RiseUp is my final bachelor project, it is a smart morning routine planner that helps families organize their mornings.
Background
Smart home systems often focus on automating appliances, but fail to address the real needs of users: time management, coordination, and adaptability. For families, mornings are especially complex ,overlapping schedules, unpredictable delays, and shared responsibilities can easily lead to stress and miscommunication.
The concept
RiseUp is a smart home system that helps families plan, adapt, and reflect on their morning routines. It visualizes each person’s schedule and alerts users to conflicts, delays, or skipped tasks through machine learning algorithm. Designed as a hybrid digital–physical system, RiseUp enables household members to plan, adapt, and reflect both individually and collectively.
Design process
RiseUp was developed using Reflective Transformative Design and Data-Enabled Design. The process began with literature research and scenario-building to explore how smart homes can support the messiness of everyday routines. Through iterative prototyping and user feedback, the concept evolved from a single-room concept into a home-wide system for structure, flexibility, and shared awareness.
Interface & Interaction
RiseUp uses a shared timeline interface to help families visualize and adapt their morning routines. The system shows task blocks, alerts for disruptions, and daily reflections.
Interactions are managed via both touchscreen and a custom 3D-printed physical controller.
User Research & Validation
Two user studies shaped the development of RiseUp. The first, a scenario-based roleplay, revealed how shared visibility of routines can improve communication while also exposing key limitations in the early prototype. The second involved real families using a remote digital version with Telegram-based check-ins. These sessions uncovered themes around control, routine stress, and subtle habit formation. Together, the studies informed the core features and tone of the final design.