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Mr Ponjikkara

A self-initiated product UI/UX exploration focused on making everyday fitness planning and progress feel clear, motivating, and easy to navigate.

Role
Product Designer — Self-initiated
Period
2025
Status
In progress
01 — Overview

Overview

A self-initiated product design exploration for a modern fitness application. The project focuses on the user experience and interface rather than a production implementation.

02 — Problem

The problem

Fitness products can quickly become overwhelming when workouts, progress, plans, and daily actions compete for attention. The exploration focused on creating a clearer hierarchy and a more approachable experience.

03 — Design process

Design process

Started from the user journey and information hierarchy before moving into wireframes and high-fidelity interface design.

04 — Architecture

Architecture

This project is currently a UI/UX design exploration created in Figma and has not been taken through production implementation.

05 — Engineering decisions

Engineering decisions

06 — Trade-offs

Trade-offs

No significant trade-offs called out for this project.

07 — Challenges

Challenges

08 — Outcome

Outcome

A high-fidelity product interface exploration demonstrating product thinking, interaction design, visual hierarchy, and interface craft.

09 — Technology

Technology

Figma
10 — Images

Images

Gym app product interface
Figma components
wireframes
11 — Motion

Motion

Motion wasn't a deliberate focus for this project.

12 — Lessons learned

Lessons learned

  • Good product UI starts with understanding the user journey.
  • Information hierarchy is often more important than adding more functionality.
  • A consistent visual system makes complex product experiences easier to understand.