augmented reality. But using one’s phone in the midst of reading a magazine can easily become a hassle and interrupt the experience instead of making it smoother.
Sometimes, I watch my diet. But most of the time, I treat myself 😇
The week before a deadline, I eat store-bought mac and cheese. On vacation, I become a real Michelin-starred chef ! ⭐️
During my morning commute, I watch foodporn 🍩 and cake decorating compilations. In the afternoon, I think about what I’m going to eat for dinner. 🤔 At night, I cook Cuisine Actuelle’s delicious chicken and ewe cheese croque-monsieur.
Meet Laura. Laura is a 28 year-old art director in Paris who’s been passionate about cooking since her early childhood. She loves eating and she would kill for a deep-dish pizza, but she doesn’t have the same relationship with food all the time.
It changes according to the season, the day of the week and even the time of day.
Yet, we would want Cuisine Actuelle to follow Laura throughout her day,
regardless of what mood she’s in at the moment.
A digital publication which takes into account the different relationships that Laura has with cooking and whose interface adapts to her different needs throughout the day with the creation of 3 moods.
1 • Inspiration Mood
It’s the main role of the current paper magazine : inspire & give its readers ideas of recipes. What are we going to eat ? A list of 90 recipes sure seems like a lot, but without any common thread to link them together, it’s easy to get lost in the overwhelming variety of options available.
Since we’re dealing with print, we lack some landmarks : a classification by ingredient or a research feature would help readers be less confused. Still, this will be our default mood in the digital publication.
2 • Cooking Mood
Partially covered by the paper magazine. Indeed, the recipes are here,the ingredients, the steps and even some cooking tips !
But because we’re dealing with print content,we don’t have the possibility of watching a video or a tutorial, nor do we get a chance to read helpful comments that other readers may leave after trying the recipe themselves. No box to check after each step, no automatic adjustment of the proportions… these are just a few examples of little features that, when combined, make the preparation of a recipe so much easier.
3 • Foodporn Mood
This aspect is not covered by the paper magazine because it doesn’t seem well-suited to a print format and is still relatively new even online. Nevertheless, the great care taken by the magazine regarding food photography lays a good foundation for everything foodporn-related, from video recipes to mouth-watering behind the scenes.
Though this mood requires to produce additional content, there is a strong demand for it as demonstrated by the success of Buzzfeed’s Tasty channel. Plus, it has a more casual feel to it that appeals to millenials.
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School project
UI/UX Designer
2018
Designing a seamless, tailor-made experience for Renault’s concept car Symbioz. From the dashboard to the mobile app, how can we transform each trip into a memorable, personalized adventure?
The Renault Symbioz was our inspiration, our starting point. It is a modular concept car whose design can adapt to different situations (the seats, for example, rotate on themselves to create a « living-room » configuration).
Renault’s car is packed with adaptative features such as this one, which led us to question the role played by a car in different driving situations. Plus, the screen and dashboards are placed so as to be very close to the driver, conferring a real originality to the interface.
Our question: how can we offer a different travel experience depending on the number of passengers on board ? Our proposal: defining several driving modes, each one adapted to a situation, by adjusting the interface between the car and its passengers whether it be on board or via the mobile app.
Meet the Dupont family. Pierre, the father, is 45 years old. His wife, Estelle, is 46 years old and their two children Léo and Ophélie are 8 and 16 years old. They’re all excited about the new car, especially because it comes with a key feature : the 4 adaptative driving modes.
Mode Solo
That mode is the one selected by default. It allows the driver to handle the car by himself and knows his user preferences.
Mode Duo
When 2 passengers are on board, this mode allows them to function as a
driver-copilot duo and adapts the interface(s) by distributing the informations hierarchically between the different screens.
Informations related to the driving are easily accessible to the driver while the music and GPS are handled by the copilot via the app.
Mode Trio
Midway between duo and quattro mode, the distribution of the informations can be the same as in Duo or even more distributed between the three phones: music and indoor comfort (temperature, lighting) are handled by the back-seat passenger while the driver assistance is managed by the front-seat passenger.
Mode Quattro
Primarily targeted at families, this mode allows an admin (front-seat passenger) to send one or several movies to the 2 back-seat screens via the app. The children have a restricted access to the app: they can adjust their seats and choose a movie/a game if the admin allows them to.
During a short break, the family can also play together on the app..
Pierre’s office is 21km from his house. It is almost 12am and he’s preparing to go and meet a colleague for a professional meeting. It’s really hot outside.
He takes a minute to set the temperature of the car and enter his destination into the GPS via the app before leaving the house. Once in the car, everything is set and ready to go. Pierre can enjoy his ride while listening to his latest guilty pleasure.
It’s Friday and Estelle just got home from work. Tonight, the Dupont family leaves for a weekend trip at Pierre’s parents’ house in Montpellier.
Everyone is in the car, ready to go for a 7-hour trip.
The whole team would love to get your feedback on it.
It is greatly appreciated and helps us become better designers, especially when it comes to responsive webdesign and unusual devices. Send me an email 😏
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Personal project
UI/UX Design
Illustration
2017 & 2019
Goshiwons are a practical, cheap housing solution in Korea. However, the booking websites are overloaded and a nightmare for travellers who don’t speak Korean. How do we make the booking process easier for them?
