Hogeschool Utrecht
Data-driven UX concept
I led a 1-month Master's design challenge to understand work-life imbalance in young STEM students and early-career professionals and propose an evidence-based digital solution that helps them set boundaries and sustain progress. The research goal and problem framing focused on quick, low-friction interactions that protect energy and time.
Key findings that shaped the concept included late bedtimes, rising after-hours workload, and high burnout among senior STEM students.
The resulting solution concept was built around "quiet defaults" that turn notifications into real value in under ten seconds alongside a single daily reminder with a one-snooze policy. The wireframes were designed to honour the users' core values of autonomy, wellbeing, and competence.
Project Highlights
- Synthesised qualitative and quantitative signals on work-life imbalance for young STEM students and new professionals.
- Prioritised late bedtimes, rising after-hours load, and burnout risk as the guiding insights for the concept.
- Framed a quiet-defaults interaction model with lightweight reminders so users can set boundaries without friction.
Project by Master's in Data-Driven Design
Areas — UX Research, Product Concept, Interaction Design, Data-Informed Design, Data Visualisation
Delivered 2025
