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A Barnsdall Art Park Experience
Project Brief
Our brief was to create an interactive system that solves a mobility issue in a city center of Los Angeles
My Role
Design Research • User Interviews • User Testing • UX/UI • Mobile Design • Prototyping • Video Recording • Storytelling • Pitch Presentation
Tools: Figma • Google Suite • Sony VZ - 1 • Slack • Zoom  
Duration
16 weeks • Fall 2024
Team Members
Czarina G • Fernando H • Jon L
Map of hospitals in East Hollywood and walking paths to Barnsdall Art Park

Challenge

How Might We
use the unique location of Barnsdall Art Park to create an experience that alleviates burnout for healthcare workers?
Location Insights
  • 30% of jobs in East Hollywood are in health care
  • 13,850 healthcare employees are walking distance to Barnsdall Art Park

Solution

A Barnsdall Art Park Experience
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Native app that leverages the proximity of the park to the hospitals, with curated mindful experiences, gamification and community specifically for health care employees.

Research

62% of nurses experience burnout
nursingworld.org
"individual focused interventions, such as mindfulness, stress management and small group discussions can be effective in reducing burnout "
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Strategies and Interventions to Improve Healthcare Professionals’ Well-Being and Reduce Burnout
Burnout
  • Mental and physical exhaustion
  • Mental distance from the job
  • Reduced efficiency in the workplace

Competitive Analysis

Location specific reward system
Evidence based meditation and mindfulness app
My Workplace: connections with colleagues
“One thing I like to do when I feel burnout is to plan a self care day”
Daniel S, RN of 12 years

Ideation

Proximity
7 minute walk from the furthest hospital
Mindfulness
Mindfulness meditation has the potential to decrease stress and burnout
The Effects of Mindfulness Meditation on Stress and Burnout in Nurse
Gamification
Progress paths • Feedback and reward • Social connection • Interface and UX
A Review of Gamification for Health-Related Contexts
Community
Strengthening social connection and community enhances job satisfaction, protects against loneliness and isolation, and improves the quality of patient care.
The Effects of Mindfulness Meditation on Stress and Burnout in Nurse

Persona

Stacy Fatima Cortez
  • 20 yrs old
  • nursing student
  • resident of East Hollywood
  • eldest of 3 siblings, both parents and grandmother
  • works part-time at coffee shop
“I am feeling overwhelmed trying to balance my school, work, and family life. I wish that I could find a space to unwind for me and my siblings.”

Storyboard

Stacy arrives to Kaiser Permanente for her once a week clinical rotation.
Stacy sees a poster for the Be Well app at Barnsdall Art Park.
Stacy feels overwhelmed while at work. Her mind is filled with the pressures of passing her classes, watching over her siblings, and work.
Stacy remembers the poster for Be Well and decides to take a 2minute walk to the park.
Stacy logins to the Be Well app.
Stacy decides to do the mindful walk activity.
After the mindful walk, she decides to do a breathing exercise.
After the breathing exercise, she types up a reflection in her journal.
At the end of her experience, Stacy feels like she is in a much better headspace.

Prototypes & User Testing

Insights
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  • Create on boarding process, to introduce the app and its features
  • Make a clear distinction if activity is audio or video
  • What is the Mind Branch?
"I value the site-specific focus because getting outside offers a refreshing perspective and helps ease burnout."
Riley O, RN of 5 years

Final Design

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