Air Quality &
Awareness

UX DesignUX ResearchDiscoveryData viz

Client

FIUNA, FTU

Role

UI/UX Designer

Location

Asunción, Paraguay

Tools

Figjam, Figma

Overview

"Air for Asuncion" was selected for the Mozilla Technology Fund in 2024 to help inhabitants of Asuncion measure and track air quality. The National University of Engineering needed to give their sensor system an interface that would display air quality data and available resources.

How can we let people have
access to this information?

The University has sensors that retrieve data from air in the capital city of Asuncion. This information is something professors want to make public as a health-awareness tool that anyone should be able to access. But they also want people to understand a little bit more about air quality if possible. How can we help them achieve that? Digesting academic content People don't like to read that much. And academic information is not the easiest to digest. How can we communicate data & information effectively? Data visualization There are many ways to read predictive data, we do so every day with apps like when we check the weather. How do we do that for air quality? Resources & call to actions Knowing that air might be bad is good. But knowing what to do to avoid health complications is better. Can we guide users on what to do?

Before & After research

Initial ideas and assumptions before diving into research with the team and the university.

Before

After

Process

Initial ideas and assumptions were thoroughly discussed and observed through the lens of the team and the university. We decided to dive deep into their academic content and official materials, then vote on outcomes that would later be re-analyzed using heuristics, user testing, and various iterations. This open, iterative process with dynamic activities allowed for a clean output.

Interviews with stakeholders
We interviewed the parties involved in the project to understand the area of focus, limitations, resources, and overall needs.
Workshops with stakeholders
Workshops helped us funnel information, clarify goals, and test our assumptions to help shape the future platform.
Initial Prototyping & Iterations
Prototyping started from the beginning, enabling us to quickly iterate via guerrilla testing by analyzing the proposed wireframes.
User Testing and Refinement
User testing gave us insights into the changes we needed on the prototype to improve the accuracy of our outcomes.
Documentation
After preparing the high fidelity prototype with the latest changes, documentation was developed on micro-interactions for the map and general use.

Conclusion

By diving deep into the context of the problem with the academics, engineers and users, we were able to quickly iterate a solution that integrated insights from all parties involved. Testing with potential users brought us a world of ideas for future iterations, add-ons and content sharing strategies. This project successfully achieved its goal to communicate information simply and openly thanks to great team work and coordination.

Air Quality &Awareness