Expressive
Messaging
The project shows how chats feel more alive with gestures and playful interactions. Actions like pressing, shaking, or holding add richer expression than emojis.
Problem
Digital chats often lack nuance and feel flat. The challenge was to design interactions that add depth without overloading the interface.
In collaboration with
Jannes Daur and Leon Burg
Process
1. First Touchpoints:
Reflected on personal communication challenges and identified memories as key to deeper conversations.
2. Benchmarking:
Analyzed existing messaging apps and found limited options for nuanced emotional expression.
3. Framing the Challenge:
Defined our goal to make emotions in chats clearer, more natural, and easier to share.
4. Emotional Research:
Explored scientific models like Ekman, Plutchik, and “How We Feel” to map emotions.
5. Emotion Selection:
Filtered and structured a broad emotion set using context-based evaluation matrices.
6. Prototyping:
Developed and iterated concepts to create features that bring more emotional depth to messaging.
Solution
We designed and prototyped seven distinct features, each tailored to a specific emotion. By combining simple interactions with expressive behaviors, the features make emotional states more tangible and engaging in chat. The result is a richer, more playful communication experience beyond emojis.
Romance
Affection and intimacy, tender or passionate.
Anger
Affection and intimacy, tender or passionate.
Joy
Moments of happiness and success, from gentle to ecstatic.
Sarcasm
Irony and hidden critique, playful or biting.
The project shows how chats feel more alive with gestures and playful interactions. Actions like pressing, shaking, or holding add richer expression than emojis.
Expressive
Messaging
In collaboration with
Jannes Daur and Leon Burg
We designed and prototyped seven distinct features, each tailored to a specific emotion. By combining simple interactions with expressive behaviors, the features make emotional states more tangible and engaging in chat. The result is a richer, more playful communication experience beyond emojis.
Solution
Digital chats often lack nuance and feel flat. The challenge was to design interactions that add depth without overloading the interface.
Problem
Process
1. First Touchpoints:
Reflected on personal communication challenges and identified memories as key to deeper conversations.
2. Benchmarking:
Analyzed existing messaging apps and found limited options for nuanced emotional expression.
3. Framing the Challenge:
Defined our goal to make emotions in chats clearer, more natural, and easier to share.
4. Emotional Research:
Explored scientific models like Ekman, Plutchik, and “How We Feel” to map emotions.
5. Emotion Selection:
Filtered and structured a broad emotion set using context-based evaluation matrices.
6. Prototyping:
Developed and iterated concepts to create features that bring more emotional depth to messaging.
Anger
Affection and intimacy, tender or passionate.
Romance
Affection and intimacy, tender or passionate.
Joy
Moments of happiness and success, from gentle to ecstatic.
Sarcasm
Irony and hidden critique, playful or biting.