Rachel Reid
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2019 · Student work

Designing Social Networks

With a partner, a concept for people experiencing bereavement: a shared profile where friends and family add photos, videos, recipes and memories of someone they've lost.

Forget Me Not home screen: the app name in blue script beside a single forget-me-not flowerApp screen asking you to select a loved one's profile from three photos, with a Create a Profile buttonProfile screen with a loved one's photo surrounded by memory category icons such as food, holidays, pets and musicMemories screen showing a beach holiday photo with a carousel, category tags and options to share with family or friendsMemories screen playing a beach video, with tags such as Holidays, Childhood and FamilyMemories screen showing a concert photo from a carousel of music memoriesMemories screen with an audio recording selected, shown as a large speaker iconMemories screen showing a photo of friends at a party, tagged Birthday, Family, Party and FoodMemories screen showing a handwritten family recipe card shared as a memoryWireframes and wireflow chart for the contact section

There were three main sections of the app. This wireframe depicted one of them: contact. Where someone suffering from bereavement could contact a professional.

Wireframes and wireflow chart for sharing memories

This wireframe depicted how people who knew the deceased would be able to upload and share memories of the deceased.

Wireframes and wireflow chart for creating a profile

This wireframe shows how you would create a profile page for your loved one.

Title slide reading 'Forget Me Not, designed by Rachel Reid and Wayne Turner' over blue forget-me-not flowersInspiration slide with a photo of a funeral and a photo of Norma Reid, who has dementiaSlide on the name, listing ideas such as remembrance and nostalgia that led to 'Forget Me Not', beside a forget-me-not flowerColour scheme slide comparing three versions of the category screen in blue and yellowTypeface slide comparing script fonts for headings and bold sans-serif fonts for buttonsHome screen layout slide showing five ways to arrange the logo and forget-me-not flowers

This was a prototype that I tested with some potential users to highlight any issues they came across while using the app.

Mood board image: black and white photo of a young boy cryingMood board image: black and white photo of a stone cross on a grave casting a long shadowMood board image: a hand reaching out of a dark sea under stormy cloudsMood board image: cupped hands holding a forget-me-not plant in soilMood board image: a woman lying on a bed covering her face, surrounded by instant photosMood board image: a cemetery with rows of white headstones and flowersMood board image: a weathered stone cross carved with flowersMood board image: a woman in glasses crying with her hand to her headMood board image: two people sharing postcards at a small tableMood board image: sunglasses, a camera and instant photos on a wooden tableMood board image: a hand holding a photo slide of a couple up to the lightMood board image: a pile of old photographs and postcardsMood board image: black and white photo of a figure standing in a beam of light through smokeMood board image: a box of old postcards and photographsMood board image: two women on a sofa comforting each otherMood board image: an old handwritten diary with a vintage photo and lilac flowersMood board image: hands holding open an album of old black and white family photos

A demo of our design after we attempted to code it for the first time.