Kleo
Kleo
AI-Powered Room Organization & Cleaning Companion
AI-Powered Room Organization & Cleaning Companion
Kleo helps young adults transform messy spaces into manageable, personalized environments through AI-powered room analysis, bite-sized cleaning tasks, and habit-building support.
Kleo helps young adults transform messy spaces into manageable, personalized environments through AI-powered room analysis, bite-sized cleaning tasks, and habit-building support.
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Year
Year
2026
2026
Duration
Duration
4 Weeks
4 Weeks
Type
Type
Self-Initiated UX Case Study
Self-Initiated UX Case Study
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Today’s Schedule
Today’s Schedule
High Priority
High Priority
Window
Window
Dust on window frame
Dust on window frame
8:00am
8:00am
Wooden Flooring
Wooden Flooring
Maintenance schedule not set
Maintenance schedule not set
7:00pm
7:00pm
Medium Priority
Medium Priority
Shoe Rack
Shoe Rack
Items placed around the rack
Items placed around the rack
7:00pm
7:00pm
Wardrobe
Wardrobe
Storage could be optimized
Storage could be optimized
10:00pm
10:00pm
Today
Today
Rooms
Rooms
Calendar
Calendar
Profile
Profile
Here's what I found in your photos!
Here's what I found in your photos!
I've already selected everything I found. Remove anything you'd like me to ignore. You can edit them as well
I've already selected everything I found. Remove anything you'd like me to ignore. You can edit them as well
Deselect All
Deselect All
Select All
Select All
Wardrobe
Wardrobe
Three-Door Wardrobe
Three-Door Wardrobe
Window
Window
Sliding Window
Sliding Window
Study Desk
Study Desk
Compact Study Desk
Compact Study Desk
Laundry Basket
Laundry Basket
Fabric Laundry Basket
Fabric Laundry Basket
Mirror
Mirror
Full-Length Mirror
Full-Length Mirror
Chair
Chair
Desk Chair
Desk Chair
Bed
Bed
Queen Size Bed
Queen Size Bed
Curtains
Curtains
Blackout Curtains
Blackout Curtains
Door
Door
Wooden Door
Wooden Door
Floor
Floor
Wooden Flooring
Wooden Flooring
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9:41
Edit all items
Edit all items
Check Recommdation
Check Recommdation
Your Room Setup
Your Room Setup
I’ve found a few improvements, and suggestions personalized for your room
I’ve found a few improvements, and suggestions personalized for your room
4 Images Uploaded
4 Images Uploaded
Room Health Score
Room Health Score
82%
82%
Room Readiness
Room Readiness
Cleaning Suggestions
Cleaning Suggestions
3 Suggestions
3 Suggestions
Organization Issues
Organization Issues
5 Issues found
5 Issues found
Maintenance Reminders
Maintenance Reminders
2 Issues found
2 Issues found
Enhancements
Enhancements
4 Improvements
4 Improvements
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9:41
Remind me Later
Remind me Later
Build My Routine
Build My Routine
Bedroom
Bedroom
Current Setup
Current Setup
12 Items
12 Items
Added By Kleo
Added By Kleo
4 Items
4 Items
Health Score
Health Score
Last updated just now
Last updated just now
View History
View History
82%
82%
Room Readiness
Room Readiness
Cleaning
Cleaning
3
3
Maintenance
Maintenance
3
3
Organization
Organization
3
3
Upcoming Tasks
Upcoming Tasks
3 Tasks
3 Tasks
High Priority
High Priority
Window
Window
Dust on window frame
Dust on window frame
8:00am
8:00am
Wooden Flooring
Wooden Flooring
Maintenance schedule not set
Maintenance schedule not set
7:00pm
7:00pm
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9:41
Upload Another Photo
Upload Another Photo
Done!
Done!
Here’s Your Progress
Here’s Your Progress
Before
Before
After
After
WHAT IMPROVED
WHAT IMPROVED
Window glass looks clearer
Window glass looks clearer
Dust buildup has been reduced
Dust buildup has been reduced
Window frame appears cleaner
Window frame appears cleaner
Looking Better
Looking Better
STILL NEEDS ATTENTION
STILL NEEDS ATTENTION
A few smudges remain on the glass
A few smudges remain on the glass
Window corners could use a quick dusting
Window corners could use a quick dusting
Curtain edges still appear slightly dusty
Curtain edges still appear slightly dusty
Could Be Improved
Could Be Improved
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9:41
Go to tasks
Go to tasks
PROBLEM
PROBLEM
People need a simple way to organize their spaces when clutter feels overwhelming and they don't know where to begin.
