Memoria — Digital Journal & Yearbook Experience
A personal journaling app that helps users capture memories throughout the year and turn them into a printed yearbook.
Role
Product Designer
Project Type
Graduation Project
Platforms
Mobile App · Promotional Website · Printed Yearbook
Project Overview
Memoria is a mobile application that allows users to document their daily lives through text, photos, music, and moments they want to remember — similar to a physical diary, but enriched with multimedia.
The Problem
People often struggle to remember everyday moments and reflect on their lives meaningfully.
Existing tools focus on isolated content rather than long-term memory and emotional continuity.
The Solution
Memoria provides a personal digital archive where users can record daily or weekly memories and revisit them whenever they want — both digitally and physically.
Research & Insights
I explored journaling habits and memory-keeping behaviors to understand what makes reflection sustainable and emotionally meaningful.
Personas
Two personas guided the tone, features, and level of structure in the product.
Journaling & Sociology Research
Search for Meaning
People who keep an archive of their lives can understand what meaning their lives have in a larger context by remembering their past experiences and accomplishments.
Identity Formation
Our past experiences define who we are and where we come from. Keeping an archive of their lives can help people better understand their identity and personality, discover their values and beliefs, and become more self-aware.
Making Connections
Keeping an archive of their lives can help people share past events and experiences with others, strengthen ties with family and friends, and create a shared sense of history.
Accepting Loss
Losing those we love or things we value can create a huge void in our lives. Keeping an archive of their lives can help people come to terms with their losses, grieve, and keep their memories alive.
Mental Health
Some studies have shown that archiving methods, such as journaling, may be helpful in treating mental disorders such as depression, anxiety, and trauma.
Ideation & UX Process
I mapped the core flow, explored alternative structures through sketches, and refined the experience with wireframes before moving into UI.
Ideation & Idea Generation
Early ideation focused on understanding journaling motivations, memory behaviors, and expectations from a digital diary experience.
User Flow
A streamlined flow designed to make journaling feel effortless and sustainable.
Wireframes
Final UI
The final interface brings together emotional clarity, simplicity, and long-term usability, translating research insights into a calm and expressive visual language.
Mobile Application
The mobile app focuses on low-friction journaling, allowing users to capture memories quickly and revisit them through an organized archive
Onboarding
Daily / weekly entry
Calendar / archive
Memory detail
Promotional Website
A promotional website designed to introduce Memoria’s concept and emotional value through visual storytelling and motion.
Printed Journal
At the end of the year, digital memories are transformed into a tangible printed journal, reinforcing long-term reflection beyond the screen.
Outcomes & Learnings
Outcomes
Memoria resulted in a complete end-to-end journaling experience spanning a mobile app, a promotional website, and a printed yearbook concept.
Learnings
Designing for emotion requires simplicity and restraint
Long-term habits matter more than daily perfection
Structure helps users reflect without pressure
Challenges
Defining a clear concept without overloading the experience with metaphors
Exploring how abstract emotions could be translated into visual language
Structuring a printed yearbook format (daily, weekly, monthly summaries)
Deciding which data and moments should be highlighted in physical layouts
