Bean—The Counting App
CLIENT
Small Planet
MY ROLE
UI, UX, Interaction Design, Visual Design
TEAM
Guido Jiménez-Cruz, Charles Vestal, John Sperandeo
RESULT
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“...a simple, beautiful counting app.”
– Khoi Vinh, Senior Director of Product Design, Adobe, Subtraction.com
CREATION STORY
Count Anything
Count anything with our counting app. It’s as simple as 1, 2, 3.
Our colleague, friend, and fellow product manager, Charles Vestal, had a novel idea for a counting app utilizing gestures. It was still early days in the app store—Google’s Material designing hadn’t even materialized. We had more freedom to create unique interaction patterns. After exploring three very different designs in a quick design sprint, we moved forward with this clean interface with emphasis on modularity, color, and gestures.
INTERACTION DESIGN
Simple Gestures
We “pinch”, “tap”, and “swipe” to delight our users.
Even color selection utilizes a playful interaction. The user drags their finger across the screen to select a color for each counter. Users can customize their colors or have them automatically picked for them.
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THE RESULT
Awards & Recognition
Featured in iTunes App Store
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