People need a simple way to organize their spaces when clutter feels overwhelming and they don't know where to begin.
SOLUTION
SOLUTION
An AI-Powered Companion That Simplifies Room Care
An AI-Powered Companion That Simplifies Room Care
AI Room Analysis
Upload photos of your room and let Kleo identify cluttered areas that need attention. It provides personalized suggestions so users know exactly where to start.
Daily Actionable Tasks
Kleo breaks cleaning into small, manageable tasks that feel less overwhelming. Users can focus on one step at a time instead of tackling the entire room at once.
Progress Tracking
Track room transformations through photos, completed tasks, and cleaning statistics. Visual progress helps users stay motivated and recognize their achievements.
Personalized Dashboard
A central space to view room status, daily tasks, streaks, and recent activity. Everything users need is accessible in one place for easy management.
Motivational Companion
A friendly mascot provides encouragement throughout the cleaning journey. Positive reinforcement helps users build habits without feeling pressured or judged.
RESEARCH
RESEARCH
Understanding the Challenges of Staying Organized
Understanding the Challenges of Staying Organized
Productivity and organization apps are designed to help users stay on top of their tasks, yet many people struggle to maintain long-term engagement with them. While these apps focus on planning and tracking, they often overlook the challenges users face when trying to start a task in the first place. For individuals who experience overwhelm, decision paralysis, or difficulties with organization, managing a cluttered space can feel stressful and unapproachable.
Productivity and organization apps are designed to help users stay on top of their tasks, yet many people struggle to maintain long-term engagement with them. While these apps focus on planning and tracking, they often overlook the challenges users face when trying to start a task in the first place. For individuals who experience overwhelm, decision paralysis, or difficulties with organization, managing a cluttered space can feel stressful and unapproachable.
Only 17.1% of productivity app users return after the first day, while just 4.1% remain active after 30 days.
Only 17.1% of productivity app users return after the first day, while just 4.1% remain active after 30 days.
The research revealed that the problem is often not a lack of motivation but a lack of clarity. Users struggle to identify where to begin, break overwhelming tasks into manageable actions, and maintain momentum over time. This highlighted an opportunity to create a solution that guides users through the process, provides personalized recommendations, and transforms large cleaning goals into achievable daily actions.
The research revealed that the problem is often not a lack of motivation but a lack of clarity. Users struggle to identify where to begin, break overwhelming tasks into manageable actions, and maintain momentum over time. This highlighted an opportunity to create a solution that guides users through the process, provides personalized recommendations, and transforms large cleaning goals into achievable daily actions.
Community Insights (Reddit)
Community Insights (Reddit)
"Too many choices = decision paralysis. I spend more time organizing my organization system than actually doing work."
"Too many choices = decision paralysis. I spend more time organizing my organization system than actually doing work."
"Vague goals are overwhelming. Big picture stuff just sits there because I don't know where to start."
"Vague goals are overwhelming. Big picture stuff just sits there because I don't know where to start."
"Apps assume I work like everyone else—linear progress, consistent habits, perfect time estimation. That's just not how my brain works."
"Apps assume I work like everyone else—linear progress, consistent habits, perfect time estimation. That's just not how my brain works."
COMPETITIVE ANALYSIS
COMPETITIVE ANALYSIS
Dear Me
Dear Me
Finch
Finch
Sweepy
Sweepy
Tody
Tody
While existing apps excel at helping users track habits and manage tasks, they often fail to address a critical challenge: helping users understand where and how to start. This presents an opportunity for Kleo to combine AI-powered room analysis, actionable guidance, and motivational support to make organization feel more approachable and achievable.
While existing apps excel at helping users track habits and manage tasks, they often fail to address a critical challenge: helping users understand where and how to start. This presents an opportunity for Kleo to combine AI-powered room analysis, actionable guidance, and motivational support to make organization feel more approachable and achievable.
