ZenTasks | Product Design
A calmer way for artists to capture, organize, and grow ideas.
Capture ideas. Shape them. Keep creating. A flexible workspace designed around the natural rhythm of creative work.
Project Overview
ZenTasks is a task management concept designed around the way creative people actually work. Instead of forcing ideas into rigid lists and deadlines, the product gives artists a flexible space to capture, organize, and revisit ideas in different forms, from quick notes and sketches to images and voice notes.
Role & Responsibilities
Product Designer | Visual & UI Lead
I focused on the visual and interface design of the product while collaborating with the team on UX research and early product planning.
- Collaborated on user research, interviews, and persona development to understand the needs and behaviors of creative users.
- Led the UI and visual design, including key screens, custom icons, typography, and the overall visual language.
- Developed high-fidelity prototypes and a reusable component library in Figma to create a consistent and scalable interface.
Challenge
Creative work rarely follows a predictable path. Artists may capture an idea as a sketch, image, voice note, or quick thought rather than a traditional task. The challenge was to create enough structure to help users stay organized without imposing rigid workflows or interrupting the creative process.
Quick Capture
Made it easy to save sketches, images, voice notes, and ideas with minimal effort, so inspiration could be captured in the moment.
Visual Focus
Designed a clean, uncluttered interface that keeps creative content at the center and reduces unnecessary visual noise.
Flexible Flow
Created a more adaptable task structure that gives users freedom to organize their work without forcing every idea into rigid deadlines or workflows.
User Persona
The persona helped shape key design decisions, from how ideas are captured and organized to how the interface communicates visually and supports a more flexible creative workflow.
Ideation
The ideation phase explored how creative work could be organized without forcing it into a rigid productivity model. I explored different ways for users to capture ideas, move between tasks, and return to unfinished thoughts while keeping the experience flexible and visually calm.
Wireframing
Low-fidelity wireframes were used to explore the core user flows and simplify the experience. I focused on making key actions, such as capturing and organizing ideas, quick and intuitive while keeping the interface flexible enough to support different creative workflows.
Visual Design
I developed the visual direction around clarity, focus, and a sense of calm. Clean typography, a restrained color palette, and simple interface patterns kept the experience visually engaging without competing with the creative content. A reusable design system in Figma brought consistency across the product and made the interface easier to scale.
Outcome
ZenTasks brings structure and flexibility together, giving creative users a more natural way to capture, organize, and revisit ideas. The project showed how thoughtful UX decisions and a focused visual system can make a productivity experience feel more intuitive, calm, and aligned with creative workflows.