ZenOut

Selected as a finalistDuolingo Internship Design Challenge

DUOLINGO DESIGN CHALLENGE · UX/UI

Make progress visible. Make it shareable.

Role: UI Designer
Team: Solo project
Duration: 2 weeks

Overview

A 2-week, solo UI redesign for the Duolingo internship design challenge. I used competitive research, concept exploration, and quick user feedback to improve weekly goal tracking and social sharing. This work advanced to the final round of the challenge.

Design Goals

Visible progress

Bring weekly goals onto Home and show the days completed.

Easy sharing

Turn a completed goal into a moment users can share.

Research

Findings

Limited goal feedback.Progress needed a more visible place in the experience.
Buried sharing.Sharing took several screens to reach.
Nature and relaxation.These recurring themes informed a growth metaphor for building a habit.

Ideation

Sketches

I sketched goal cards and progress indicators to explore ways to show time and goals without competing for attention. Completing a weekly goal became a natural moment to share, with nature and growth connecting the two features.

Hand-drawn ZenOut ideation: progress arcs, weekly goal cards, flowers, Home layouts, and a garden sharing concept

Screen concepts

I translated the strongest layouts into screen concepts for quick feedback.

ZenOut numbered concept comparisons exploring weekly goals, progress indicators, light mode, and dark mode

Quick feedback

Informal reactions from 3–4 users favored visible streaks, days completed, and a progress bar. I carried those cues into the final direction.

“The progress bar helps people understand how much they have left to complete their goal”— Anonymous

Final Design

WEEKLY GOALS

Sow a Seed

A plant grows with each day of practice. Completed days and weekly progress sit on Home, alongside a motivational quote.

Compare in-progress and completed goals in light or dark mode.

ZenOut Home with a growing plant and incomplete weekly goal, light mode — In progress

ZenOut Home with a fully grown plant and completed weekly goal, light mode — Goal complete

PROGRESS & SHARING

The Garden

Completed weekly plants join a personal garden. A visible share action turns that progress into a social post with a motivational quote.

ZenOut Garden with collected plants and a share action, light mode — Collected progress

ZenOut social story preview with garden, quote, and sharing controls, light mode — Social sharing

Takeaways

Adapt to the timeline.
A short challenge required choosing research methods that could inform decisions quickly.
Use focused feedback.
Competitive and grid analyses, paired with quick feedback, provided enough insight to select a confident design direction.

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