Zawa° is a smart heating concept developed in response to a client brief from tado° within a university-industry design project. The brief asked for an innovative smart-home heating concept that could compete with leading connected-home systems and rethink how users interact with automated temperature control.
The concept was developed before generative AI became a mainstream product and design topic, but already explored questions that are highly relevant today: how intelligent home systems communicate automated decisions, how users stay in control and how comfort, transparency and energy efficiency can be balanced in an app experience.
The project was developed in a four-person student team. While the overall product and service concept was created collaboratively, my individual focus was the UX concept, app concept and user guidance. I designed the app logic, key user flows and interface screens, translating the idea of AI-assisted heating into a clear digital experience with transparent feedback and manual control.

Context

Client collaboration with tado° in a university-industry design project at Hochschule München

Team

Four-person student design team

My Role

UX concept, app concept, user flow development and Figma interface design

Responsibilities

User guidance, interaction logic, app screen design, user survey evaluation, client feedback integration and final client presentation

Process

Client briefing, user survey on heating behavior, concept development, feedback rounds with tado° and final presentation

Outcome

Smart heating product concept with app screens, user flows and service logic for an AI-assisted heating experience

Tools & Skills

Figma, UX/UI concept, user flows, smart home interaction, prototyping, visual interface design, presentation design