Mommi
Overview
Re-imagining task tracking and blending productivity with care, because discipline works better with support. Inspired by our own mothers' stubborn but loving nudges that pushes us to meet our goals.
Timeline
24 hours, 2025
Role
Product Designer
Team
4 Designers
Skills
Product Design
Animation
Branding
Prototyping
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Mommi was a Top 10 Finalist at USC’s CreateSC Design-athon!
Sneak peek of the final design.
The prompt
Digitalizing tangible experiences:
Transforming everyday physical experiences into innovative digital interfaces and capture meaningful, sensory moments.
The vision
Our target tangible experience
Whether it’s reminding us to simply drink water, check in on our day, or telling us to stop procrastinating, many of us rely on our moms for that comfort and support. We wanted to translate the tangible experience of nagging into a digital form that is functional and emotionally resonant.
The idea
‘Mommi’ is a supportive planner that combines warmth and accountability to help users stay disciplined and on track. Inspired by our own struggles with productivity and reflecting on our mothers’ effective nagging, we chose to recreate the tangible experience of having your mom, a parental figure who keeps track of your daily tasks, offers emotional support, and nudges you.
Competitive analysis
Before designing, we reviewed existing productivity and task management platforms, analyzing their strengths, weaknesses, and common user pain points.
We found that while many platforms excelled at task tracking, their experiences felt static and unengaging. This gap in the market inspired us to design mommi.
Designing user flow
Based on market research, we iterated on user flow, focusing on personalization of the application.
Our goal was to make task management more engaging and promote productivity and discipline in a more lively, approachable manner.
How it works
Mommi redefines productivity tools by blending task management with emotional support. At its core is a customizable AI companion, which users can personalize (both visually and personality-wise) to their ideal accountability partner, whether it be modeled after their own mother figure or an entirely original character. This digital assistant goes beyond cold reminders, offering personalized progress checks, motivational nudges, and even live chat/video call support to help users break through mental blocks.
Mommi provides the organizational framework of traditional task-tracking platforms, but also taps into the human-like encouragement users need to stay on track.
The final design
Onboarding
Understanding the user's productivity goals.
Mommi customization
From appearance to personality, mommi is customizable to each individual's preferences.
Dashboard
Displays upcoming task and deadlines reminders.
Mommi chat
Ask AI mommi for advice or connect with her via video call.
Introducing mommi
Transforming productivity with warm and support — helping users stay on track of their tasks and goals, one personalized nudge at a time.
Check out our devpost!
Next steps
Incorporating tactile nagging
In this project, my team and I were able to translate the essence of a mother's nagging into a digital platform: complete with persistent, personalized reminders as well as interactive check-ins. But to truly capture that inescapable maternal energy, I'm curious to push further and explore how mommi's nagging can become physical?
For instance, notifications that refuse to be dismissed with a single swipe or unpredictable phantom phone buzzes like a mom knocking on your door. The goal of which is to make task-tracking feel less like an app and more like someone's hands on their hips, waiting for you to finish your assignments.