Emotion Trash Can

App Name: Emotion Trash Can

Group Members: Stella Yao Li, Dongzhou Lyu

Introduction

Given the development of contemporary society, mental health has become an important issue, with emotional and social disorders being one of the most important causes of mental illness. ETC is a forum-based mental health app, and we want to provide users with a trustworthy space to help users express their emotions freely.

We designed this app intending to give every member of society a sense of belonging. ETC has three emotional fast lines, corresponding to users with different privacy needs. We hope every user has a channel to express their emotions, and through ETC, users can talk to other users who are experiencing the same emotions and have a private space to release their emotions. To ensure the mental health of our users, our interface provides a 24-hour counselling number. We hope users to be able to throw away all their “trash” and achieve true happiness.

Process

Our team worked very well together, and most of the ideas we presented coincided with each other. My strengths are logical thinking and execution, while my partner is very good at sound production and creativity. We worked together to design the interface and video teaser, actively sought feedback and made adjustments during weekly workshops. Then we planned ETC’s business plan, revenue model and regulatory framework. The whole process was difficult, but we kept a positive attitude to solve the problems. I’m glad we did it, it was a very rewarding experience.