My Closet App

Making it easier to organize your closet

The Research

• Interview users about their closet situation at home

• See if user would benefit using a closet organizer app on their mobile

• Define the user – Females and males all ages.

• Prioritize what information is most important on the mobile app

• Doing Affinity mapping

  • User Research synthesizing data.

  • Pain points were very similar.

  • Disorganized, too many clothes, time consuming to find clothes.

The Problem

Angela Dobson finds it difficult to get ready for work or play She has too many clothes in her closet and it is disorganized. She wishes to spend less time staring at her clothes deciding what to wear especially when she needs to go to work in the mornings. Sometimes she arrives late to work. She wants to get rid of clothes but doesn’t have the patience.

Primary Persona

Project Objectives

Purpose: Improve user experience by creating an app on their mobile to help user organize their closet.

• Define target user – Parents, teens, women, men, grandparents,

• Sketches & Proof of Ideation Process

• Design Iterations validated by User Feedback

Hypotheses

We believe that by creating a closet mobile app that will organize the closet and provide guidance to improve their experience selecting an outfit will improve efficiency when selecting outfits and and start off with a good day.

Solution statement

My Closet is an app that will help users manage their clothes in their closet. It guides the user through the decision process to add it to the closet inventory, sell it, or donate it.

To add it to the closet inventory...you take a picture of the item (i.e. jacket), you categorized it under these (i.e. jacket, shirt, skirt, pants) it is placed in the selected category. You can click on the return to the previous screen to go back to My Closet.

To sell it ...you take a picture of the item.  Upload photo to link to https://offerup.com or https://poshmark.com. Follow directions on these websites.

To donate it…You take a picture of the item, you describe it and add it to My Closet donation form list to print out at end of year for tax purposes, place your item in a bag along with other donations and drive it down to a local charity donations collection (i.e.Goodwill, or a local thrift shop). Don't forget to save a copy for taxes

Design Process

I created some interview questions and interviewed 5 users in in our class about their closet at home. I was able to define the pain points by creating an Affinity Map and the results showed that the users closet had too many clothes. Some users were disorganized, which made them overwhelmed, and they lost time while deciding what to wear. Most agreed they needed to get rid of some clothes to make space.

I created a flowchart demonstrating a single flow through the application. When you open the applications, you come to the landing page that gives a brief introduction to the app. Then you have a choice to sign in or create an account. I choose the sign in button and that leads you to the applications home screen “My Closet”.

I select add item …..take a photo, put it in a category, I chose Jackets. You can see your Jacket in the Jacket category. Then click the back button or click Go back to My Closet..

Affinity Mapping User Feedback

•Users closet had too many clothes

•Some users were disorganized

•they lost time while deciding what to wear

•Most agreed they needed to get rid of some clothes to make space

How it works

1. Sign In or Create account

2. Sign in - Takes you to home screen - My closet

3. I select Jacket to add in my closet

4. Take a photo of your jacket

5. You can see your Jacket in the Jacket category.

6. Then click the back button or click Go back to My Closet..