A motivational app to reorganize your space and ease your mind
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Abby Whittingham
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Initial Proposal
How can design be used to help people preserve physical memories/spaces of loved ones in an ever-expanding digital age?
Initially, I was interested in preserving loved ones heirlooms using AI and 3D rendering. Even though this sounded interesting, I didn’t have the necessary skill set to render it the way I would have liked. This is something I would definitely like to continue to explore in my design work. After researching this idea further, I got to the point where the question “Where should I keep this item now that I have recorded it?” was more compelling to me.
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Visual Research App would allow you to document spaces and move through them in 360° view.
Visual Research App would allow you to document spaces or objects and leave comments using virtual reality.
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Drawing Board
After doing more research into what I wanted to create, I decided to make a mind map of everything I liked. Being home over quarantine heavily affected the direction of my project.
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How can design be used to help people tackle the overwhelming feelings they experience when decluttering?
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Initial Project Proposal — Pre Class RESEARCHABLE QUESTION
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DEGREE PROJECT PROPOSAL Abby Whittingham
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I am interested in exploring virtual reality and its connection to preserving memories, specifically physical objects and spaces of loved ones.
How can design be used to help people preserve physical memories/spaces of loved ones in an ever-expanding digital age?
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This would be a place where you can upload different keepsakes, momentums, spaces, or photos so you can look back on those memories and reflect on them. Using VR, you can preserve the state of physical objects despite later decay, and use it to connect to family members to remember moments.
I got this idea from my dad randomly sending a picture of my brother and I from when we were younger in our group chat. Archiving mementos to pass down through generations has always taken the form of a memory box or photo album. In today's digital age, this process has changed. Websites and camera rolls exist to archive digital memories, but what about the combination of both physical and digital? What about memories that can't be captured by traditional methods? How do we keep those all in one safe place to pass down?"
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You could have the ability to organize memories by location, or make your own moment categories. A random feature could exist to pull up a random memory to encourage reaching out to someone you may not think to yourself. With AI you could search by face or person's name. You can name pictures things you can actually remember so you can find them more easily. “Remember that time we were…”
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I am interested in exploring virtual reality and its connection to preserving memories, specifically physical objects and spaces of loved ones.
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Being home so much over quarantine really makes you appreciate and want to remember your home to be able to pass down your experience.
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Being able to document your childhood neighborhood using VR and letting your children be able to walk around in it.
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Being able to record the state of a physical object in time to virtually preserve the object.
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Being able to look around in an old photograph.
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https://brdg.co/vr-room/
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https://www.vrs.org.uk/virtual-reality/what-is-virtual-reality.html
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https://www.youvisit.com/tour/quincystl/my_neighborhood__
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Walmart VR: https://youtu.be/01qj4NGLFoQ
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Oculus: https://youtu.be/xwW-1mbemGc
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360 view: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsl7TqjUTpk
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https://blog.leapmotion.com/space-and-perspective/
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The potential of shared experience TED Talk: https://youtu.be/7mL0E4ykS7E
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https://blog.leapmotion.com/storytelling-4th-dimension-whats-future-vr-cinema/
App would allow you to document spaces and move through them in 360° view.
App would allow you to document spaces or objects and leave comments using virtual reality.
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https://blog.leapmotion.com/interaction-sprint-exploring-the-hand-object-boundary/
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DEGREE PROJECT PROPOSAL Abby Whittingham
ORIGINAL RESEARCHABLE QUESTION
RESEARCHABLE QUESTION
How can design be used to help people preserve physical memories/spaces of loved ones in an ever-expanding digital age?
How can design be used to help people tackle the overwhelming feelings they experience when decluttering, as well as the emotional barriers keeping them from conquering their clutter? Visual Research Clutter comes in all shapes and sizes.
EFFECTS OF CLUTTER
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Stress and increased cortisol levels that can become long-term
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High sign of good mental processing and functioning
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Feelings of shame or inadequacy that can lead to depression
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Representation of strong decision making
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Distraction from focus that kills our productivity
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Self awareness
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Negative behavioral effects for ourselves and our kids
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Individual’s ability to function properly despite all other circumstances/factors.