Strengths
Strengths
Strong habit-building and routine management
Effective task tracking and progress monitoring
Engaging and supportive user experiences
Encourages consistency through reminders and rewards
Strong habit-building and routine management
Effective task tracking and progress monitoring
Engaging and supportive user experiences
Encourages consistency through reminders and rewards
Weaknesses
Weaknesses
Focus heavily on task management rather than task initiation
Users are often left figuring out where to start on their own
Limited personalization based on a user's actual living space
Can become overwhelming due to manual setup and maintenance
Focus heavily on task management rather than task initiation
Users are often left figuring out where to start on their own
Limited personalization based on a user's actual living space
Can become overwhelming due to manual setup and maintenance
Opportunities
Opportunities
Strong habit-building and routine management
Effective task tracking and progress monitoring
Engaging and supportive user experiences
Encourages consistency through reminders and rewards
Strong habit-building and routine management
Effective task tracking and progress monitoring
Engaging and supportive user experiences
Encourages consistency through reminders and rewards
Threats
Threats
High abandonment rates among productivity app users
User fatigue from managing multiple productivity tools
Increasing competition in the habit-tracking and self-improvement market
Difficulty maintaining long-term user engagement
High abandonment rates among productivity app users
User fatigue from managing multiple productivity tools
Increasing competition in the habit-tracking and self-improvement market
Difficulty maintaining long-term user engagement
INTERVIEWS
INTERVIEWS
Participants: 4 (2 college students, 1 working professional, 1 ADHD user)
Participants: 4 (2 college students, 1 working professional, 1 ADHD user)
Difficulty Getting Started
Difficulty Getting Started
Users struggle more with initiating cleaning than completing it.
Users struggle more with initiating cleaning than completing it.
Overwhelmed by Large Tasks
Overwhelmed by Large Tasks
Large, undefined cleaning tasks create overwhelm and avoidance.
Large, undefined cleaning tasks create overwhelm and avoidance.
Lack of Consistency
Lack of Consistency
Users struggle to maintain long-term cleaning habits.
Users struggle to maintain long-term cleaning habits.
Existing Apps Feel Unhelpful
Existing Apps Feel Unhelpful
Users want actionable support rather than task-tracking systems.
Users want actionable support rather than task-tracking systems.
Need for Motivation and Progress
Need for Motivation and Progress
Positive reinforcement and visible progress help users stay engaged.
Positive reinforcement and visible progress help users stay engaged.
USER PERSONA
USER PERSONA
Fiona Jone
Fiona Jone
DEMOGRAPHICS
DEMOGRAPHICS
Gender:
Age:
Education:
Job:
Gender:
Age:
Education:
Job:
Female
21
Bachelor's Degree
College Student
Female
21
Bachelor's Degree
College Student
TECH
TECH
Maintaining Routine:
Task Prioritization:
Time Management:
Room Organization:
Maintaining Routine:
Task Prioritization:
Time Management:
Room Organization:
About
About
Fiona lives in a hostel and struggles to keep her room organized while balancing classes, assignments, and social activities. She wants a clean space but often postpones cleaning because it feels overwhelming.
Fiona lives in a hostel and struggles to keep her room organized while balancing classes, assignments, and social activities. She wants a clean space but often postpones cleaning because it feels overwhelming.
GOALS
GOALS
Keep her room consistently clean
Keep her room consistently clean
Build better cleaning habits
Build better cleaning habits
Reduce stress caused by clutter
Reduce stress caused by clutter
Spend less time figuring out what to clean
Spend less time figuring out what to clean
FRUSTRATIONS
FRUSTRATIONS
Doesn't know where to start cleaning
Doesn't know where to start cleaning
Gets overwhelmed by messy spaces
Gets overwhelmed by messy spaces
Struggles to stay consistent with routines
Struggles to stay consistent with routines
Forgets cleaning tasks until they become urgent
Forgets cleaning tasks until they become urgent
Richard Barnes
Richard Barnes
DEMOGRAPHICS
DEMOGRAPHICS
Gender:
Age:
Education:
Job:
Gender:
Age:
Education:
Job:
Male
26
Bachelor's Degree
Graphic Designer
Male
26
Bachelor's Degree
Graphic Designer
TECH
TECH
Maintaining Routine:
Task Prioritization:
Time Management:
Room Organization:
Maintaining Routine:
Task Prioritization:
Time Management:
Room Organization:
About
About
Richard has ADHD and finds it difficult to organize his living space despite wanting a cleaner environment. Large cleaning tasks often lead to procrastination and decision paralysis.
Richard has ADHD and finds it difficult to organize his living space despite wanting a cleaner environment. Large cleaning tasks often lead to procrastination and decision paralysis.
