Case study · Client name withheld

Hindu Culture Flashcards App for Children

Illustrated flashcards that introduce children to Hindu deities and their stories

The client wanted a modern, engaging way to introduce children to Hindu culture and its deities. Our team developed the iPhone app: illustrated flashcards grouped into decks, which children browse and flip to learn the story behind each figure.

Recreated screens of the flashcard app: the Select Gods carousel with the illustrated Ganesh card, or the front of the Lakshmi card with a pink lotus, gold coins and an oil lamp, beside an enlarged Lakshmi card or the main-menu buttons Calendar, Flash cards, Books and Shop
Screens recreated from the delivered app with neutral naming and simple original illustrations.
Client
Children's education
Platforms
iOS
Our scope
Mobile app development

The product

What it does, and for whom

The aim was to move beyond traditional learning methods with bright, friendly visuals and interaction that children enjoy, in a way that is inclusive and respectful of different backgrounds. From the main menu, children open the flash cards, pick a deck, swipe through its cards and flip any card to read about it.

Scope The illustrations, card texts and the wider content of the app are the client's. Our work was the mobile app. To keep the client confidential, the screens on this page are recreated from the delivered app with neutral naming, and the client's artwork is replaced with simple original illustrations.

Our contribution

What our team built

  1. Mobile app development

    The iPhone app: the main menu, the flash-card decks, the card carousel and the two-sided cards that flip to show each figure's description.

User flow

Learning with a deck

The four screens below, in the order a user meets them.

Recreated screens of the app in order, left to right: choose a deck; swipe through; see the front; flip it
Screens recreated from the delivered app, in the order of the steps below. Numbered markers match the steps below.
  1. Choose a deck

    Decks by theme.

  2. Swipe through

    Cards in a carousel.

  3. See the front

    An illustrated card.

  4. Flip it

    A description on the back.

The product in use

Inside the app

  1. Menu and decks

    The main menu has buttons for a calendar, the flash cards, books and a shop. The flash cards are grouped into illustrated decks — gods, goddesses, animals and demons — with one more deck that holds all the cards.

    Two recreated screens on a cream background with a faint mandala pattern: the main menu headed Culture cards, Learn, play and explore, with a picture of a lotus and gold buttons for Calendar, Flash cards, Books and Shop; and the Flash cards grid with illustrated decks for Gods, Goddesses, Animals and Demons (a green theatre mask) and a wide All cards deck
    The main menu and the flash-card decks. Close-ups on phones: tap any image for the full screen.
  2. Swiping through a deck

    Inside a deck the cards sit in a carousel: the current card large in the centre, the next ones waiting at the sides. A sound button and a back button sit below the cards.

    Recreated Select Gods screen: a card carousel with an illustrated card of elephant-headed Ganesh, seated on a lotus in a green dhoti with one hand raised in blessing, in the centre, the edges of neighbouring cards on both sides, page dots, and round gold sound and back buttons at the bottom
    A deck as a card carousel. Close-ups on phones: tap any image for the full screen.
  3. Flip to learn

    Each card has two sides. The front shows the illustration and name; swiping flips it to the back, which explains who the figure is, when families pray to them and the words they say.

    Two recreated screens of the Lakshmi card: the front with a pink lotus on water, falling gold coins and an oil lamp, labelled Lakshmi, with Swipe to flip below; and the navy back with ornamental borders, a small picture of the front and a short text about Lakshmi, Diwali and the words Om Shreem Mahalakshmyai Namah
    The front and back of a card. Close-ups on phones: tap any image for the full screen.

About these images: the screens are recreated from the delivered app for this case study, with neutral naming in place of the client's brand and simple original illustrations in place of the client's artwork. They follow the app's real screens and functions, but they are not screenshots of it.

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