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How can design help to encourage new practices and help people struggling with maintaining clutter How can this app create a community to help destigmatize the shame around having a cluttered home
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How to turn things you have in your home into useful sustainable objects
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Tips on how to learn to let go of past objects
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Continue research on the psychology of clutter
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What is the connection to poverty and clutter? How to balance the feeling of needing to keep something “just in case” What is the connection between physical disorganization and mental disorganization? How can design be helpful here. A personal digital storage space where you can photograph and record objects that meant something to you that you no longer have use for A platform to give useful things you have no need for anymore to those who could benefit from it Meditation to get through difficult psychological barriers
BIBLIOGRAPHY ➤
What is Mottainai: The Japanese method of reducing waste in your house and mind
https://farihaneemai.medium.com/a-cluttered-room-is-a-cluttered-mind-839a85c4221e
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https://miadanielle.com/psychological-effects-of-clutter/
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User research on those who struggle with clutter
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https://www1.racgp.org.au/newsgp/clinical/what-does-clutter-do-to-your-brain-and-body
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https://www.thebigsmoke.com.au/2017/10/04/scorched-earth-defeating-clutter-that-hasbecome-your-life/ https://www.redbookmag.com/home/decor/g16405261/calm-happy-home-design/
THANK YOU Visual Research App visual language: bright, encouraging, motivating.
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Brief Week 2— 02/09/21
For the prior two weeks, I was doing field and psychology research. This week, I wanted to conduct my own, more personal research. I conducted a google survey and highlighted my research below.
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Brief Week 2— 02/09/21 RESEARCHABLE QUESTION
DEGREE PROJECT PROPOSAL Abby Whittingham
How can design be used to help people tackle the overwhelming feelings they experience when decluttering, as well as the emotional barriers keeping them from conquering their clutter?
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IF YOU SAID YES, WHAT DO YOU ENJOY ABOUT THE STATE OF YOUR HOME? Comfortable Spacious Clean Comfy Cozy Tidy
IF YOU SAID NO, WHAT DO YOU NOT ENJOY ABOUT THE STATE OF YOUR HOME?
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Anxious Overwhelmed Not enough space Trapped Mess
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Brief Week 2— 02/09/21 RESEARCH
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83.3% of respondents said they can’t focus at all or can but they’re not comfortable
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Many people link lack of clutter to security and happiness Lack of Energy and Time were the biggest obstacles standing in the way of getting the home the way they want There is a direct link to happiness in the home and unhappiness in a cluttered home
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Brainstorming from the research I have gathered tools that could benefit people
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Is it an app, or is it something else? What else could I make…
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If you said no, what do you not enjoy about the state of your home?
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How can design be used to help people tackle the overwhelming feelings they experience when decluttering, as well as the emotional barriers keeping them from conquering their clutter?
If you said Yes, what do you enjoy about the state of your home? Comfortable Spacious Clean
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Anxious Overwhelmed Not enough space Trapped
This week, I dove into more intense user interviews to hone in on what would truly help them declutter. This week recaps my prior research and introduces my interview notes, market research, and user persona.
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83.3% of respondents said they can’t focus at all or can but they’re not comfortable
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Lack of Energy and Time were the biggest obstacles standing in the way of getting the home the way they want There is a direct correlation between happiness in a clean home and unhappiness in a cluttered home 80% of people would benefit from sources on where to donate/how to reuse
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Leads to not wanting to give things away in case they are worth something ➤
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Many people link lack of clutter to security and happiness
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Keeping things not out of want, just out of unknowing
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People ages 35–65
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Lack time and energy in their busy lives to keep up with their home
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Open minded to making changes to their current life
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Simple technology knowledge
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Connect to organizers near them
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Invite family members to help on projects
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Brief Week 3— 02/16/21 Current App Research
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App Ideas ➤
An app to catalogue the progress made on project they want to tackle
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Organizing/Maintaining
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Decluttering
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Decorating
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A selling/buying feature
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Have an AI feature to help you measure the room and tell you the progress you have made on it
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Have an AI feature to help you measure through your camera when rearranging
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A place to physically see a space rearranged
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Ability to add before and after shots to see the progress you have made
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Sources such as organizers, tips on how to sell, how to organize (customized for the “mode you are in)
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Ability to list priorities and have the app give you manageable tasks each day ➤
How can design help to encourage new practices and help people struggling with maintaining clutter How can this app create a community to help destigmatize the shame around having a cluttered home
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How to turn things you have in your home into useful sustainable objects
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Tips on how to learn to let go of past objects
Most Pressing Next steps ➤
Compiling the gathered data into a system to begin wiring my app
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Having at least one more interview to confirm needs of users
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“Really be able to break down what is causing the clutter and go at it in bite sized pieces”
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Checkpoint 1 — 02/23/21 This week, I finalized my concept and title of my app. I highlighted my target audience and wrote out the final Project Statement, highlighting the key points.
