Carpe Diem

UX design, behavioral design, prototyping
2018

Carpe Diem is a prototype of a time & task management app. The app uses persuasive design and behavioral science to support busy people who want to regain control of their schedules.

Team
Renee Albrecht-Mallinger (UX design)

Designing for busy-ness

I've always been an eager audience for new time management tools. I'm a busy person—I've been a busy person since high school. I like being busy. But what's a designer to do when "busy" becomes "totally swamped"?

During my last semester of design school, I was balancing a heavy courseload, multiple project deadlines, and an all-consuming job search. I was also taking classes in persuasive design and behavioral economics, and I wondered if there weren't a way I could hack my brain to keep myself from feeling overwhelmed. As a final project, I prototyped an app called Carpe Diem, which applied the principles I was learning in class to time management challenges of a busy graduate student.