Case Study:
Product Design, Research
Aulos
All of your media consumption analytics consolidated into one platform.
Case Study:
Product Design, Research
Aulos
All of your media consumption analytics consolidated into one platform.
Case Study:
Product Design, Research
Aulos
All of your media consumption analytics consolidated into one platform.
Case Study:
Product Design, Research
Aulos
All of your media consumption analytics consolidated into one platform.
INTRO
We Are What We Consume
Our media habits are extensions of ourselves. The music we listen to, the movies we watch, the books we read: they all tell a story about who we are, and give others insights on our internal lives.
Technology today allows us to record, catalog, and curate our experiences, through music playlists, film reviews, and digital note-takers. However, between consumption data siloed within individual one particular application to tediously recording everything manually in one's desired method of note-taking, gaining a holistic understanding of your media consumption is time-consuming and inefficient. What if there was a platform where not only can all forms of media consumption be accurately documented, but does so automatically, in an intuitive, customizable experience?
ROLE
Product Design
User Research
ROLE
Product Design, User Research
TEAM
Solo Project
TEAM
Solo Project
TIMELINE
May 2025 -
July 2025
TIMELINE
May 2025 - July 2025
TOOLS
Figma, Maze
Illlustrator, Lovable
TOOLS
Figma, Maze, Illlustrator, Lovable
Your Month in Media.
Skip the tedium of tracking what you’ve watched, read, or listened to. Aulos generates a monthly multimedia moodboard based on your connected media accounts—ready to refine and make your own.
Your Month in Media.
Skip the tedium of tracking what you’ve watched, read, or listened to. Aulos generates a monthly multimedia moodboard based on your connected media accounts—ready to refine and make your own.
Make It Your Own.
Go deeper with custom themed moodboards or personal leaderboards. Add images and notes to help you draw connections and personalize your experience.
Make It Your Own.
Go deeper with custom themed moodboards or personal leaderboards. Add images and notes to help you draw connections and personalize your experience.
See Your Habits Evolve.
Aulos logs your cross-platform media habits and gives you insights by comparing each month’s consumption. See what changed, what stuck, and what shaped your inner world.
See Your Habits Evolve.
Aulos logs your cross-platform media habits and gives you insights by comparing each month’s consumption. See what changed, what stuck, and what shaped your inner world.
RESEARCH
Nostalgia Has Gone Digital
With over two decades of digital history behind us, mobile technologies and social media have become archives of personal memories. Music and media are central to how we remember, understand, and share our personal histories—and technology has become the primary vehicle for engaging with these memories. Designing an interface that catalogs personal media and facilitates meaningful reflection has the potential to offer a deeply resonant and valuable user experience.
RESEARCH
Nostalgia Has Gone Digital
With over two decades of digital history behind us, mobile technologies and social media have become archives of personal memories. Music and media are central to how we remember, understand, and share our personal histories—and technology has become the primary vehicle for engaging with these memories. Designing an interface that catalogs personal media and facilitates meaningful reflection has the potential to offer a deeply resonant and valuable user experience.
RESEARCH
Nostalgia Has Gone Digital
With over two decades of digital history behind us, mobile technologies and social media have become archives of personal memories. Music and media are central to how we remember, understand, and share our personal histories—and technology has become the primary vehicle for engaging with these memories. Designing an interface that catalogs personal media and facilitates meaningful reflection has the potential to offer a deeply resonant and valuable user experience.
COMPETITIVE ANALYSIS
Finding The Gaps
By analyzing four competitors — Last.fm, Letterboxd, Pinterest, and Notion — I discovered clear market gaps Aulos is uniquely positioned to fill, most notably, the support for multiple media types, visual moodboarding, and chronological organization of media.
COMPETITIVE ANALYSIS
Finding The Gaps
By analyzing four competitors — Last.fm, Letterboxd, Pinterest, and Notion — I discovered clear market gaps Aulos is uniquely positioned to fill, most notably, the support for multiple media types, visual moodboarding, and chronological organization of media.
COMPETITIVE ANALYSIS
Finding The Gaps
By analyzing four competitors — Last.fm, Letterboxd, Pinterest, and Notion — I discovered clear market gaps Aulos is uniquely positioned to fill, most notably, the support for multiple media types, visual moodboarding, and chronological organization of media.
