Case Study

Latte Interface

Role: UI Designer Year: 2023 Client: Community Operations Team Tech: React, PostgreSQL, CSS
Minimalist dashboard on a laptop beside a dark coffee mug.

The Challenge

Turning product friction into a more human, more credible digital flow.

The legacy dashboard felt cold and overly technical for non-analytic teams.

Key Insights

What research surfaced before visual decisions were made.

Soft hierarchy

Teams understood dense information faster when color and type felt calmer and more deliberate.

The Process

From sketches and wireframes to a warmer interaction language.

Interface rhythm. The work focused on card density, whitespace, and removing unnecessary visual noise.

The Outcome

What the final system needed to communicate, not just display.

A calmer panel system made the dashboard easier to scan and less mentally taxing.

Project Signals

A few outcomes worth keeping visible.

Task completion
+17%
Visual consistency
1 shared dashboard language