Re-org A motivational app to reorganize your space & your mind Abby Whittingham — Senior Degree Project Checkpoint 1
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Project Statement
How can design be used to help people tackle the overwhelming feelings they experience when decluttering?
Since the beginning of last year, a lot has changed. When COVID-19 began, the role of going out flipped with the role of staying in. Most of our lives shifted from going out frequently to staying at home for extended periods of time. Those who work in offices no longer went into their well-maintained buildings every day. Instead they went home to work. Being home for extended periods of time when we otherwise wouldn’t be, I found myself noticing the clutter in my home and my negative feelings around it became a lot more apparent. With the fast-paced energy of our culture, it is difficult to maintain our places the way we would prefer. During the hustle of everyday “normal” life, we generally shrug off clutter as it is not as important as other things in our busy lives. However, clutter is unknowingly more negative that you may think.
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Checkpoint 1 — 02/23/21 Project Statement
Since the beginning of last year, a lot has changed. When COVID-19 began, the role of going out flipped with the role of staying in. Most of our lives shifted from going out frequently to staying at home for extended periods of time. Those who work in offices no longer went into their well-maintained buildings every day. Instead they went home to work. Being home for extended periods of time when we otherwise wouldn’t be, I found myself noticing the clutter in my home and my negative feelings around it became a lot more apparent. With the fast-paced energy of our culture, it is difficult to maintain our places the way we would prefer. During the hustle of everyday “normal” life, we generally shrug off clutter as it is not as important as other things in our busy lives. However, clutter is unknowingly more negative that you may think.
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Clutter can affect our anxiety levels, sleep, and ability to focus. In a research paper by Libby Sander her research “shows our physical environments significantly influence our cognition, emotions and subsequent behaviors, including our relationships with others.”
Clutter can affect our anxiety levels, sleep, and ability to focus. In a research paper by Libby Sander her research “shows our physical environments significantly influence our cognition, emotions and subsequent behaviors, including our relationships with others.”
“Bursting cupboards and piles of paper stacked around the house may seem harmless enough. But research shows disorganization and clutter have a cumulative effect on our brains. Our brains like order, and constant visual reminders of disorganization drain our cognitive resources, reducing our ability to focus. The visual distraction of clutter increases cognitive overload and can reduce our working memory.”
“Bursting cupboards and piles of paper stacked around the house may seem harmless enough. But research shows disorganization and clutter have a cumulative effect on our brains. Our brains like order, and constant visual reminders of disorganization drain our cognitive resources, reducing our ability to focus. The visual distraction of clutter increases cognitive overload and can reduce our working memory.”
“In 2011, neuroscience researchers using fMRI (functional magnetic resonance imaging) and other physiological measurements found clearing clutter from the home and work environment resulted in a better ability to focus and process information, as well as increased productivity.”
“In 2011, neuroscience researchers using fMRI (functional magnetic resonance imaging) and other physiological measurements found clearing clutter from the home and work environment resulted in a better ability to focus and process information, as well as increased productivity.”
https://www1.racgp.org.au/newsgp/clinical/what-does-clutter-do-to-your-brain-and-body
https://www1.racgp.org.au/newsgp/clinical/what-does-clutter-do-to-your-brain-and-body
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Who?
Clutter is heavily linked to negative physical and mental health; however, clearing the clutter is much easier said than done. The busyness of our lives tends to get in the way, making the piles get worse and the tasks even more overwhelming. It’s even more difficult when you are trying to tackle it solo.
Clutter is heavily linked to negative physical and mental health; however, clearing the clutter is much easier said than done. The busyness of our lives tends to get in the way, making the piles get worse and the tasks even more overwhelming. It’s even more diffi cult when you are trying to tackle it solo.
I believe there is space for design to help here. Using both my own personal experience with clutter and the interviews/surveys/resources I have collected, I will create an app walkthrough that goes over how to take the first step in the decluttering and reorganizing process. The goal is to motivate and encourage individuals to achieve the home they would like and give resources to declutter/organize.
