Bloom

Helping endangered minority languages stay alive

Type

UX/UI Design & Brand Design

Client

self-initiated, looking for partners 

Published

August 2019

Collaboration

Cira Steiper, Gaëlle Cimen

Credits

Photography by Yvonne Most

Bloom is an app that helps you learn Sorbian in a playful way. A minority language in Germany that is threatened with extinction. The visual identity strongly quotes colours and shapes from the sorbian culture yet interpretes these in a contemporary way. On this basis we created a custome made typeface and illustrations inspired by the world of sorbian legends. 

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Bloom

Helping endangered minority languages stay alive

Type

UX/UI Design & Brand Design

Client

self-initiated, looking for partners 

Published

August 2019

Collaboration

Cira Steiper, Gaëlle Cimen

Credits

Photography by Yvonne Most

Bloom is an app that helps you learn Sorbian in a playful way. A minority language in Germany that is threatened with extinction. The visual identity strongly quotes colours and shapes from the sorbian culture yet interpretes these in a contemporary way. On this basis we created a custome made typeface and illustrations inspired by the world of sorbian legends. 

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Translator

an instant translator that allows to save vocabulary and helps getting the pronounciation right

Learning chat

The app teaches the sorbian language through conversation. Other than common language learning apps Bloom offers a chatbot that teaches you how to write, speak and comprehend by chatting – just like you would with a friend.

Face filter

We created a face filter that quotes traditional sorbian shapes and patterns to share on social media.

Stories

To learn more about the sorbian culture the app offers a videocast that documents traditios, recipes, history and much more of the Sorbs.