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Don’t lose the good stuff

Challenge

Whenever I’m browsing things online and find something I want to save, I usually end up sending the link to myself on WhatsApp.

It works, but it quickly becomes messy and I have no easy way to organize the links, remember why I saved them, or even when I saved them in the first place.

Approach

The approach was simple, create an app to store all my links and organize them into categories.

It needed to make adding links as easy as possible, whether by pasting a copied URL or saving something directly from the share button on iOS.

Client
Collected
Year
2026
Duration
2 months
Type
Mobile
Industry
Tech
Scope
UI/UX
Digital Design
Motion Prototype
The app is pretty simple, a few categories, a plus button to add a new link and your photo up top to see your profile. The goal of the app is to be as easy as possible to save your links with less time.
I tried many different names for the app, but eventually landed on “Collected.”

It felt appropriate because the app is essentially a collection of links, organized across six categories that you can assign to each one. For the logo, I designed a custom variation of the typeface Mabry Pro.

I wanted something bright without overpowering the design, so I kept it to different shades of orange paired with neutral tones.

“Concept projects makes my creativity alive and with Collected wasn't any different. I had a very cool time while designing the app and experimenting with animations and different design directions."

Victor Berbel
Independent Product Designer
The minimal interface made me add little nuggets of delight, like the custom badges I designed for each award in the app. I often design custom icons for my projects, but since I wanted to keep things simple, I decided to create only three icons for the app, along with a little illustration for the empty state.
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