Interfaces that Feel | Marie Spreitzer

My side quest: how to bring emotions back into digital spaces as the actual material.

An archive of interface experiments, concept designs, and small obsessions. The common thread is bringing emotions back into the digital in my own way: what would software look like if it was designed for grief instead of productivity, what it would mean if a notification arrived as a flower instead of a badge, what a savings app feels like if you can actually feel the vault close.

Roll Date Dice

Counteracting my gf's favorite word "no" with a tailored date night selector.

praiseOS

An operating system to satisfy the praise kink you might have.

The Vault

A to do list that I would actually use, cause I'd want my money back.

Crown Shyness

Got inspired by the way trees almost touch in the sky & breathed some air into my email inbox.

Natural Gradients

Nature inspired gradients.

Blooming Notifications

Imagine your notifications would grow like flowers.

Love Letters

Sending a digital letter to all my friends who are scattered around the world.

Party to the People

My master's thesis explored how digital interfaces can recreate the social joy of shared music experiences. Through interviews and cultural probes, I studied moments of connection on and off the dance floor. Six interface prototypes capturing social energy, later exhibited as interactive prototypes.

Presence Pulse lets you share the moment you are listening to a song with all the other people who are, at the same time, listening to the same song. You are connected world-wide and are able to send the other people a little signal with coloured dots.

Song Reactions lets you share snapshots of your face while listening to music. These pictures will then be shown to friends, when they listen to the same song, and vice-versa. The reactions are tied to the moment of the song you took the picture.

Heartbeat Sync shows you the heartbeat of everyone in a shared listening session. The moment the heartbeats synchronise, you will be grouped together. A special moment happens when all of your hearts beat in the same rhythm.

Music Soulmates matches you with the one other person on the planet that has the most similar music taste to yours. Anytime they are online, you two are able to join in on each other's listening.

Dance Floor mimics the dance floor of a club in the interface. The newly created space lets people dance together while listening to music in a group session.

Interfaces for the Brokenhearted

An alert that prevents you from texting the person you shouldn't. A series of poetic prototypes: message drafts that dissolve, delayed notifications, and gentle visual feedback. Turning interface friction into emotional acknowledgement.

Spotify surfaces songs tied to shared memories.

A photo grid that refuses to erase but hides.

An option to highlight your story just for them.

A dating app that reminds you that there are better options out there.

A banner to save you from the need to have the last word.

A daily dashboard quantifying heartbreak.

A gentle reminder after meditation that you are still feeling.