PostUp
Post Up was a design sprint project that I worked on during my UX course at Springboard. This means that I was given all the primary and secondary research and had a week to ideate, sketch, design, and test an interesting application. This application focused on solving the issue of working remotely and not being able to find a place to work as soon as you need with all the amenities you are looking for.
The Problem
PostUp is a new startup that wants to help remote workers find great places to work from whenever they need. When remote workers find themselves in a new city, in-between meetings, or wanting a new place to work from, it can be time consuming to sit and search for everything they are looking for. These remote workers want to know what the space looks like before they go, when it is most crowded, where it is according to their location and to be able to look up reviews about amenities the place has. But what remote workers don’t want is to do deep searches for everything they are looking for while they are on the clock. PostUp is the solution that can get all this information quickly and efficiently so that remote workers can get to work fast.
The Idea
While quickly mapping features out, I was trying to think of ways a user could input all the specifics of what they were looking for that day to work from and then the application could give suggestions based on their preferences.
Sketching
Since this was a design sprint, I focused on the Crazy 8s method to sketch out my ideas. I focused on what the user would see when trying to input the information they wanted out of place to work.
Storyboarding
I started storyboarding trying to keep in mind that the user needs to easily give their requirements so that the process doesn’t take long. Therefore, I storyboarded promotional places and popular suggestions that could save a user some time as well. This application could also utilize other applications information, such as Google Maps and Yelp, that would be incorporated into the design.
The Result
After testing my app design with 5 different participants, I rather that people wanted to see more promoted places with giveaways they could get from using this app. Participants also mentioned the blue color scheme reminded them of iMessaging and would have rather green or earthtones to remind them of coffee.
