UI/UX · Service design · Connected products
Cozeep
A small request on one screen becomes somebody else’s next task.
- When
- Winter term 2023–24
- Project stage
- Service and interface concept with a connected-product proposal
- Context
- Smart Tools · Product Design and Internet der Dinge · HfG Schwäbisch Gmünd

Give guests a clear request path
Cozeep extends an existing hotel-app experience with room requests and cleaning information. Guests can ask for items such as towels or bedding, choose the next cleaning time and add special wishes. A service record shows when the room was last cleaned. The concept brings these actions together so that requesting help and understanding the room’s service status happen in one place.

Turn requests into a workable queue
The staff view addresses the other side of the exchange. Incoming, queued and completed requests are separated so that a new notification does not disappear among finished tasks. Opening a request reveals its room, time and required action. Staff can then handle it immediately or move it into the queue. The guest-facing convenience is therefore paired with an explicit workflow for the people doing the work.

Connect a physical signal
The wider concept includes a mattress encasing made with conductive fabric. It proposes detecting dampness and notifying cleaning staff through the same app. This makes the sensor part of the service workflow: a signal needs a room, context and an action before it becomes useful. The render illustrates the connected-product proposal; the interface explores how that notification could be handled.

What I take from it
The key design question is the handover between a guest’s intention, a notification and a staff task.
The people behind it
Team
Yannik Braxmier · Jakob Finkenzeller · Celina Steinfeld
Supervisors
Luca Stetter · Susanne Schade