Wordprism is a language-learning tool built around idioms, memory, and AI-driven snippet generation. The founder asked us to help redefine its core journeys, create a consistent UI language and build the design system foundations for an app that feels premium, purposeful and easy to navigate.
Wordprism is a language-learning tool built around idioms, memory, and AI-driven snippet generation. The founder asked us to help redefine its core journeys, create a consistent UI language and build the design system foundations for an app that feels premium, purposeful and easy to navigate.
Shaping the foundations of the product
We began with a deep dive into the existing platform and product vision. Early work centred on understanding how people actually learn: how they store phrases, how they recall them and how different learning stacks interact with AI-generated content.
Working closely with the founder, we clarified terminology, reworked the information architecture and simplified the structure so that onboarding, learning stacks, cards and the storage mechanisms all connect well and reflect people's mental model for learning the language. This foundational UX work shaped every design decision that followed.
Shaping the foundations of the product
We began with a deep dive into the existing platform and product vision. Early work centred on understanding how people actually learn: how they store phrases, how they recall them and how different learning stacks interact with AI-generated content.
Working closely with the founder, we clarified terminology, reworked the information architecture and simplified the structure so that onboarding, learning stacks, cards and the storage mechanisms all connect well and reflect people's mental model for learning the language. This foundational UX work shaped every design decision that followed.
Interaction design for meaningful learning
Wordprism deals with complex concepts: idioms, ontologies, spaced repetition, memory training and AI-generated examples. Our focus was on translating these into UI patterns that feel simple and intuitive.
We explored how users move from screenshots or snippets into their inbox, how idioms are saved and organised and how flashcards should behave during playback. Each journey was crafted to feel calm, focused and distraction-free, an experience that supports learning rather than competes with it. We established interaction principles that guided the full UI: clarity over decoration, generous spacing and a sense of rhythm that makes the interface feel deliberate and considered.
Interaction design for meaningful learning
Wordprism deals with complex concepts: idioms, ontologies, spaced repetition, memory training and AI-generated examples. Our focus was on translating these into UI patterns that feel simple and intuitive.
We explored how users move from screenshots or snippets into their inbox, how idioms are saved and organised and how flashcards should behave during playback. Each journey was crafted to feel calm, focused and distraction-free, an experience that supports learning rather than competes with it. We established interaction principles that guided the full UI: clarity over decoration, generous spacing and a sense of rhythm that makes the interface feel deliberate and considered.
Interaction design for meaningful learning
Wordprism deals with complex concepts: idioms, ontologies, spaced repetition, memory training and AI-generated examples. Our focus was on translating these into UI patterns that feel simple and intuitive.
We explored how users move from screenshots or snippets into their inbox, how idioms are saved and organised and how flashcards should behave during playback. Each journey was crafted to feel calm, focused and distraction-free, an experience that supports learning rather than competes with it. We established interaction principles that guided the full UI: clarity over decoration, generous spacing and a sense of rhythm that makes the interface feel deliberate and considered.
A premium visual direction
With the core structure in place, we moved into high-fidelity UI and visual language. We created a clean, premium aesthetic using SwiftUI-friendly components so the engineering team could build efficiently and maintain consistency as the product expands. The design system included tokens, colour foundations, type scales and the first library of reusable components giving the team a scalable, maintainable interface system for future features.
A premium visual direction
With the core structure in place, we moved into high-fidelity UI and visual language. We created a clean, premium aesthetic using SwiftUI-friendly components so the engineering team could build efficiently and maintain consistency as the product expands. The design system included tokens, colour foundations, type scales and the first library of reusable components giving the team a scalable, maintainable interface system for future features.
A premium visual direction
With the core structure in place, we moved into high-fidelity UI and visual language. We created a clean, premium aesthetic using SwiftUI-friendly components so the engineering team could build efficiently and maintain consistency as the product expands. The design system included tokens, colour foundations, type scales and the first library of reusable components giving the team a scalable, maintainable interface system for future features.
Testing with learners
We ran remote user testing to validate clarity and comprehension. We wanted to understand whether the redesigned journeys reduced overwhelm, whether the mental model made sense and whether the new visuals helped or hindered the learning flow. The findings directly shaped improvements to onboarding, the inbox and the flashcard experience, resulting in a product that feels consistent and intuitive.
Testing with learners
We ran remote user testing to validate clarity and comprehension. We wanted to understand whether the redesigned journeys reduced overwhelm, whether the mental model made sense and whether the new visuals helped or hindered the learning flow. The findings directly shaped improvements to onboarding, the inbox and the flashcard experience, resulting in a product that feels consistent and intuitive.
Testing with learners
We ran remote user testing to validate clarity and comprehension. We wanted to understand whether the redesigned journeys reduced overwhelm, whether the mental model made sense and whether the new visuals helped or hindered the learning flow. The findings directly shaped improvements to onboarding, the inbox and the flashcard experience, resulting in a product that feels consistent and intuitive.
“Working with Cosmic was a great experience, which revealed lots of potential in our product. Cosmic has not only shown its huge creative capacity, but also mapped it to the actual business. Huge thanks to Aleks and Pete for their flexibility and professional approach!”
Ilya Krasilnikov
Founder, Wordprism
“Working with Cosmic was a great experience, which revealed lots of potential in our product. Cosmic has not only shown its huge creative capacity, but also mapped it to the actual business. Huge thanks to Aleks and Pete for their flexibility and professional approach!”
Ilya Krasilnikov
Founder, Wordprism
“Working with Cosmic was a great experience, which revealed lots of potential in our product. Cosmic has not only shown its huge creative capacity, but also mapped it to the actual business. Huge thanks to Aleks and Pete for their flexibility and professional approach!”
Ilya Krasilnikov
Founder, Wordprism
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