The Bloom: A Living Happiness Recorder
FigBuild 2026
Speculative Design
Wearable
A wearable biosensor patch and companion app that detects and visualizes joy in real time.
During my first design hackathon, my partner and I designed a speculative tool that tracks something invisible in the human experience. The Bloom is a wearable biosensor patch and companion app that detects and visualizes joy in real time, turning fleeting moments of happiness into something you can feel and record.
Concept to prototype in 3 days
Take a look of final demo video for the Figbuild 2026 Hackathon! 😚🙌
Role
Team Lead (Concept ideation, storytelling, wireframing, prototyping, demo video)
Team
2 designers
Duration
3 weeks
Scope
Mobile design
FigBuild 2026 Brief
Design a speculative tool that tracks, measures, or visualizes an aspect of human sensory experience, rooted in real human needs and meaningful wellness outcomes.
What if joy were visible, like bioluminescence?
Inspired by jellyfish and fireflies, organisms that make internal chemical processes visible on their surface.
Happiness isn't abstract — it's biochemical. We reframed joy as detectable, measurable, and worth capturing.
Four core experiences
Capture Happy Moments
When The Bloom detects a joy signal, the patch lights up and sends a gentle prompt. No logging required — just a quiet acknowledgment that something good happened.
Peak Moments Galleryy Moments
Captured moments live in an archive — displayed as bubbles across day, week, month, and year views. Each stores an image, audio clip, and D.O.S.E. breakdown.
Depletion Check-In
When D.O.S.E. signals dip, The Bloom notices. Suggestions aren't generic — they're pulled directly from the moments that already made you happy. [ GIF — depletion alert + personalized suggestion ]
Reflect & Analyze
Patterns surface over time — which places, people, and moments light you up most. A living map of joy, growing more personal the longer you wear it.
What did I learn?
Working within a 72-hour constraint taught me how to balance creativity with execution.
As a two-person team, we had to align quickly, navigate different instincts, and make fast, intentional decisions—knowing when to push an idea forward and when to let it go.
Next steps
After the hackathon, I refined the sensing mechanism to be more visually intuitive for first-time users and continued iterating on the prototype using Claude to accelerate design exploration.
