6402+ is not just a platform; it's a digital sanctuary. Designed to honor victims and preserve history, the interface guides users through a sensitive, empathetic journey bridging the gap between grief, data visualization, and collective remembrance.
How to visually and respectfully represent over 6,402 victims without reducing them to mere statistics or overwhelming the user with heavy data. The platform needed to feel human, accessible, and emotionally resonant.
A carefully structured web experience that uses symbolic interactions—like planting a "seed of memory"—alongside a geographical map and audio-visual archives to ground the data in real human stories.
In the 6402+ project, my focus centered on bridging the gap between product strategy and technical execution. As the Product Manager, I guided the project's overarching direction, ensuring that our features consistently aligned with the highly sensitive nature of the memorial and the emotional needs of our users.
Technically, my main role was developing the core interactive product—the "Map of Memories" (Un mapa de memorias). Using Unity, I was responsible for programming the map environment, plotting the data, and ensuring a seamless, respectful, and interactive geographic visualization of the victims' stories.
Designing a platform dealing with memory and grief required a meticulous and highly sensitive approach. We followed a structured design thinking framework to ensure every interaction felt respectful.
Understanding the emotional weight of the survivors and public.
Establishing boundaries for respectful data visualization.
Creating the "Seeds" concept and interaction models.
Ensuring accessibility and appropriate emotional pacing.
To truly understand our users and tailor the experience to their specific needs, we developed detailed buyer personas based on our research. This helped us align the platform's goals with the expectations of key community members.
28 years old • Bogotá
Human Rights Defender
45 years old • Medellín
Educator
By synthesizing these profiles, we mapped the collective emotional state, thoughts, and actions when interacting with the memorial. This guided every UX decision to ensure a respectful and impactful journey.
Focuses on the emotional weight of memory, a desire for justice, and the deep need for a respectful space to honor the past.
The voices of the past, stories from others who share the grief, and news regarding the historical context of the victims.
A digital landscape of names, visual tributes, and the interactive "seeds" left by other users contributing to the memorial.
She actively participates by leaving a tribute, reading the stories, and sharing the memorial link to keep the collective memory alive.
The UI needed to be invisible enough to let the stories breathe, but present enough to guide the user. The typography and expanded 8-color palette draw from natural, grounded elements to honor the subject matter respectfully.
Building upon our foundational colors and typography, we developed a comprehensive UI Kit. This ensures visual consistency across the platform while providing scalable, accessible components for future development.
Before moving to high-fidelity designs, I created structural wireframes to map out the user journey. This phase focused entirely on information architecture, prioritizing clear storytelling and intuitive navigation without the distraction of visual styles.
I designed four primary interaction pillars that turn passive reading into active participation.
A core interaction allowing users to leave a digital tribute ("Add your seed"). This was designed to feel organic, giving users a tangible, visual way to participate in the memorial and watch the community support grow in real-time.
An interactive geographical visualization. By grounding the data in real locations, the map helps users comprehend the scale and reality of the events. Filtering tools allow users to search by region or year without feeling overwhelmed.
A dedicated, distraction-free reading environment designed to humanize the statistics. Focuses heavily on legibility and emotional resonance through careful typography, ample whitespace, and integrated "Voices of the past" audio controls.
Designing 6402+ taught me that UX is not just about reducing friction; sometimes, it's about creating meaningful friction.
By carefully pacing the user journey, we allowed space for reflection. The biggest challenge was balancing comprehensive data with emotional sensitivity, resulting in a platform that doesn't just display information, but facilitates a collective grieving and remembrance process.
The culmination of this research and design process is a fully interactive prototype that brings the 6402+ memorial to life. Experience the sensitive micro-interactions, explore the map, and discover the stories firsthand.
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