Digital Detox Analysis for BRICK
* This analysis was conducted independently as a student project for my UX Research Fundamentals class and does not represent an official client deliverable.
THE QUESTION: How do digital detoxes actually work, and what makes them effective?
PROJECT RUNDOWN:
Completed in a UX Fundamentals class, this 9-week independent research project examined how people attempt to reduce digital distractions. Specifically, the goal was to collect data and produce deliverables for BRICK.
Using survey data and naturalistic user commentary online, the study surfaced cross-method patterns across detox strategies and translated them into product recommendations.
Although the project had BRICK as the stakeholder, rather than evaluating their product alone, the study compared multiple detox approaches to identify mechanisms that generalize across products.
- Study design and research framing
- Participant recruitment via online communities
- Qualitative synthesis of survey responses
- Behavioral pattern identification
- Translation of insights into product implications
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Research plan: Survey design; Qualitative thematic analysis; cross-method synthesis
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Analysis & synthesis: Thematic coding; pattern identification; insight synthesis
- Recruitment & data collection: Reddit community sourcing; Online survey deployment
- Tools used: Figma; Qualtrics
- Identified recurring behavioral patterns across multiple digital detox approaches
- Identified opportunities to strengthen tools through intentional friction and adaptive support
- Reframed digital distraction as an intervention design challenge rather than an awareness problem