TEMPO MUSIC APP
Designing for people with dementia and their loved ones
CONNECTING MEMORIES THROUGH MUSIC
Tempo is an app and smart headphone set that seeks to create a positive, familiar, and engaging listening experience for seniors with dementia through personalized music.
My Role
Research, UX Design, Branding, User Testing
Tools
Figma, Principle, Miro, After Effects, Photoshop, Invision
Duration
Sep 2019 - April 2020
(8 months)
How might we encourage the use of personalized music for people with dementia in order to inspire joy and stimulate autobiographical memories?
Solution
Tempo is a mobile and tablet app and smart headphone set that seeks to create a positive, familiar, and engaging listening experience for seniors living with dementia through personalized music.
The app targets both people living with dementia and their loved ones by generating personalized music playlists, providing the ability to add memories to songs, and fostering a simplified user experience so that people with earlier stages of dementia can listen and use the app independently. The smart headphone set is able to read/monitor brainwaves, track data, organize music accordingly, and notify caretakers and loved ones of extreme brain activity.
The Tempo listening mode is designed specifically for people with dementia. The simplified interface and clear prompts are designed to reduce frustration. Users can listen to music, perform simple actions, and open up pre-inputted memories associated with songs.
