Celebrating Home

Express Appreciation for life on Earth

Celebrating Home is an app I've made that offers a unique art experience designed to promote appreciation for life on Earth and encourage reflection on the beauty and fragility of our planet.

  • April 22, 2023

  • Apple iOS, iPadOS, visionOS

  • Xcode, SwiftUI, ARKit, RealityKit, Figma, Procreate

  • • Celebrating Home does not collect any personal information from its users.

    • Users are not required to provide any information to use the app. No usage is tracked, and no data is collected.

    • This app does not collect any data from users when using any feature.

About

I strongly believe that the intersection of art, technology, and social responsibility can inspire change. Whether you're an art lover, a technology enthusiast, or an admirer of our planet— I hope my app will inspire you, and ignite your creativity. Celebrating Home has three core features:

  • Browse artworks, view in AR, add to home screen as widgets, view in StandBy.

  • Unleash your creativity with templates, create images, share your unique doodle.

  • Peel & paste stickers in Messages, add as effects during a FaceTime call.

Artworks

Browse

With Celebrating Home, you can browse through collections of nature-themed digital artworks made by me and gain insight into what inspired me to create them.

View in AR

On iPhone and iPad, you can view artworks in your space using augmented reality (AR) — bringing them to life, offering an escape into landscapes, and creating an immersive experience.

Portal

On Apple Vision Pro, you can view artworks at a life-like scale, and through a portal window. Portal window surrounds you with Spatial Audio, bringing you to the artwork's unique environment.

Widgets and Standby

You can add artworks to your iPhone, iPad home screen or Mac Desktop as widgets. You can also view artworks in StandBy when your iPhone is placed on its side while charging.

Creator

Templates

Celebrating Home includes templates in the Creator tab. Unleash your creativity by creating personalized images, download your unique doodle, share it with the world.

Fingers, Pencil, Hands

Draw with your fingers on iPhone, use the Apple Pencil on iPad, or use your hands to draw across the canvas when using Apple Vision Pro.

Stickers

Messages and FaceTime

In addition to Artworks and Creator, Celebrating Home also includes a variety of stickers designed to facilitate conversations about expressing gratitude for the planet. Peel & paste stickers on images or text bubbles in your Messages conversation or add stickers as effects during a FaceTime call.

System-wide

Your sticker drawer is in the emoji keyboard, so you can use Celebrating Home stickers anywhere you can access emoji. Use Markup to add stickers to photos, documents, screenshots, and more.

Icon Design

The icon features metallic and glass textures— inspired by the windows of a spaceship. The gradient colors behind the glass are inspired by the hues of Earth’s atmosphere. I hope this icon will invite viewers to open the app and explore Earth's beauty through its artistic experience. The design has been meticulously crafted for iPhone, iPad, and Vision Pro homescreens, as well as for its sticker app counterpart.