College Roomify Concept

2019 Autumn Semester - Design Media 1: Professor Yvette Shen

Design Media 1 introduced a new way of design thinking with user experience. How can we, as designers, become problem solvers? Students were told to identify a problem and arrive at a solution in the form of an app.

In doing some background research on college related issues, I came across the lack of organized and efficient resources for roommate finding. I designed College Roomify to become the solution to the never-ending facebook scroll in search for a roommate. College Roomify allows students to filter their interests and personality so that they can accurately and efficiently search for roommates that share common interests. The app also promotes class familiarity to get a better sense of potential friendships throughout the four years on campus.

I explored the key user experience tactics such as journey mapping, user personas, competitor research, and aesthetics.