LRN

What is LRN

Project Concept
LRN was a collaborative UI project with a heavy emphasis on design and branding. We aimed to look at tackling one of education's most overlooked problems.

LRN is a Chrome extension built to support teenagers with learning disabilities in a system that too often leaves them behind.

The Research Before designing anything we spoke to the people closest to the problem.

Interviews with five Special Needs Assistants gave us the primary evidence needed to move beyond assumption and design with real intention.

The Thinking
Every design decision was made with the user first.

The interface had to be seamless enough to not draw attention to the student using it while still being bold enough to feel like something worth opening.

The Interface LRN was designed as a modular sidebar extension with toggle controls for dyslexia dyspraxia and dysgraphia.

Features include text highlighting AI summarisation audio playback and an image generator. All customisable to the individual user.

The Design Ideology LRN needed to feel approachable not clinical.

An analogous blue palette signifying knowledge a bold star motif and clean Helvetica body text came together to create something a teenager would actually want to use.

The Visual Identity The visual identity for LRN was developed across Figma and Adobe Illustrator moving from early sketches and wireframes through to a fully realised interface.

Multiple colour palettes were explored before landing on an analogous blue scheme chosen for its association with knowledge and calm. Typography was tested across display and body weights with Helvetica selected for its clarity and readability within the interface itself. The star motif in the brandmark went through several iterations before the final lockup was agreed on