Empty state designs for a botanic learning app

Hello Vanessa,

Your design for the empty states in the botanic learning app is visually engaging and thoughtfully crafted. The combination of botanical illustrations and concise messaging helps maintain user engagement even in scenarios that could otherwise feel frustrating. Below are a few suggestions to further enhance the user experience:

1. Enhance Button Text Visibility

To improve usability, consider making the button text larger and bold. This will help ensure that the call-to-action elements are easy to spot and interact with, even for users with visual impairments or smaller screens.

2. Adjust Bottom Menu Size

The bottom navigation menu could be made slightly larger to improve both its prominence and its usability. A larger size would make it more touch-friendly, which is especially important for mobile users.

These adjustments can help enhance the app’s usability while retaining the delightful and engaging experience you’ve created. Excellent work on the design!

Hi Vanessa,

First off, great job completing your design brief and meeting the requirements for creating multiple empty states! I love the style you’ve chosen—it’s clean and engaging.

Here are a few points of feedback to help elevate your design:

• Button Labels: The labels on your buttons seem too small. Ensure they meet accessibility standards for legibility and usability.

• Main Title Copy: Consider revising the main title’s copy to be more encouraging. A motivational or action-oriented phrase could better guide users to take their first steps in your app.

• Subtitle Readability: Double-check the contrast and text size of your subtitles. They feel a bit hard to read, so increasing visibility here could improve the overall experience.

• Button Dimensions: While this might be personal preference, the buttons feel slightly too narrow. Making them a bit wider could enhance usability and alignment with design norms.

• Bottom Navigation: Although it’s not part of the brief, I wanted to share a tip here. The icons and labels in your bottom nav seem a little too small. A helpful approach is to use a template of the default iOS navigation bar and reverse-engineer it, replacing its elements with your own. This can help you understand conventional proportions and create a balanced design.

These suggestions are meant to fine-tune and elevate your already strong work.

Keep it up—great job so far!