Social Mirror brand Experience.
Social Mirror makes smart mirrors that let users take photos, scan a QR code, and receive them instantly on WhatsApp. We designed the full user-facing experience: the mirror interface itself and the microsite where users download their photos and grant permissions, building something that could adapt to any client's brand without compromising usability.
Challenge
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Designing a physical product's interface for users who never asked to learn it.
Social Mirror's product lives in event spaces, hotel lobbies, and brand activations, places where users encounter it unexpectedly and have seconds to understand what it does. The mirror interface needed to be intuitive enough to require no instruction, while the accompanying microsite had to guide users through photo download and WhatsApp permission flows without friction or drop-off. Both also needed to be fully white-labelable, adapting to the visual identity of whichever brand had deployed the mirror in their space.
Approach
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We designed for the moment of encounter, not the ideal user journey.
We approached the mirror interface as a physical product design challenge first: clarity, hierarchy, and zero ambiguity at every step. The microsite was structured around the user's immediate goal, getting their photos, with permissions built into the flow naturally rather than presented as a gate. Critically, we built both surfaces to be easily customisable, so any brand deploying the mirror could adapt the visual identity without disrupting the experience or usability underneath.
Outcome
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A product experience that works anywhere, for any brand.
Social Mirror now has a client-facing experience that functions seamlessly whether deployed at a luxury hotel or a brand activation. The white-label system gives their sales team a genuine commercial asset: clients can see their own identity in the product instantly, which reduces friction in the sales process as much as it does in the user experience.
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