CANOPY
Summer 2025
Concept
Ideate and create a community-driven app that encourages users to get outside and join mental health support groups.Problem
Mental health is a growing topic and concern in the present day, along with rising concerns of a “loneliness epidemic” where people are preferring online relationships over in-person ones.
Support groups allow people to talk to others who have gone through similar issues. They are also a great way to become involved in a small community.
The average American spends 7 hours on screens, and over 60% of adults spend less than 5 hours outside.
Approach
Research and define personas to best represent the target audience, along with underrepresented groups. Gathered benchmarks of similar apps to understand the current field of mental health and event apps.- Healthcare professionals have a range of 20% to 42% chance of developing depression based on their specialty, and 25% of mental health workers struggle with depression.
- Younger generations have a higher mental health literacy than older generations
- Only 35% of men report mental health struggles compared to 50% women
Card Sort
Physical cards were written to organize the research and better understand what Canopy is.Identified the structures that best suited each part of the app.
Sketches
Participated in a “crazy eights” sketching activity to quickly develop ideas for page layout.Iterated on page layouts for two task flows, developing the overall hierarchy to be straightforward and simple to understand.
group page, group page 2, event details
Saved groups (your community), Saved group page
Calendar 1 + 2
explore page, map, filter