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Interface & User Experience

SoulNest

Entrant: Xudong Xing, Yixuan Song, Jiahui Yu, Xianxi Liao, Mengyun Yan, Miaolin Sheng

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2025

Silver

CategoryInterface & User Experience
Class / SubcategoryUser Experience (UX)
Communication UX
Country / RegionUnited States

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Project description.

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SoulNest is a digital emotional wellness companion designed for a generation facing growing social pressure. It provides a gentle, stigma-free space for users to explore their inner world through AI-guided conversations, expressive journaling, and immersive practices such as breathwork and scenario-based training.

At the core of the platform are companion avatars, each embodying a distinct emotional need—whether it’s soothing anxiety, encouraging self-reflection, or enhancing emotional expression—empowering users to choose the support that resonates most with them.

What sets SoulNest apart is its seamless integration of therapeutic interaction design with emotional intelligence technology. By recognizing emotional patterns and offering AI-driven insights, it helps users reflect, reframe thought loops, and restore emotional balance. The experience is both calming and engaging, enriched with immersive visual storytelling and inclusive avatars that adapt across cultures and identities.

SoulNest makes emotional care a daily, approachable practice—one that fosters healing without fear, stigma, or clinical barriers.

Project credits.

Xudong Xing

UX Designer

Yixuan Song

UX Designer

Jiahui Yu

UX Designer

Xianxi Liao

UX Designer

Mengyun Yan

UX Designer

Miaolin Sheng

UX Designer

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