Concept
Hostelworld is an accommodations booking app that caters to travelers internationally. It seeks to connect travelers to both hostels and potential friends by integrating a social aspect of communication. By capitalizing on creating a social interaction in new interface screens, this redesign simplifies the booking process and adds a itinerary planning mode to Hostelworld.
Defining the Problem
Current App Design and Reviews
Discovery
Information Architecture of Current App
Benchmarking
Design Exploration
User Persona
Task Flows
Paper Prototype and User Testing
Digital Style Frame Explorations
Style Tile
Final
The app redesign realigns the booking process to the priorities of the consumers and also focuses on human centered design by extended the consumer experience of Hostelworld. By including a planning mode, users can connect their hostel bookings to experiences booked through the app. When the social aspect of sharing the itinerary is added, the app becomes more than a booking site. It streamlines a world travelers's trip experience.
Mock ups from rawpixel.com on Freepik
Project Learnings
This Hostelworld redesign pushed my skills in Figma prototyping. The project utilizes the new Figma feature conditionals, which were announced in the 2023 Config conference. The conditionals were used to prototype the fully functioning calculator within the booking process.
