Remmy: Using the dream as data to tell if you're stressed or not

Role:

Product Designer

Timeline:

Mar 7 - 9, 2026

Industry/Org:

Healthcare (Figma Hackathon 26')

Scope of Work

UX Research, Concept Development, Branding, Design System, & Prototyping with LLM

01 project overview

Designed a speculative health product: a smart eye mask, and data monitoring app that reads the body's signals during REM sleep to surface mental well-being patterns.

Problem Root Cause

Current wearables know when REM Sleep happens. However, they can't see inside it whether your body was processing or bracing, whether a nightmare pattern has been recurring for weeks.

Solution

A hardware and software system that monitors physiological signals during REM Sleep and translates them into a plain-language morning report, real-time interventions, and long-term pattern detection.

02 Context & Research

Initially, we framed our product concept to analyzing dream as data to provide insights on user's mental well-being.

By leveraging the LLMs, we gathered previous scientific research on Dream Coding.

While people are sleeping, the brain is as active as when you're awake. Skin conductance spikes, and facial muscles react to dream content. The nervous system is either processing emotional load or staying stuck in it.

Identified an industry gap through competitive audit

We looked into how the current commercial products are addressing the user need and whether REM sleep data is being analyzed or not.

03 user flow

After identifying our user needs, we explored several user flow variations, prioritizing the data sync between hardware and software apps.

The following user groups would benefit the most from our product.

People managing anxiety, PTSD, or depression where REM quality is clinically significant

People in therapy who want physiological data to bring to sessions, not just self-report
Anyone paying deliberate attention to their emotional and internal world

04 design redirection

After few design iterations, we reframed the product to focus on detecting and observing the body reactions in respect to user's own interpretation of their dream.