AcclimatizeMeNow

AcclimatizeMeNow is a UX/UI concept I created around active travellers moving between places with different temperatures and altitudes. The idea was to give someone a simple way to compare their home location with their destination and then point them towards relevant information before or during the trip.

I wanted to explore how environmental information could be presented without turning the app into a complicated weather or fitness dashboard. The focus was on the journey through the information rather than building a fully functional health or travel application.

Design Scenario

I designed the concept around people who want to remain active while travelling, such as runners, cyclists and hikers. This was a design scenario rather than a claim that one particular demographic represents all users of this type of product.

Main Goals

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  Compare locations: Give the user a quick view of the difference between their home location and destination.
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  Make altitude and temperature easier to notice: Bring the environmental information into the main journey rather than hiding it across different screens.
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  Keep guidance easy to reach: Let users move from the comparison into relevant temperature or altitude information.
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  Keep the interface simple: Avoid presenting the concept as a full fitness tracker or a replacement for specialist health advice.

The project was based mainly on secondary research rather than interviews with real travellers. I looked at reliable health guidance around altitude and heat, then compared that with the types of weather and elevation information people can already access through existing products.

How This Influenced the Concept

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  Make environmental change visible: The comparison screen became the main part of the concept so temperature and altitude differences were easy to spot.
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  Link data to guidance: Instead of stopping at a number, the prototype gives the user a route into altitude or temperature information.
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  Avoid treating every traveller the same: The research showed that adjustment takes time and varies with conditions, so the concept should not promise that a single recommendation will make someone acclimatised.
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  Keep health information within clear limits: A real version would need authoritative sources and should direct users towards professional or emergency advice where appropriate rather than acting as a diagnosis tool.

The final concept centres on comparing a home location with a travel destination. From there, the user can view the difference in temperature and altitude and move into the relevant guide.

I kept the interface fairly neutral and avoided turning the prototype into a detailed fitness dashboard. The prototype was intended to test the structure and interaction of the idea, so the environmental values are part of the concept rather than live information from a weather or elevation API.

Core Prototype Features

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  Home and destination selection: Let the user establish the two locations they want to compare.
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  Temperature and altitude comparison: Present the environmental difference as part of one simple journey.
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  Guidance screens: Give the user a direct route into supporting information after seeing the comparison.
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  Interactive navigation: Use a clickable prototype so the concept could be followed as a journey rather than viewed only as individual screens.

Getting Used to Figma

One of the main challenges with this project was that it was one of my first times using Figma properly. Before this, I was more familiar with Adobe XD, so although the two programs had similarities, I still had to get used to Figma's layout, tools and prototyping workflow.

Some parts of the design process felt more fiddly than I expected at first because I was learning the software while also trying to build the project. As I worked through the wireframes and interactive prototype, using Figma became more natural and I became more comfortable with how the different tools worked.

Because of that, this project was useful for more than just the final concept. It was also one of the projects that helped me move from mainly using Adobe XD into being more comfortable designing and prototyping in Figma.

The final outcome was an interactive Figma prototype rather than a developed mobile application. It allows someone to move through the main concept, select locations, view the comparison and open the supporting temperature and altitude guides.

I have not described the prototype as validated because I did not run a formal usability study with real participants. The outcome demonstrates the interaction and visual direction of the idea, but it does not prove that the flow would work without friction for real users.