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Ergofriend
Looking out for your body and mind while you work those long hours from home
Overview
Since COVID-19 significantly more people work from home than before. Spending long hours at a desk can cause muscle pains or even strain injuries. Such injuries often result in high cost to employers, due to absent workers, low productivity and compensation costs.
In this project I explored what could help users stay healthy while working from home.
The problem
It can be hard to keep a healthy schedule of breaks at home. There are less oppertunities to get up and walk around.
The solution
A desktop app that reminds users to take breaks and instructs them how they should stretch and how to set up their work station.
Research Insights
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Workers from home are more likely to work longer hours and at a more intense pace.
They deal with more intrusion and interference at their homes that cause stress.
Goals
Helping users take breaks -
reminders, and different enforcement levels
Using these breaks to decrease stress
They have a hard time unplugging at the end of the day, trying to make up for the time lost due to distractions.
*A report by the United Nations International Labor Organization
*Buffer's State Of Remote Work report
"I love my job! sometimes I get so caught up in my work I forget to eat or take a break"
Meet Kim
26, data analyst, single, lives in Ramat Gan
Frustrations
- "Burned out"
- Can't find the time to take care of herself
Goals
- Eat regularly
- Stay focused throughout the day by taking refreshing breaks
- Stay healthy and move around
Essential app features
- A desktop app - where users spend their day
- A friendly reminder component that shows current status + leads to app screens
- Pop up reminders at pre-setted intervals
- Mindful breaks
The benefits of mindfulness
Mindfulness is the ability to be fully present and aware in the moment. It has been shown to reduce anxiaty.
Reminders can be a major help - they shake you out of auto-pilot mode.
User flow wireframes
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Break status component
- pauses activity (for meetings)
- shows time 'till next break
- app menu
- close app
- warning for an overdue break
Design
Inspiration
Designing the break status component
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Mouse hover opens the app menu
A visual que for an overdue break
Displays time 'till next stretch break
demo
App screens
Break reminder
Menu
App screens
