Gumwall

This is part of the design process with my passion project, gumwall.com. As my own project, I have filled each role and I have learned so much in the process.

What I did

  • Creator
  • Designer
  • Front-end development
  • Product manager
  • Marketer
  • Copy writer

What is Gumwall?

It's a service to help you get your memories back. It also helps you hang on to them, organize them, and keep them private.

What problem is Gumwall solving?

Personally, it solves my own need of saving, documenting, and organizing EVERY memory while keeping it private so I don't "overshare" on mainstream social media accounts.

But that sounds like Facebook, Instagram, or Snapchat?

Is that a question? Most of todays apps are all about your friends and followers, and about what's happening now, so good luck for any memories before 2004. Facebook is more about your friends than you and has grown to do way too much due to the need to monetize your life for ad revenue. Instagram is only photos and videos, is more focused on quality over quantity, and is used as a marketing tool for many. Snapchat is more of a messaging app, although it's latest "Memories" update does make it more interesting.

It's still a work in progress, but we're currently alpha testing to find bugs, improvements, and feature requests.

Some of the process

Initial sketch of the card for Gumwall.
An early wireframe for the upload flow. This sketch helped me explain how it would work to a remote developer.

This was a tough problem. I wanted the photos and memories saved on Gumwall to be private, but it also needed to allow friends and family to upload photos to my private timeline. I actually simplified the process even further from the above sketch, by removing the approval process. The memory can simply be removed off your timeline if not wanted.

A "request memory" flow I recently used for explanation to a developer.
A "share memory" flow I used to explain it to a developer.
Previous web UI
Details view

UI Update #2

This is the current live version. Only subtle visual changes.

UI Update #3

Gumwall Photo Timeline UI Design
This is an updated version that will roll out with the added functionality of showing location meta data, grouping (smart albums) and search.

Mobile App Designs

These are various states of what a memory/ post would look like in the app.

memory cards

This is a sample of some of the screens designed for the app.

mobile app designs

See the Pen Image overlay w/ buttons & captions by Braden Hamm (@bradenhamm) on CodePen.