Planto | Smart Plant Care App
Simple, guided plant care for beginners through reminders, tracking, and plant recognition.
- Role: Product Designer & UX/UI Designer
- Tools: Figma, Notion, FigJam
- Duration: 1.5 months (2025)
Problem
New plant owners struggle with remembering when and how to care for their plants. Most existing tools are complex or require manual tracking.
Goal
Make plant care simple, visual, and error-proof with reminders, scanning, and guidance designed for beginners.
Design Thinking Process
Define
Identified key plant-care problems
Set app goals
Focused on simplicity
Explore
Sketched layouts
Mapped user flows
Evaluated options
Structure
Created low-fidelity wireframes
Tested navigation
Adjusted layout
Visualize
Designed UI system
Applied natural tones
Built consistent components
Validate
Conducted usability checks
Collected feedback
Refined screens
Empathy Map
User Flow
Low-Fidelity Wireframes
Colors
Final UI
Designing Planto taught me how to balance user needs with visual clarity and simplicity. I learned the importance of organizing information in a way that reduces cognitive load, especially when dealing with multiple features like scanning, plant tracking, and expert advice.
If I were to improve the project further, I’d focus on conducting usability testing with more users to validate the navigation patterns and explore accessibility features for visually impaired plant lovers.