USER RESEARCH
Survey Analysis
My survey explored the 3 main problems that users face while tracking their media consumption: Tedium Commitment and Consistency Platform Overload. Media tracking is often a manual, time-consuming process and with busy schedules and competing responsibilities, users frequently cited a lack of time or mental bandwidth to track media consistently, even when they want to. Even worse, users have to juggle multiple apps to track different types of media leading to fragmented, overwhelming experience for media tracking.
USER RESEARCH
Survey Analysis
My survey explored the 3 main problems that users face while tracking their media consumption: Tedium Commitment and Consistency Platform Overload. Media tracking is often a manual, time-consuming process and with busy schedules and competing responsibilities, users frequently cited a lack of time or mental bandwidth to track media consistently, even when they want to. Even worse, users have to juggle multiple apps to track different types of media leading to fragmented, overwhelming experience for media tracking.
USER RESEARCH
Survey Analysis
My survey explored the 3 main problems that users face while tracking their media consumption: Tedium Commitment and Consistency Platform Overload. Media tracking is often a manual, time-consuming process and with busy schedules and competing responsibilities, users frequently cited a lack of time or mental bandwidth to track media consistently, even when they want to. Even worse, users have to juggle multiple apps to track different types of media leading to fragmented, overwhelming experience for media tracking.
Reducing Friction in Onboarding
Asking users to connect streaming platforms all at once can become a very time-consuming task. Based off user research, music and TV/film were the only categories that appeared consistently on participants’ monthly consumption habits. Thus, a more streamlined approach asks users to only select from these categories. Adding more platforms can always happen later.
COMPARING OLD & NEW FLOW
Reducing Friction in Onboarding
Asking users to connect streaming platforms all at once can become a very time-consuming task. Based off user research, music and TV/film were the only categories that appeared consistently on participants’ monthly consumption habits. Thus, a more streamlined approach asks users to only select from these categories. Adding more platforms can always happen later.
COMPARING OLD & NEW FLOW
Reducing Friction in Onboarding
Asking users to connect streaming platforms all at once can become a very time-consuming task. Based off user research, music and TV/film were the only categories that appeared consistently on participants’ monthly consumption habits. Thus, a more streamlined approach asks users to only select from these categories. Adding more platforms can always happen later.
COMPARING OLD & NEW FLOW
Improving the “Create Board” Flow
During user testing, CTA’s such as “Add a Title” or “Add Media” were poorly positioned and it was unclear to users where to go next. To solve this problem, I took a more step by step approach, only asking users to complete one or two tasks at a time, before going to the next step.
COMPARING OLD AND NEW FLOW
Improving the “Create Board” Flow
During user testing, CTA’s such as “Add a Title” or “Add Media” were poorly positioned and it was unclear to users where to go next. To solve this problem, I took a more step by step approach, only asking users to complete one or two tasks at a time, before going to the next step.
COMPARING OLD AND NEW FLOW
Improving the “Create Board” Flow
During user testing, CTA’s such as “Add a Title” or “Add Media” were poorly positioned and it was unclear to users where to go next. To solve this problem, I took a more step by step approach, only asking users to complete one or two tasks at a time, before going to the next step.
COMPARING OLD AND NEW FLOW
DESIGN SYSTEM
Building With Scale In Mind
Design consistency was crucial in making Aulos a fluid experience; maintaining tokens and assets in an organized manner streamlined the roll out for updated UX and UI decisions. Here is an abridged version of the design system that was constantly iterated upon during the project.
DESIGN SYSTEM
Building With Scale In Mind
Design consistency was crucial in making Aulos a fluid experience; maintaining tokens and assets in an organized manner streamlined the roll out for updated UX and UI decisions. Here is an abridged version of the design system that was constantly iterated upon during the project.
DESIGN SYSTEM
Building With Scale In Mind
Design consistency was crucial in making Aulos a fluid experience; maintaining tokens and assets in an organized manner streamlined the roll out for updated UX and UI decisions. Here is an abridged version of the design system that was constantly iterated upon during the project.
OUTRO
Building In Lovable
To take this project out of spec, I decided to start building Aulos in Lovable to see how the experience can be translated into the real world. While the initial project primarily focused on media consumption documentation and analytics, there’s room for the concept to be taken into exciting new directions. If you’re interested in seeing my progress, please don’t hesitate to reach out.
OUTRO
Building In Lovable
To take this project out of spec, I decided to start building Aulos in Lovable to see how the experience can be translated into the real world. While the initial project primarily focused on media consumption documentation and analytics, there’s room for the concept to be taken into exciting new directions. If you’re interested in seeing my progress, please don’t hesitate to reach out.
OUTRO