Greenhouse OS
Growers checked their greenhouses on phones, wearing gloves, in bright sun. We redesigned the dashboard for exactly that, and alarms are now answered twice as fast.
2×faster response to climate alarms
- Client
- Greenhouse OS, climate control for growers
- Year
- 2024
- What we did
- Product design, Prototype, Engineering
The problem
Greenhouse OS was designed on a big desktop screen. Growers used it on a phone, standing between rows of tomatoes, with dirty gloves and sun on the screen. Small tap targets and light grey text made alarms easy to miss.
What we did
We spent a day in two greenhouses before designing anything. Then:
- Big tiles for the four numbers growers check most, readable in direct sunlight.
- Alarms as full-width bars with one action each, reachable with a thumb.
- A prototype week, tested on site with six growers.
The result
The median time to acknowledge a climate alarm dropped from 11 to 5 minutes, and the app’s rating in the stores went from 3.4 to 4.6.