MentalSpark
Creators: Marisa, Neelam, Sarika, Sharena, and William
School: High School Students from Thomas A. Edison CTE High School
Location: Queens, NY
Project Themes: Health & Wellness
Project Type: App Design
About this Project
Our project focuses on providing Mental health resources and bringing back spark and providing a safe space to channel. inner growth. We chose to focus on the social issue of mental health. Mental health can have the most impact on our overall health–it sets our mood and is a driving factor of all the decisions we make in life, whether positive or negative.We decided to address mental health to reduce the stigma around it and encourage people to seek help. During our design process we were trying to be creative and also designing our slides so it will be easy for the judge to be able to keep track. If we could build this app, we would add more features and more advanced ways to seek help. Some of the features we would add is lighting either dark mode or white mode. We would also add a review section on where users will give their feedback and rate our app and say how the app benefits them.
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What the Judges are Saying
This team had a fantastic presentation. The goal of the project was very meaningful and the market research done helped emphasize why this app is needed and who the target audience is.
Within the presentation, I particularly liked going through the journey map and flow charts because it really showed how you want the app to work and what it should do.
The UX developed with Figma displayed was very interactive and displayed all the points mentioned in the presentation between app goals and user needs.
Two recommendations I suggest are:
1. Making the organizing calendar easier to read and navigate. If users are on their phones, it may be challenging to navigate on a small screen for their monthly schedule.
2. Potentially add another calendar resource that may be more simple for folks who are stressed by too much details. As the more detailed a calendar is, sometimes it can be more overwhelming for users who are already stressed or have too much to do and updating a detailed calendar can be a large additional day-to-day task.
Overall, the app was developed very well! Great job to the team and keep up the good work. I hope your idea can come to life one day and help as many people and more as you envisioned.
Within the presentation, I particularly liked going through the journey map and flow charts because it really showed how you want the app to work and what it should do.
The UX developed with Figma displayed was very interactive and displayed all the points mentioned in the presentation between app goals and user needs.
Two recommendations I suggest are:
1. Making the organizing calendar easier to read and navigate. If users are on their phones, it may be challenging to navigate on a small screen for their monthly schedule.
2. Potentially add another calendar resource that may be more simple for folks who are stressed by too much details. As the more detailed a calendar is, sometimes it can be more overwhelming for users who are already stressed or have too much to do and updating a detailed calendar can be a large additional day-to-day task.
Overall, the app was developed very well! Great job to the team and keep up the good work. I hope your idea can come to life one day and help as many people and more as you envisioned.
