Eleara was designed to address the unpredictability of sudden dizziness by translating complex sensory signals into clear, real-time support — a behind-the-ear wearable with a mobile app that monitors motion, posture, and stability to detect early signs of imbalance.
Context
Eleara is a wearable with an integrated app that monitors body signals to detect early signs of dizziness, helping users maintain balance and reduce the risk of instability. When risk increases, the system can trigger vestibular stimulation to help stabilize the user’s sense of balance in the moment.
I initiated the core concept and naming of Eleara. I wrote the PRD, mapped the user-flow journey, and co-designed wireframes in Figma — translating research on vestibular mismatch into a usable interface with peers in a three-day sprint.
Three days. Secondary research, FigJam brainstorming, Figma Make drafts, then a high-fidelity companion app and wearable form — from problem framing to a testable interface.
Project brief
How might we warn someone before a dizziness episode, and reach an emergency contact, without adding anxiety to an already stressful health experience?
Vestibular disorders are invisible and episodic. The gap between clinical visits and daily life is wide. Stakeholders include the wearer, clinicians, and family or caregivers who may receive alerts when risk rises.
Instability is sudden. The interface has to stay readable while the user is disoriented — large type, calm color, explicit next steps.
Users need to understand what the device is doing, when it will intervene, and who gets notified — without making the experience feel punitive.
Design
The work focused on turning biometric noise into actions someone can take while an episode is coming on.
Feedback from a first-pass review asked for more color distinction between GVS score, episodes, trend, and stability — and for a reminder when dehydration is a likely cause. Those notes sat next to what already worked: the status color, the episode list, and “easy to navigate, simple and not clunky.”
Hi-fi review, wireframes from the PRD, and the end-to-end flow.
Process
The opening Figma Make brief asked for a HIPAA-style portal, dark mode, SEO, and a two-column Apple-system layout. It was too much for a three-day companion. We cut back to home, alerts, contacts, and a wearable the user would actually wear in public.
I mapped onboarding through daily monitoring, alerts, and emergency support in FigJam, then iterated wireframes with the team. Battery life, skin contact, false positives, and the social weight of a medical device in public stayed on the board the whole time.
Result
The three days ended in a named concept, a behind-the-ear form, and a companion app that puts status, SOS, and caregivers in reach. Early review praised the status color and episode history, and asked for clearer separation between the dashboard metrics.
[TODO: add result metrics for Eleara]
Takeaways
A dizziness companion cannot also be a hospital portal. Cutting the first prompt is what made Eleara usable in three days.
If the status block is the only thing someone can parse, it has to be the loudest, calmest thing on the screen.
Owning the concept and the name made the sprint coherent — then the flow and the wearable had something to belong to.
