Room Rent
DURATION: October 2022 - November 2022
ROLE: Project Lead, Lead UX/UI designer
RESPONIBILITIES: User Research, Wireframing, Creating Mockups, Prototyping, Logo design, interface design
Project Overview
Room Rent is a simple apartment finding website that makes it easy for users to find and compare apartment listings.
Challenges
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Create an intuitive and simple to use UI that can accommodate the many functions needed.
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Create a cohesive interface for familiar and unfamiliar users.
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To make the application fun and engaging to use.
The Problem
Finding an apartment can be difficult I wanted to make an apartment finding website that was simple and intuitive to use.
The Goal
I wanted to create an easy to use apartment finding website that allows users to search using a map and a simple compreison chart table so that the user can compare placecs and sort through potential properties to find the right one.
User research Pain Points
Navigation
Many of the sites I tested had confusing navigation
Interaction
Content filters being hard to use or in difficult to find places
Experience
Apartment rental websites don't always provide an engaging browsing experience
Site map
Paper wire frames
Low fidelity
Low fidelity - Mobile
For the mobile version I wanted to keep the same consistent design to make it easy to transition
The individual ad listings have the same layout witch makes it useful as the information is inputted by the user that is listing the ad
High fidelity
High fidelity - Mobile
Takeaways
Impact
Our target user felt that the design was intuitive to navigate through, more engaging with the images and demonstrated a clear visual hierarchy.
What I've learned
I have learnt the importance of designing to different screen sizes and how small design can have a huge impact on the user experience.
I have also learned how use Adobe XD for designing and prototyping a website.
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Conduct a further usability study and focus on the potential problems.
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Design for more screen sizes including mobile and tablet.
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Improve the overall visual UI and make the prototype more interactive.