SWEETHIVE | COLLABORATION PLATFORM
UX research / UI/UX design / Motion graphics
UX research / UI/UX design / Motion graphics
Year: March 2019 to May 2020 (15 months)
Role: UI/UX and Graphic Designer, PoliHub Innovation District & Startup Accelerator, Milan (alongside my Master’s in Digital and Interaction Design, Politecnico di Milano)
Team: International developers, marketing and business managers
Tools: Adobe XD, Illustrator, Photoshop
Outputs: Website and app UX/UI, visual elements, motion graphics, event banners and covers
Link: sweethive.com
Role: UI/UX and Graphic Designer, PoliHub Innovation District & Startup Accelerator, Milan (alongside my Master’s in Digital and Interaction Design, Politecnico di Milano)
Team: International developers, marketing and business managers
Tools: Adobe XD, Illustrator, Photoshop
Outputs: Website and app UX/UI, visual elements, motion graphics, event banners and covers
Link: sweethive.com
Overview
The UX/UI for SweetHive, a collaboration platform for education, enterprise, marketplace, and art and culture organisations, designed from first research to the finished website and app.
The UX/UI for SweetHive, a collaboration platform for education, enterprise, marketplace, and art and culture organisations, designed from first research to the finished website and app.
Challenge
Organisations collaborate on many levels at once, and most tools force conversations into separate chats and scattered channels. SweetHive needed an interface that let people work in coordinated groups, stay up to date on tasks and react quickly, without losing the overview.
Organisations collaborate on many levels at once, and most tools force conversations into separate chats and scattered channels. SweetHive needed an interface that let people work in coordinated groups, stay up to date on tasks and react quickly, without losing the overview.
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Collaboration is finally on multiple levels
As in your organization, matrix collaboration happens on multiple levels. Bring them to SweetHive so that your collaborators can manage many activities in a coordinated way.
Engage more people at different times on the same topic
Within the same topic it’s possible to talk to different groups of people: include only who needs to receive your message without opening another chat.
Stay updated on the tasks and react swiftly
Navigating between levels, filter content from the general to the specific. Read messages and other content in one single channel of communication.
A collaborative environment tailored to your organization
Bring collaboration to the center of your activities: activate all the additional services that you may need and connect the systems you are already using.
Approach
I worked through the full design journey, from UX research to sketching in Adobe XD to the final interface, alongside developers and business teams. Key design decisions focused on:
I worked through the full design journey, from UX research to sketching in Adobe XD to the final interface, alongside developers and business teams. Key design decisions focused on:
Multi-level collaboration: matching how organisations really work, with several layers of teams and topics.
Targeted conversations: speaking to different groups within one topic, without opening another chat.
Clarity at every level: filtering content from general to specific, all in a single channel of communication.
Flexibility: an environment that adapts to each organisation, with optional services and connections to existing systems.
I also designed the colour palette, all visual elements and motion graphics for the website, and the banners and covers for events at the hub.
SKETCHING IN ADOBE XD
Result
The SweetHive website and application, together with its connected platforms and event materials, were designed and delivered during my 15-month role.
The SweetHive website and application, together with its connected platforms and event materials, were designed and delivered during my 15-month role.
FINAL RESULTS