I believe there is space for design to help here. Using both my own personal experience with clutter and the interviews/surveys/resources I have collected, I will create an app walkthrough that goes over how to take the first step in the decluttering and reorganizing process. The goal is to motivate and encourage individuals to achieve the home they would like and give resources to declutter/organize.
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Homeowners (apartment, house, condo, etc.) People ages 35–65
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Lack time and energy in their busy lives to keep up with their home
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Checkpoint 1 — 02/23/21 What?
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An app to catalogue the progress made on project they want to tackle
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Have a way to customize:
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A mobile/desktop application that aids in the decluttering process
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Possibly a print component to accompany the app
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This would be a hypothetically free app on the app store for accessibility purposes. For this case study they could experience the walkthrough via video and tips via website.
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Organizing/Maintaining
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Decluttering
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Decorating
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A selling/buying feature
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Have an AI feature to help you measure the room and tell you the progress you have made on it
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Have an AI feature to help you measure through your camera when rearranging
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A place to physically see a space rearranged
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Ability to add before and after shots to see the progress you have made
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Sources such as organizers, tips on how to sell, how to organize (customized for the “mode you are in)
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Ability to list priorities and have the app give you manageable tasks each day ➤
“Really be able to break down what is causing the clutter and go at it in bite sized pieces”
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https://farihaneemai.medium.com/a-cluttered-room-is-a-clutteredmind-839a85c4221e
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https://www.countryliving.com/life/a41187/what-is-hygge-things-to-knowabout-the-danish-lifestyle-trend/
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https://miadanielle.com/psychological-effects-of-clutter/
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http://www.wehatetowaste.com/mottainai/
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https://www1.racgp.org.au/newsgp/clinical/what-does-clutter-do-to-yourbrain-and-body
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https://www.mydomaine.com/japanese-organizing-tips
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https://www.thebigsmoke.com.au/2017/10/04/scorched-earth-defeatingclutter-that-has-become-your-life/
https://www.denverpost.com/2008/01/23/the-psychology-of-clutter/
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https://makespace.com/blog/posts/clutter-infographic/
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https://www.redbookmag.com/home/decor/g16405261/calm-happy-homedesign/
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https://apersonalorganizer.com/why-decluttering-wont-work/
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https://www.artofmanliness.com/articles/the-problem-with-minimalism/
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https://medium.com/@jeffgoins/how-clutter-can-kill-your-creativity-and-howto-clean-it-up-b0cc9e33700e
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https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2711870
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https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0360132318307157
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http://todyapp.com/
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https://theartofsimple.net/clutter-and-finances/
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https://www.mycentriq.com/
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https://www.thespruce.com/where-to-donate-everything-in-home-2648117
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https://www.decluttr.com/
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https://www.thespruce.com/items-you-can-immediately-throw-away-2647975
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https://apps.apple.com/us/app/spotless-a-simply-clean-home/id1067203863
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https://www.budgetdumpster.com/resources/how-to-declutter-your-home.php
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https://clutterfree.com/
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https://makespace.com/blog/posts/category/diy-apartment-hacks/
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https://clutterbug.thinkific.com/users/checkout/auth
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https://uxdesign.cc/clearing-the-clutter-a-case-study-6f8574d4e69e
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https://apps.apple.com/us/app/toss-declutter-fast-easy/id1460056693
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https://medium.com/design-bootcamp/life-less-cluttered-9ddb70aa7529
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After conducting user interviews, I created three user journeys. These three outlined 3 core user paths a user might take. For the prototype, I built out the largest one where reORG walks the user through. Click here to view the Whimsical board
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Branding — 03/16/21 ReOrg
Plenty of white space. Green accents to calm the mind to fit with the purpose of the app —free one's mind from clutter in the home and thus the mind. Simple, friendly, growth with help.
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I continued on in the reORG branding to get a clear idea of what I wanted the voice of my brand to feel like. Jumping off of the previous weeks work, I explored a wide range of colors and typography.
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The past two weeks I spent looking for the right greens for the reORG logo, refined the reORG logo lockup, and experimented with as many different ways as I could. I also started exploring how motion and UI would interact with the design.
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Above all, I wanted reORG to be helpful. There are so many apps today that exist just to exist. I wanted to create a tool for people to actively use in their decluttering journey.
