Selected work
Here.Emotional support platform

An emotionally intelligent space designed for the hardest minutes — not the easy ones.

Here. is a support platform for people in emotionally difficult states. It meets them in the moment with calm, intelligent prompts and quiet structure — not chirpy gamification or a chat-bot wearing therapy as a costume.

Here. — platform screenshot

5 wks

Design brief to first usable prototype

8–14 min

Session length when needed most

9

Distinct support pathways

The problem

Where Here. was when we started.

Most well-being apps are designed for the days you don't need them. The genuinely hard moments — 2am, after the argument, the panic-attack drive home — are exactly when those apps fail their users.

The brief was to build a product that performs in those moments, not one that performs in a demo.

The approach

What we actually built.

Designed the interaction model around emotional regulation first and app features second — pacing, language, colour temperature, and silence all chosen with intent.

Built a library of distinct support pathways so the right response surfaces for the right state, instead of a one-size-fits-all flow.

Engineered the system to feel slow and quiet on purpose — the opposite of the dopamine-loop economy most consumer apps optimise for.

  • Custom App
  • Brand

"It's the first thing I've used that didn't feel like it was performing wellbeing at me."

— Here. early user

The outcome

What changed because of the work.

Here. has become a category-distinct product — recognised by the people it serves as the rare app that doesn't feel like an app at the moments that matter most.

The aesthetic and interaction language has set a meaningful new benchmark for what "emotional support software" can feel like.

It is positioned for partnership with services that need something more thoughtful than the wellbeing-app category default.

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