A Goshiwon can be considered as a very small, very minimal hotel. Many residences only offer closet-sized rooms with a desk, bed and internet connection.
However, nicer goshiwons have appeared to accommodate university students and foreigners looking for a short to medium-term housing solution. They often provide slightly larger rooms including bathrooms and showers, as well as windows for the most luxurious ones.
Most goshiwons offer a shared kitchen (sometimes with free coffee, kimchi and rice if not more), but also shared sanitary and laundry area.
A refined, ergonomic website… in response to those.
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School project
UI/UX Designer
User research
2018
Nowadays, we tend to be more and more dependent on technology.
Since it’s even more true when it comes to meeting the love of your life,
we created an app that helps people become more autonomous day after day.
After identifying our problem, « How do we help a person who wants to find a lover without depending on dating apps? », we interviewed a panel of students and young workers in order to gather various opinions from users and non-users of dating apps.
Following the field study, we created 5 opportunity cards, each one including a short story about a user persona as well as an idea to solve their problem. We ultimately chose to focus on the last proposition.
Our user is Estelle.
Her problem is the awkward situation of the first date.
We are going to solve it in order to help her meet people who
experience the same anxiety and maybe… make them bone 🤷🏻.
Estelle likes using dating apps. The only problem comes when the actual « meeting each other » part comes around: the first date is a painful experience for her. She worries about what she’s going to say hours beforehand and the whole process feels very unnatural with each part knowing precisely why they’re sitting together around a drink.
Gathr’s proposal is to recreate a natural environment for Estelle to meet someone new without the pressure of a one-to-one date.
With the help of an algorithm, the app brings people together based on the information they provide : interests, age and location but also texting style (are they talkative or technophobic?) as well as the size of the group they want to join, all of that in the hope that they will get to know each other before meeting IRL all together.
The user opens the app and is greeted by the onboarding screens. They’re designed to feel reassuring with casual illustrations and a comforting copywriting.
After signing up, the app invites the user to provide informations about their interests, preferences about a potential lover or texting style. The last step consists in choosing a new or existing crew, as a group must always have an even number of people. If a person leaves a group, a vacancy is created and a new user could potentially join the crew. Fast-forward to a few weeks later, our user is a part of three crews, chatting on a daily basis and looking forward to an upcoming date.
Some ideas to go further:
1 • Addresses listed as « Meeting spots » on the app after establishing a partnership with them (bars, cafes, restaurants… you name it). Once a user is on site, they scan a flashcode to notify users who might already be there of their presence.
2 • The possibility of creating bigger events which would allow crews to meet other crews and expand their circle of acquaintances.
3 • A machine learning tool which would allow the algorithm to not only match people with shared interests but also match those with divergent yet proven complementary interests.
I would love to make this app become a reality and actually do some prototype testing with real users.
If you’re a developer willing to help, don’t be shy and send me an email!
Feedback is also greatly appreciated, you know how to contact me 😏
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School project
UI/UX Designer
2017
Flash is an app that aims to assist beginners taking their first step towards mastering the complex art of photography.
Technical terms, quick visualization of the different settings…
everything to learn quicker and better.
Too often, apprentice photographers are quick to buy a DSLR but lack the time and motivation to learn how to use it. They get used to the convenience of not having to think about the settings before taking a picture, and end up stuck on the auto mode forever.
Flash is geared towards beginners and allow them to edit a photo while learning about photography at the same time.
The user opens the app for the first time and is greeted by the onboarding screens. He then finds his subject, gets his shot and edits it afterwards. The « flash » allows him to understand the effects of different settings on the same picture.
The photograph is saved in the gallery and the user has the possibility to save his style of editing as a preset to use on upcoming shots.
The app’s goal is to help the user become more and more autonomous as he learns about photography. The features are thoughtfully designed to spark an interest in the beginner and stimulate his curiosity.
I would love to make this app become a reality.
If you’re a developer willing to help, don’t be shy and send me an email!
Feedback is also greatly appreciated, you know how to contact me 😏
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I’m a 25 year-old empathetic, curious, list-loving designer currently working at Niji as a digital art director. I’m passionate about photography and dream of marrying the love
of web and graphic design with all of my passions (a non-exhaustive list: social entrepreneurship, startups, travel, cultures, language learning & music).
My previous experiences include working at Babel and Mazarine, co-founding a travel startup and winning the French Tech Diversité contest (which allowed us to be incubated at Station F for a year), graduating from EPSAA and more recently, assisting photographer Anne Bergeron on her shoots for Ducasse sur Seine, Guy Savoy, Boulom, Paris Baguette and more…
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Running, skiing, ex-football referee, quarantined w/ Chloe Ting.
Learnt piano for 15 years at the conservatory, guitar, choir.
And according to my mood : Ted, Quora, Medium on the daily.
Bilingual in French and Italian as a comedian, & stage director.
And creation of a travel startup, winner of the French Tech Diversité program. Learning Korean & Italian in my spare time.
Did you know?
The TED Talk that blew my mind was this one.
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