In 2017 I redesigned the notification system for Pinterest. As lead designer I drew on insights from our user research team to create a holistic system that prioritized the most timely, engaging notifications for our users. Partnering closely with engineering, I delivered a specced system that could be used for all current notifications and provide a foundation for the future.
To begin we paired all notifications back to the atomic level of actor and content to create the fundamental block of the system.
Combining the atoms, we created example feeds to check for harmony and flow to ensure our users could quickly scan and retrieve what was most important to them.