Independent project / App & website
PresentSphere
A family gift-planning app for the things people mention in passing.
Joey designed and built the app and its public website. See how Maya’s love of pottery becomes a private plan for a birthday afternoon together.
Inside the app
A pottery afternoon for Maya.
Maya likes making things by hand. A birthday reminder gives her family a reason to act on that detail.
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See the birthday coming.
Maya’s birthday is ten days away. The home screen brings her interests back into view while there’s still time to make plans.
The image is unavailable. Maya’s upcoming birthday on the PresentSphere home screen, with her interests in pottery and woodland walks.
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Pick up on a hint.
Maya likes pottery and making things by hand. Her family can start a gift plan right from her profile.
The image is unavailable. Maya’s profile shows her birthday, interests and gift preferences above the Plan a gift button.
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Make it a surprise.
A pottery class means an afternoon together. The plan keeps the idea, the reason behind it and its status in one place.
The image is unavailable. A pottery afternoon for Maya, marked Private to you, with the reason for the gift and its status set to Considering.
Browser app screens with fictional family details, captured October 30, 2026.
Designing for a family
Share her interests. Keep the gift private.
A family can share Maya’s profile with the circles they choose. That lets relatives see she loves pottery without giving away the birthday plan.
Relatives who accept an invitation to help can see the shared plan. The recipient is excluded, and the creator’s private notes stay theirs.
The public website
A first look inside the app.
Joey built the website around the same birthday story. The opening pairs a real app screen with two illustrated pottery cups, introducing the gift before visitors follow the walkthrough.
Visit PresentSphere
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