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Checkpoint 2 — 03/30/21 Researchable Question
Project Statement
How can design be used to help people tackle the overwhelming feelings they experience when decluttering? A motivational app to reorganize your space & your mind Abby Whittingham — Senior Degree Project Checkpoint 2
Project Statement
Since the beginning of last year, a lot has changed. When COVID-19 began, the role of going out flipped with the role of staying in. Most of our lives shifted from going out frequently to staying at home for extended periods of time. Those who work in offices no longer went into their well-maintained buildings every day. Instead they went home to work. Being home for extended periods of time when we otherwise wouldn’t be, I found myself noticing the clutter in my home and my negative feelings around it became a lot more apparent. With the fast-paced energy of our culture, it is difficult to maintain our places the way we would prefer. During the hustle of everyday “normal” life, we generally shrug off clutter as it is not as important as other things in our busy lives. However, clutter is unknowingly more negative that you may think.
Clutter can affect our anxiety levels, sleep, and ability to focus. In a research paper by Libby Sander her research “shows our physical environments significantly influence our cognition, emotions and subsequent behaviors, including our relationships with others.” “Bursting cupboards and piles of paper stacked around the house may seem harmless enough. But research shows disorganization and clutter have a cumulative effect on our brains. Our brains like order, and constant visual reminders of disorganization drain our cognitive resources, reducing our ability to focus. The visual distraction of clutter increases cognitive overload and can reduce our working memory.” “In 2011, neuroscience researchers using fMRI (functional magnetic resonance imaging) and other physiological measurements found clearing clutter from the home and work environment resulted in a better ability to focus and process information, as well as increased productivity.”
https://www1.racgp.org.au/newsgp/clinical/what-does-clutter-do-to-your-brain-and-body
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Clutter is heavily linked to negative physical and mental health; however, clearing the clutter is much easier said than done. The busyness of our lives tends to get in the way, making the piles get worse and the tasks even more overwhelming. It’s even more diffi cult when you are trying to tackle it solo. I believe there is space for design to help here. Using both my own personal experience with clutter and the interviews/surveys/resources I have collected, I will create an app walkthrough that goes over how to take the first step in the decluttering and reorganizing process. The goal is to motivate and encourage individuals to achieve the home they would like and give resources to declutter/organize.
Homeowners (apartment, house, condo, etc.) People ages 35–65
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An app to catalogue the progress made on project they want to tackle
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Lack time and energy in their busy lives to keep up with their home
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A mobile/desktop application that aids in the decluttering process
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Open minded to making changes to their current life
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Simple technology knowledge
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This would be a hypothetically free app on the app store for accessibility purposes. For this case study they could experience the walkthrough via video and tips via website.
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Organizing/Maintaining
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Decluttering
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Decorating
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A selling/buying feature
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Have an AI feature to help you measure the room and tell you the progress you have made on it
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Have an AI feature to help you measure through your camera when rearranging
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A place to physically see a space rearranged
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Ability to add before and after shots to see the progress you have made
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Sources such as organizers, tips on how to sell, how to organize (customized for the “mode you are in)
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“Really be able to break down what is causing the clutter and go at it in bite sized pieces”
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Build main user flow
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Trailer & Poster — 04/13/21 Anxiety, chaos, and disorder were my users main pain points when asked about their feelings with their home. I always discovered that knowing where to start was the largest obstacle. reORG aims to help those who struggle with clutter take the “scribbles” in their lives and even them out into organized lines.
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Anxiety
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“Our physical environments significantly influence our cognition, emotions and subsequent behaviors, including our relationships with others.”
Focus
How can design be used to help people tackle the overwhelming feelings they experience when decluttering?
— Libby Sanders, “The Case for Finally Cleaning Your Desk”
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• Many people linked a lack of clutter to security and happiness
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• Possibly build a reORG market place to share directly from • Possibly expand upon an award system • Keep posting on the instagram to help destigmatize cluttered homes Senior Degree Project Symposium, 2021
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Click here to view the Clickable Walk-Through
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reORG is more than just a decluttering app. It is a community for those who are looking for motivation and resources to get their homes the way they would like. I created a reORG instagram and the #myreorg to invite others to share their reorgs and destigmatize the shameful feelings around having clutter. @reorg_app
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