I’d like to tell you a bit about the things that we include into our product that are not visible at a glance but make a huge difference to how useful it is to our users. While developing the product we always try to make it beautiful, relevant and as user-friendly as possible. We continuously try to make it better for all our users. The Unmind’s motto says:
“Everyone has the right to a healthy mind”
We believe that it shouldn’t be only a slogan. It should be solidified in the way we design and engineer here at Unmind. It…
Over the past few months, Unmind has scaled rapidly. Such circumstances may simultaneously create nightmares as well as opportunities. Between 2018–2019 we’ve worked on completely revamping our product. Because we were on a very strict deadline for the launch of this revamp — Mental Health Awareness Week 2019 — we needed to be scrupulous in regard to our pace of implementation. Doing so requires close collaboration between Engineering, Product, and Design leaving no room for ambiguity during design handoff. In that regard, we appointed the “Refactoring” project. Its primary aim was to ensure that every, even the most minute visual…
In the above picture, you’re seeing a shape reminiscing a rose. Its form is so distinctive that your brain receiving this stimulus immediately creates a percept of a rose. You’re subconsciously experiencing archetype.
ἀρχέτυπον — Greek “archétypon” — original pattern from which copies are made. Philosophers also translate this notion as ‘essence’.
That ‘essence’ is what we are far more able to discern than to articulate. A part of a product deciding not only on its commercial success but firstly on its relevance. Panton Chair, iPod, Glass Coca-Cola Bottle, 302 Telephone, Porsche 911, Braun Sextant Razor. They resonate with sincere…
The principles below outline Unmind’s approach to our Product Design process. It involves multi-stakeholder research, collective ideation, iterative workflows, consistent feedback, and transparent execution. By following these principles we can ensure that any finalised design has been rigorously tested from multiple perspectives prior to any formal deployment — saving our colleagues (and ultimately our users) time, energy, and ambiguity in the long-run.
Every Unmind client has their own unique workplace environment. Context defines such foundations as device spectrum, lightning conditions, interface elements scale, or even colour hues.
Make sure you understand the context of when and where the product is…
However, the path very often turns to be rough. There’s a lot of obstacles to deal with to make something just good. In between 18th and 19th centuries when the Industrial Revolution took place, and technological progress allowed to manufacture faster and in a high volume, the Three Pillars of Design were defined: