Project Manager: Vivian ****Nguyen
UX Researcher: Sally Huynh
UI/UX Designer: Jamie Han
Visual Designer: Lorena Ramirez
Software Engineer: Travis Nguyen
Michelle Ta, Founder & Executive Director at Asian Connections Hub
10 Weeks, July - Sept 2025
Figma (Figjam, Figma Slides)
Gen AI (Claude AI, ChatGPT-5o)
Otter.ai (for providing transcripts during user interviews)
79% of people strongly agree that a clean home helps them feel their best, both mentally and physically. Yet, as lives become busier, people often fall out of their cleaning habits—with 82% of people citing school, work, or other responsibilities as the main reason—making it difficult to manage the simple tasks that contribute to a peaceful home environment. What is often seen as a minor inconvenience, like a cluttered room, is rarely recognized for the toll it takes on a person's mental health which leaves them overwhelmed.
<aside> <img src="/icons/star_blue.svg" alt="/icons/star_blue.svg" width="40px" /> 1. Adaptive Habit Building
Instead of rigid schedules, FullSweep offers personalized, bite-sized tasks that adapt to users' schedules and energy levels. The app learns from user behavior to suggest realistic cleaning actions that fit into busy lives.
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<aside> <img src="/icons/star_blue.svg" alt="/icons/star_blue.svg" width="40px" /> 2. Positive Encouragement With acknowledgement of how mental wellbeing is just as important alongside a cleaner space, FullSweep offers positive encouragement to build and maintain lasting, healthy habits, giving users a greater sense of control over their own living space.
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To truly understand the struggles our users face, we dove into online communities such as online forums and articles where we found a shared sense of frustration.
“My partner and I spent our whole Sunday deep cleaning our apartment and how clean it is now is bringing us so much joy! It's made me wonder what quick cleaning things you do every day which make the biggest difference in your home looking cleaner for longer.” - Reddit user
“Put things back in their place! I’m so messy but spend so much time cleaning.. the only thing that helps me is putting things straight away back to their place, bc if I won’t they’ll accumulate on the table/chair and then you’ll have to put more effort into cleaning”
We learned that for many, a messy space is a symptom, not the root cause. A simple, 10-15 minute daily 'tidy-up' is often enough to make their weekly cleans less stressful and even improve their mental health.
Sources: Why People Struggle to Maintain Clean Homes, Health Benefits of a Clean Home
The struggle to maintain a clean home has a deeper impact than we realize. Research showed that a cluttered environment can directly increase fatigue and stress, which affects a person's overall well-being. A clean home, on the other hand, is directly linked to mental and physical health, helping individuals feel more organized and in control. While many people understand the benefits of a tidy space, our research uncovered a clear gap between intention and action. People struggle to maintain clean homes due to a lack of systems, too much stuff, and feeling like they don't know where to start.
<aside> <img src="/icons/light-bulb_blue.svg" alt="/icons/light-bulb_blue.svg" width="40px" /> In the face of being overwhelmed by busy schedules and the mental toll of a cluttered home, students and young adults especially become trapped in a cycle where clutter creates overwhelming stress that prevents them from taking the small daily actions that could restore both their space and overall wellbeing.
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