Peterdesigns
Peterdesigns
Peterdesigns
Somnia
Somnia
Somnia
An efficient way to
An efficient way to
An efficient way to
Track your
Track your
Track your
sleep &
sleep &
sleep &
Improve your nights.
Improve your nights.
Improve your nights.
Dec, 2025
Dec, 2025
Dec, 2025
Wellness
Wellness
Wellness
Mobile App
Mobile App
Mobile App
// overview
THE BRAND
Somnia is a sleep and wellness app built specifically for the Nigerian market. While global platforms like Pillow and Sleepiest have made sleep tracking mainstream in the West, the Nigerian wellness space has largely been ignored. Somnia changes that by bringing scientifically backed sleep tracking, stage monitoring, and soothing soundscapes into one app designed for users who want to understand and improve the quality of their rest.
Sleep is not just rest. It is recovery, mental health, and daily performance. Somnia makes that easy to see and easy to improve.
// overview
THE BRAND
Somnia is a sleep and wellness app built specifically for the Nigerian market. While global platforms like Pillow and Sleepiest have made sleep tracking mainstream in the West, the Nigerian wellness space has largely been ignored. Somnia changes that by bringing scientifically backed sleep tracking, stage monitoring, and soothing soundscapes into one app designed for users who want to understand and improve the quality of their rest.
Sleep is not just rest. It is recovery, mental health, and daily performance. Somnia makes that easy to see and easy to improve.
// Problem
THE CHALLENGE
Sleep health is widely undervalued in Nigeria. Most people have no visibility into the quality of their sleep, they just know they wake up tired. Existing global sleep apps don't speak to a Nigerian audience, and the wellness app market locally has barely scratched the surface of sleep as a category.
// Problem
THE CHALLENGE
Sleep health is widely undervalued in Nigeria. Most people have no visibility into the quality of their sleep, they just know they wake up tired. Existing global sleep apps don't speak to a Nigerian audience, and the wellness app market locally has barely scratched the surface of sleep as a category.
// Target
BUSINESS GOALS & OBJECTIVES
Somnia's goal is to make sleep health accessible, understandable, and genuinely useful for Nigerian users. Not a direct copy of Western platforms, but a product with its own identity that speaks to its audience.The core goals were to:
Help users track and monitor their nightly sleep activity with clear, readable data
Surface the different stages of sleep: REM, light sleep, and deep sleep, in a way that's easy to understand
Create a soothing in-app audio experience to help users fall and stay asleep
Build a wellness-first product that feels warm, calming, and trustworthy from the first screen
// Target
BUSINESS GOALS & OBJECTIVES
Somnia's goal is to make sleep health accessible, understandable, and genuinely useful for Nigerian users. Not a direct copy of Western platforms, but a product with its own identity that speaks to its audience.The core goals were to:
Help users track and monitor their nightly sleep activity with clear, readable data
Surface the different stages of sleep: REM, light sleep, and deep sleep, in a way that's easy to understand
Create a soothing in-app audio experience to help users fall and stay asleep
Build a wellness-first product that feels warm, calming, and trustworthy from the first screen
// Approach
HMWs / SOLUTIONS
The solution was to design an experience that leads with simplicity and calm. The onboarding doesn't overwhelm, it eases users in. The sleep dashboard makes data feel approachable rather than clinical, with visual breakdowns of sleep stages that are easy to read at a glance. The soundscapes library gives users a way to wind down without needing a separate app. Every design decision was made with one question in mind: would someone picking up a sleep app for the first time understand this immediately
// Approach
HMWs / SOLUTIONS
The solution was to design an experience that leads with simplicity and calm. The onboarding doesn't overwhelm, it eases users in. The sleep dashboard makes data feel approachable rather than clinical, with visual breakdowns of sleep stages that are easy to read at a glance. The soundscapes library gives users a way to wind down without needing a separate app. Every design decision was made with one question in mind: would someone picking up a sleep app for the first time understand this immediately
// Execution
DESIGN REQUIREMENTS
Sleep session tracking with automatic or manual start and stop
Sleep stage visualisation showing time spent in REM, light sleep, and deep sleep
Sleep quality score and nightly summary after each session
Sleep history and trends over weekly and monthly views
Soundscapes library with ambient sounds and sleep aid audio
Smart alarm set to wake users at the lightest sleep stage
Notifications and sleep reminders for building consistent habits
// Execution
DESIGN REQUIREMENTS
Sleep session tracking with automatic or manual start and stop
Sleep stage visualisation showing time spent in REM, light sleep, and deep sleep
Sleep quality score and nightly summary after each session
Sleep history and trends over weekly and monthly views
Soundscapes library with ambient sounds and sleep aid audio
Smart alarm set to wake users at the lightest sleep stage
Notifications and sleep reminders for building consistent habits
// Blockers
DESIGN CONSTRAINTS
Designing for a first-time wellness app audience meant avoiding the data-heavy interfaces common in global competitors
The Nigerian market context required a tone and visual language that felt locally relevant, not just a reskin of an existing Western product
Sleep tracking accuracy at a deeper level typically requires hardware like a smartwatch, the design had to account for users who may only have a smartphone
As a personal project, scope had to be realistic and focused on delivering a polished core experience rather than a feature-complete product
// Blockers
DESIGN CONSTRAINTS
Designing for a first-time wellness app audience meant avoiding the data-heavy interfaces common in global competitors
The Nigerian market context required a tone and visual language that felt locally relevant, not just a reskin of an existing Western product
Sleep tracking accuracy at a deeper level typically requires hardware like a smartwatch, the design had to account for users who may only have a smartphone
As a personal project, scope had to be realistic and focused on delivering a polished core experience rather than a feature-complete product
High fidelity user
Interface Design
High-fidelity user interface design
High fidelity user
Interface Design
// DEsign output
// Results
DESIGN OUTCOME
The spec project established Somnia as a compelling and well-considered entry point for sleep wellness in the Nigerian market:
A calm, approachable sleep tracking experience that made complex sleep data; REM cycles, light sleep, deep sleep, feel readable and actionable for users who had never used a wellness app before.
A design language built specifically for a Nigerian audience, moving away from the clinical, data-heavy aesthetic of global competitors toward something warmer, more personal, and locally relevant.
// Results
DESIGN OUTCOME
The spec project established Somnia as a compelling and well-considered entry point for sleep wellness in the Nigerian market:
A calm, approachable sleep tracking experience that made complex sleep data; REM cycles, light sleep, deep sleep, feel readable and actionable for users who had never used a wellness app before.
A design language built specifically for a Nigerian audience, moving away from the clinical, data-heavy aesthetic of global competitors toward something warmer, more personal, and locally relevant.
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2026ⓒ
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