Project Overview

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Context :

This project was developed during a 14-week design module at Sushant School of Design, with the brief to design a mobile app that minimises phone usage through personalised, distraction-free screens.

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The problem: 

The average person spends 4+ hours a day on their phone, yet most screen time management tools rely on willpower or hard restrictions. Technology designed to connect us has instead pulled us out of the present — from family dinners to bedtime reading. Users do not need more friction, they need a phone experience that feels intentional.

What we did:

I created Hiatus, a mobile app that lets users build personalised, distraction-free phone screens by selecting only the apps they actually need. Rather than blocking or restricting, Hiatus reframes the phone as a tool you design around your life, not one that designs your life around it.

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