Users with smart home devices from multiple manufacturers have no single place to control everything. Each brand has its own app, its own logic, its own interface. Energy usage is invisible, and weather-based automation is nearly impossible to set up.
Smart Home by Hornbach is a manufacturer-independent mobile app that centralises control of all smart home products, with two key additions identified in user research: an energy management widget and a weather-based automation system.
8 user interviews exploring current smart home usage, pain points, and energy management habits.
Affinity mapping, personas, user stories, and key insights around energy and weather automation needs.
Brainstorming sessions focused on energy saving tools and weather-triggered automation scenarios.
High-fidelity mockups and interactive prototype in Figma, energy widget and weather widget flows.
Usability testing with real users. Energy widget scored 73.3%, weather widget 51.7%, iterations followed.
Fully designed, clickable Figma prototype, all screens interactive.