Designing touch interfaces for the full length mirror demanded that we rethink every interaction and user flow. There were two primary distances that we designed for; 1) interaction distance and 2) workout distance.
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Interaction distance was close enough for athletes to reach out and touch the screen. While the whole screen was digital, we quickly discovered that only the top quarter of the screen was usable at that distance. Text had to be at eye’s height to be comfortably legible and touch interactions had to be around chest height to prevent arm fatigue.
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At workout distance, athletes would be several paces away from the machine, busy doing their workout movements. Text had to be large enough to be quickly glanceable while keeping the center of the mirror clear to make room for the athlete’s reflection in the mirror. We also designed voice commands for the most often used tasks so athletes could control the station during a workout.

We base our process on the power of conversations. We believe listening is the ultimate key in understanding what problems to solve. Through conversations with stakeholders, trainers and athletes we begin to collect ideas and concepts that hold impact for them. These rough ideas and concepts need to be developed through the process of design and iteration.

Since we are co-creating the Forme Life brand from the ground up, our visual exploration of UI is an important input in informing the direction of the company identity. We use key screens, like the active workout screen, to explore a wide range of looks and executions to hone in on what starts to become the visual foundations of the rest of the project.

Further designing, prototyping and testing of each piece of the experience is necessary to make sure we’re designing the right thing for the right reasons. Iteration is the craft that brings that magic into what we build. Doing the hard work of designing, testing and iterating over and over again is the core of building these meaningful experiences.