AquaTalk

Chinese Monitor and Control Water Delivery System

With the astounding number of residential and commercial towers in China, there's a substantial need for pump stations in those towers to deliver water up to the occupants. AquaTalk insures those systems are secure and running efficiently.

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My Contributions
  • UX/UI Design Lead
  • Led a four-day design workshop in China
  • Oversaw UI design and patterns

Project Overview

With the astounding number of residential and commercial towers in China, there's a substantial need for pump stations in those towers to deliver water up to the occupants. AquaTalk insures those systems are secure and running efficiently.

AquaTalk is a smart water platform developed in China by Xylem China. It will play a greater role in supporting technology upgrades, improvement in operation efficiency and decreasing operational costs by allowing Chinese water companies to monitor and control their water and pump systems.

Images from our Whiteboard Wireframing Sessions in Design Sprint Workshop in China. With the core team working together with a customer in a design sprint, we shortcut the endless-debate cycle and compress months into a single week.

Design Sprint Workshop

In the design workshop we quickly realized the customer needed a "SCADA" like dashboard to accurately depict the system it represents. We devised a method to solve this complex request using reusable SVGs and UI controls.

Images from our Whiteboard Wireframing Sessions in Design Sprint Workshop in China. With the core team working together with a customer in a design sprint, we shortcut the endless-debate cycle and compress months into a single week.

Localization

We designed AquaTalk and it's content for the China market. Translation is only one of several elements of our localization process. We hired a local designer to insure the Metry Design System V.0.4 was adapted to target the Chinese market. In addition to translation, the localization process included:

  • Adapting graphics to the Chinese market
  • Modifying content to suit the tastes and consumption of Chinese habits
  • Changing design and layout to display translated text properly
  • Using proper local formats for dates, addresses, and phone numbers
  • Addressing local regulations and legal requirements