Lumity

Redesigning a Social Learning Platform, End-to-End

Lumity is a social learning platform where users track and share what they're learning with a like-minded community. I led an end-to-end redesign to improve usability, visual consistency, and engagement, spanning research, architecture, usability testing, and design system.

The Solution

• ·Create seamless navigation between personal, exploratory, and community spaces
• ·Establish a consistent visual and interaction system
• ·Simplify complex workflows and reduce cognitive load
• ·Encourage user engagement through clearer pathways and community features

Design Approach

An end-to-end UX process across four phases over 16 weeks, combining research, testing, and design.

Six research methods. One finding that changed everything.

Each method surfaced something different about users and the existing product. We consolidated the findings into a table to find the pattern underneath.

One of the most insightful takeaways came from creating the ecosystem map.

It highlighted that users exist in progressive levels: starting at the individual level, growing to explore the community, and then to actively contributing to the community.

That meant we couldn't design one experience and expect it to work for everyone.

Research revealed three types of users. The app had been designed for one.

Once we understood that Lumity serves three versions of the same user, the product architecture became obvious. Three engagement levels meant three core functions.

1. Creating Community

   As users become regulars, they actively engage with others and contribute to community discussions, fostering deeper connections through the platform.

2. Exploring Interests

   As users grow more engaged, they explore and discover new topics and search for specific content they may be interested in.

3. Personal Tracking

   This app function supports novice users with tools for tracking progress and effectively organizing content in their Library.

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We mapped the information architecture to answer that question.

Prototyped, tested, and came out knowing exactly what to change.

Mapped key workflows, built mid-fi wireframes, and tested with four users. The goal: validate how clear the navigation and content felt in practice.

Testing confirmed what we suspected.

From Insights to Redesign

Issues uncovered through testing made redesign priorities clear: improve clarity, simplify navigation, and create a more engaging way to browse.

Building Consistency

Usability fixes don't hold without a consistent system underneath.

The usability fixes addressed the surface. The design system addressed the foundation. Without consistent colors, type, and reusable components, every new screen would risk reintroducing the same inconsistencies we'd just fixed.

Shaping My Approach

What Lumity taught me about designing for users who aren't all the same.

For me, redesigning Lumity was a chance to apply user-centered design thinking to a consumer-facing product and see how small usability improvements can transform the overall experience.

What I learned most from this project was the value of testing early and often: small usability insights shaped some of the most impactful design changes. Building a design system also reinforced the importance of scalability, ensuring the product could grow consistently beyond the prototype.

If I had more time, my next step would be to conduct evaluative testing on the high-fidelity prototype to validate the design decisions and refine details like microinteractions and accessibility.

This project not only strengthened my skills in UX research and systems thinking, but also deepened my ability to tell a clear product story through design.