Lagom Kul — The app that helps you joke in Swedish

"Everyone can laugh, but not everyone can joke in the same language."

Understanding Swedish humor can be tricky for people whose first language isn't Swedish and who are new to the country. With Lagom Kul, they can generate classic Swedish jokes, get a translation, and read an explanation of the punchline.

The app works on both mobile and desktop and is designed for all ages. The project was developed as part of a collaboration between UX design students and Java developers, where we as UX designers were responsible for the idea, concept, and design. After the joint effort, we continued refining the interface in the Visual Design course.

Lagom is a very Swedish word meaning "just the right amount," and kul means "fun," so the name loosely plays on "just the right amount of fun."

Flow - Mobile

First Page

A joke in Swedish from a randomly selected category (Gothenburg jokes).

Here the user can see the available joke categories.

The user has clicked "Don't get it!" and the explanation and translation of the joke are displayed. If the user clicks "Got it!" the view closes and the previous view reappears. It's also possible to swipe or click through to a new joke using the arrow.

The user has selected the category "puns" by ticking the checkbox and confirms the selection using the "check" button.

The user has swiped to a new joke from a randomly selected category ("jokes for all ages").

Now the user only sees jokes from the puns category.

The user has clicked "Don't get it!" and the explanation and translation of the joke are displayed. Now the user wants to choose a specific joke category and clicks the striped filter button.