MUSE Gold

2023

O'friends

Entrant Company

Yichen Wang

Category

App - Social Networking

Client's Name

Yichen Wang

Country / Region

China

O'friends is a mobile app designed to help young adults maintain meaningful, long-lasting friendships despite the challenges of distance and busy schedules. It focuses on fostering connection and convenience through a virtuous circle of cherishing old memories, conveying feelings, and creating new memories. The app bridges the gap between different life paces and tracks by providing tools to stay connected, including regular check-ins, shared reminders, and facilitating conversations around common interests. It also features a friend list panel that displays friends based on time zones and locations for easy status and availability checks.

O'friends goes beyond independent dialogue by offering alternative means of communication. It integrates interactions between friends and provides a variety of features for expressing emotions and feelings in personalized ways, such as voice messages, photo sharing, and a virtual home for shared memories. The app also addresses feelings of alienation and the desire to reconnect with lost friends by providing a platform for initiating conversations, offering suggestions and prompts to break the ice and find common ground. With its convenient features and emphasis on meaningful communication, it empowers users to cultivate and nurture their friendships, fostering a sense of belonging, happiness, and emotional well-being.

Credits

Designer
Yichen Wang
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