Wearables · Fitness
Montblanc
A personalized running coach for Wear OS, from a house known for craft.
How do you coach a runner from a screen the size of a coin, in a way that feels like Montblanc?
Live coaching, assessing fitness level, and the result.
From ambiguity to product
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Ambiguity
A luxury brand, a wearable platform and a fitness category that mostly speaks in numbers. What should a coach from Montblanc actually feel like?
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Opportunity
Coaching that is personal and calm rather than a wall of metrics, designed for glances, not sessions.
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Concept
A coaching model built around a small number of moments in a run: before, during, after.
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Prototype
Interaction prototypes on wrist-sized canvases to test pacing, haptics and glanceability.
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Product
A personalized running coach for the Wear OS ecosystem.
Overview
A coach, not a dashboard.
Montblanc set out to bring a personalized running coach to the Wear OS ecosystem. The design challenge was translating a heritage of craft into a small, fast, glanceable product.
The watch in context.
Flow map for the coaching experience.