Bon-Zen is a concept for visual emotion journaling. Users choose a bonsai form and assign personal colors to six emotional states. A daily blend of those colors becomes a new part of the tree; after seven entries, the completed bonsai joins a collection.
The project brings together UI/UX, motion and 3D design around this growth metaphor. The interface studies show shape selection, color mapping, mixing and daily growth, with a restrained palette and circular controls extending into the visual identity.
A journal that grows.
Choose a bonsai, map your colors, then blend each day into a growing journal.
Color & typography.
Hover over a color or a type weight to explore.Tap a color or a type weight to explore.
A mark for the bonsai.
The circular bonsai mark is developed across static, animated and app-icon studies.
Palette & controls.
Two cool palettes, two warm palettes. Each group changes one band of the circle.