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Inspinia Technology · Mobile app · iOS & Android · 2024–2026

SkyThings Mobile app

The app people use to run their smart homes and buildings: lighting, climate, curtains and shutters, scenarios, cameras and security. I redesigned it from the ground up, from the first audit to the screens engineering shipped.

IoT Breakthrough Awards logo IoT Breakthrough Awards 2026 IoT Enterprise App Development Platform of the Year Enterprise IoT category · see the winners
Role
Product designer, UX and UI
Platform
iOS & Android
Scope
Research, UX, UI, icons, motion, build reviews
Industry
Smart home, IoT, building automation

Where it started

When I joined, SkyThings worked, but it looked and felt like every other app in the category. Even the biggest competitors shipped interfaces that were functional but dated, technically heavy and emotionally flat. The brief I set myself: make running a building feel modern, visual and simple.

The problem

The issue was bigger than one app. Smart home interfaces were built around technical functions instead of people. Controls were static and hard to read at a glance, and a light, a thermostat or a shutter never felt connected to what it actually did in the room.

Design direction

A light is a bulb whose filament warms as you slide. A thermostat is a dial from cool to warm. A shutter fills the screen with daylight as it opens. Each device card carries its live state on its face, so a room reads at a glance.

Outcome

The redesigned SkyThings is live on iOS and Android. In 2026 the platform won the IoT Breakthrough Award for IoT Enterprise App Development Platform of the Year.