Felena Chau
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PlantPal, a digital plant pot
PlantPal is a digitized plant pot and companion mobile app designed to help users maintain healthier plants through real-time feedback, reminders, and care guidance. The product addresses common challenges such as inconsistent watering, insufficient light, and limited plant care knowledge by translating environmental data into actionable insights.
Physical Prototype
A hands on prototype used to test scale, usability, and how the pot fits into real living environments.
3D Prototype
A 3D model used to explore form, screen placement, and how digital elements integrate into the plant pot.
Problem Space
PROBLEM STATEMENT
Many individuals bring plants into their living spaces for aesthetic and wellness benefits, but struggle to care for them consistently. Plants provide little feedback before damage becomes visible, making it easy for users to overwater, underwater, or misinterpret their needs, often realizing too late that the plant is stressed or dying.
Why it matters
Plant neglect is rarely caused by lack of interest, but by lack of immediate feedback and reminders. Without clear signals, plant care becomes an infrequent task that is easy to forget. PlantPal reduces cognitive load by making plant needs visible, timely, and understandable, enabling users to intervene early and build sustainable care habits.
Physical product
Digitized Plant Pot
- Digitized plant pot with sensors for soil moisture, light, humidity, and temperature
- Digital display showing plant status, alerts, and care tasks
- Solar panel and USB-C charging for flexible power options
Mobile app
PlantPal App
- Remote monitoring and reminder notifications
- Dashboard for managing multiple plants
- Educational content tailored to plant species
Main flow: Plant info
Other screens
Style Guide
A basic style guide was established to maintain visual and typographic consistency between the physical pot’s digital interface and the mobile application.
Colours
Brand Colors
Primary
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#6D7340
Secondary
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#A0A677
Background
#FFFFFF
#9FA675
#A0A677
Text
Secondary
#ECE7D5
Primary
#5B6237
Typography
Google Fonts
Roboto
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Heuristic Design Rationale
Guided every design decision, ensuring features addressed real user needs and translated plant health data into intuitive, low-effort interactions.
Recognition over recall
Visual cues, indicators, charts, and to-do lists minimize memory burden and reduce cognitive load.
Error Prevention
Timely alerts and mobile notifications help users intervene before plant health declines.
Visibility of system status
Real-time environmental data makes plant health understandable at a glance.
Flexibility & Efficiency
The physical display enables quick, passive check-ins at home, while the mobile app supports remote monitoring.
Research &
Key Insights
Through secondary research it was revealed that:
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Lack of Reminders: Due to heavy reliance on technology and notifications, users often struggle with infrequent tasks that do not provide clear or timely reminders.
02
Plant Care Errors: Overwatering and underwatering are the leading causes of plant failure, often resulting from uncertainty around proper care.
03
Urban Plant Ownership: Indoor gardening continues to grow in popularity, particularly among apartment and urban residents who lack access to outdoor green spaces.
These insights highlight the need for proactive reminders, real-time feedback, and accessible care guidance.
Market & Feasibility
SWOT
ANALYSIS
Strengths
Self monitoring
Real time alerts & notifications
Weaknesses
Safety and durability of plant potter
Reliance on power
Opportunities
Growing demand for plant potters
Improving agriculture software
Threats
Regulations on data privacy
Sustainability
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