Productivity Watch

Art Direction & Lead Visual UX Designer   |  Made at Tectonic, 2018

Productivity Watch Face Experience
Your Day, at a Glance

Motion Design by Eric Braff

This watch face design delivers essential info at a glance. All of this fits into a system that feels clean and undeniably wearable. 

Role: I led visual design and art direction, partnering closely with a motion designer and UX lead. I also drove early concepting sessions to shape the product’s vision and design language.

The Team:
Creative Direction: Bill Flora
Interaction: Leslie Ferguson, Mahlon Houk
Visual UX: Gretchen Nash
Motion: Eric Braff

The Problem

Wearable interfaces often fall short on delivering actionable, and simple productivity features. Customers lack integrated tools that support quick interactions with high utility, especially for communication and scheduling.

Objective

Design a glanceable watch face experience that empowers users to manage text messages, daily schedules, and alert notifications. All while boosting productivity without added friction.

Approach

Inspire Bold Thinking
Facilitated open-ended ideation across disciplines, encouraging expansive thinking early on.

Define Visual Keywords
Collaborated with stakeholders to distill core visual keywords.

Developed Moodboard Sets
Curated moodboards to align aesthetics with strategic intent and feature direction.

Visual Exploration
Once the UX model was defined, I translated it into visual systems, applying the moodboard direction to develop cohesive and scalable design treatments

01   Interaction Models

02   Watch Style Explorations

03   Interaction Diagram

04   Companion App Design

05   Watch & Companion App Design

06   General Text Interface Design