Introduction

 

“Sleep Clinic” is a unique mobile app with many helpful features for those who have trouble having a good nighttime sleep and suffer from daytime sleepiness. “Sleep Clinic” is designed particularly with the purpose to overcome the issue of sleep deprivation in a quick and efficient way. The overall design of “Sleep Clinic” is in a way that makes the user feel calm and relaxed because of the colour palette and minimal-designed objects in the app which are not distractive, leading the user to each screen that they want to check out.

 

 

Problem

 

Many George students have trouble in getting a good night’s sleep and therefore, suffer from lack of concentration.

 

 

Goal

 

The goal is to explore and develop ways to make students aware of sleep hygiene and to guide them on how to have good nighttime sleep and full daytime alertness.

 

 

User Research

 

According to the research done at George Brown College on the sleep quality and the level of daytime focus of the college students, a considerable number of students are suffering from not having quality nighttime sleep and consequently, they have trouble in their daytime tasks and that impacts the quality of their learning and also their school assignments. This problem is more evident in students’ classes held early in the morning. They cannot fully focus on the lessons since they get inadequate sleep at night; despite the fact that mornings are generally the most efficient time for learning.

Strategy

 

“Sleep Clinic” is a mobile app that helps the user to have a better sleep at night by offering them various useful features that can be used easily before going to bed. In addition, the app provide the user with some meditation skill to regain their concentration during the day and night. “Sleep Clinic” mainly focuses in sleep hygiene and mental health of college students who are the target market and offer them guidances to have better sleep at night and total awareness during daytime. Every part of the design of this application is in a way that the user gets what they want right away. The application design is bold and easy to engage with and it does not need any specialty to use it.

Target User information

 

The target audience is students, males and females between 18 and 25 years old, some of which have part-time jobs and the rest do not work. Psychographically, they are people who know how to use smartphones and tablets and spend more than 3 hours a day working on them and technology plays an important role in their lives. They can adapt technology to their daily tasks easily.

 

 

User Needs

 

The Target users needs are:

- Having an easy access to each section of the application quickly.
- A safe and secured environment.
- Communicating with other users.
- Providing a beautiful look and feel.
- Having an organized interface.
- Tracking their own activities and progress.
- A nice interface, encouraging the user to return to the application again.
- Ease of navigating the interface.
- Being able to change the settings and to customize.

 

 

Functional Requirements

 

The functionality requirements for the application are the following:

• Soothing songs and relaxing music
• Meditation hints
• Learning materials
• Sleep cycle alarm clock
• Yoga poses fore relaxation
• Variety of sounds of nature and white noise
• Guided relaxation through multiple hypnotherapists
• Customized sleep timer
• Insomnia tips
• Breathing coach

After looking into 3 different concepts, I came up with a final concept which is a combination of 2 of them. I intended to create a hierarchy among every segment of the design, which can showcase the ideas that I have about its design. The dream-catcher logo reflects the idea of our subject which relates to sleep hygiene. The fonts used in the mobile app are from the Maison Neue family which is a sans-serif typeface suitable for modern-style apps.

Usability

 

“Sleep Clinic” is a mobile app which offers many efficient features that can be easily used by the target users. The app opens up with the Welcome screen containing the logo in the centre on a background. The next screen is the Alarm screen, which takes into account the condition in which the user’s body is in, for example if there has been alcohol or caffeine consumption, and how stressed/relaxed one is. The Statistics screen shows these conditions; moreover, it demonstrates all the data about the specific nights that the app has been used, as well as the history, notes, quality of sleep and the amount of sleep one has go in a week, month or year.
Users can benefit from listening to calming music, sounds of nature, and short audio stories while trying to fall sleep. These features exist on the Alarm screen. Smart alarm allows the user to sleep for a certain amount of time, for example for 3 minutes or 2 hours.
The Clinic screen includes three user features: Meditation, Breathing Exercises, and Do’s & Don’ts. In the mediation section, users can learn how to meditate effectively before going to bed to ease the sleeping process. There are several different methods of meditation presented on the Clinic screen. Breathing exercises help the user to control the pace of their breath which brings about calmness.
In the Do’s & Don’ts section, the user can take advantage of the many beneficial tips and tricks in order to have a better sleep at night and total focus during daytime. “Sleep Clinic” is of advantage to those students who suffer from daytime sleepiness and lack of sleep at night time. This app increases the quality of sleep and educates users on ways to have healthier sleeping habits by offering them a large sum of useful information.