User Interface Design Case Study

Designing a Customized Audio Walking Experience

Fall 2021

Written by:

Olivia Turpin

Project Summary

Gesso is an immersive platform that offers a new way to explore cities with audio that plays based on your location through their native app. These audio experiences explore unique and often untold stories of a city, from cinematic soundwalks to countercultural audio tours that invite you to really feel the pulse of the city. Our team of grad students were given the challenge of designing a new product idea: a white-label mobile web app (powered by Gesso) where content creators can create and manage their own audio-guided experiences, and for users to discover, purchase and enjoy those experiences.