GOALS
GOALS
Break cleaning into manageable tasks
Break cleaning into manageable tasks
Create a clutter-free workspace
Create a clutter-free workspace
Develop sustainable organization habits
Develop sustainable organization habits
Feel less overwhelmed by household chores
Feel less overwhelmed by household chores
FRUSTRATIONS
FRUSTRATIONS
Experiences decision paralysis when cleaning
Experiences decision paralysis when cleaning
Loses motivation halfway through tasks
Loses motivation halfway through tasks
Productivity apps feel complicated and demanding
Productivity apps feel complicated and demanding
Finds large cleaning goals intimidating
Finds large cleaning goals intimidating
HOW MIGHT WE
HOW MIGHT WE
How might we help users organize their spaces by providing clear guidance, achievable actions, and a sense of progress?
How might we help users organize their spaces by providing clear guidance, achievable actions, and a sense of progress?
Ideation
Ideation
Research revealed that users struggle less with cleaning itself and more with knowing where to start. The ideation phase focused on creating a solution that provides guidance, reduces overwhelm, and helps users build sustainable organization habits.
Research revealed that users struggle less with cleaning itself and more with knowing where to start. The ideation phase focused on creating a solution that provides guidance, reduces overwhelm, and helps users build sustainable organization habits.
Why AI?
Why AI?
Don't know where to start → AI identifies problem areas and suggests the best place to begin.
Cleaning feels overwhelming → AI breaks large cleaning goals into smaller, manageable tasks.
Generic organization advice → AI provides personalized recommendations based on each user's room.
Lack of motivation and direction → AI offers guidance and tracks progress to create a sense of achievement.
Don't know where to start → AI identifies problem areas and suggests the best place to begin.
Cleaning feels overwhelming → AI breaks large cleaning goals into smaller, manageable tasks.
Generic organization advice → AI provides personalized recommendations based on each user's room.
Lack of motivation and direction → AI offers guidance and tracks progress to create a sense of achievement.
Information Architecture
Information Architecture
Room Analysis: Upload room photos and receive personalized cleaning recommendations.
Daily Tasks: Access simple, actionable cleaning tasks based on room conditions.
Progress Tracking: Monitor room improvements, completed tasks, and achievements over time.
Room Analysis: Upload room photos and receive personalized cleaning recommendations.
Daily Tasks: Access simple, actionable cleaning tasks based on room conditions.
Progress Tracking: Monitor room improvements, completed tasks, and achievements over time.
Design System
Design System
Room Analysis: Upload room photos and receive personalized cleaning recommendations.
Daily Tasks: Access simple, actionable cleaning tasks based on room conditions.
Progress Tracking: Monitor room improvements, completed tasks, and achievements over time.
Room Analysis: Upload room photos and receive personalized cleaning recommendations.
Daily Tasks: Access simple, actionable cleaning tasks based on room conditions.
Progress Tracking: Monitor room improvements, completed tasks, and achievements over time.
Logo
Logo
Kleo
Kleo
MASCOT
MASCOT
Font
Font
Josefin Sans
Josefin Sans
Aa
Aa
Button
Button
Button Title
Button Title
Button Title
Button Title
Button Title
Button Title
COLOR SYSTEM
COLOR SYSTEM
Primary
Primary
Secondary
Secondary
Tertiary
Tertiary
Neutrals
Neutrals
Badge
Badge
Typography
Typography
Title 1 Josefin Sans Bold 32px
Title 1 Josefin Sans Bold 32px
Title 2 Josefin Sans Bold 20px
Title 2 Josefin Sans Bold 20px
Body 1 Josefin Sans Bold 16px
Body 1 Josefin Sans Bold 16px
Body 2 Josefin Sans SemiBold 16px
Body 2 Josefin Sans SemiBold 16px
Body 3 Josefin Sans Bold 14px
Body 3 Josefin Sans Bold 14px
Body 4 Josefin Sans SemiBold 14px
Body 4 Josefin Sans SemiBold 14px
Body 5 Josefin Sans Bold 13px
Body 5 Josefin Sans Bold 13px
Body 6 Josefin Sans Regular 12px
Body 6 Josefin Sans Regular 12px
Design
Design
With the core functionality and navigation established, the next step was translating insights into a user-friendly interface. The design focused on reducing overwhelm, improving accessibility, and creating a supportive experience that encourages users to stay consistent with their organization goals.
With the core functionality and navigation established, the next step was translating insights into a user-friendly interface. The design focused on reducing overwhelm, improving accessibility, and creating a supportive experience that encourages users to stay consistent with their organization goals.
High Fidelity
High Fidelity
Onboarding
Onboarding
Room UI
Room UI
Dashboard
Dashboard