Bookify App
Bookify Case Study
Introduction:
Project Brief:
Bookify is an app where students and learners in high school can order to borrow textbooks for school for their assignments. It can also allow students to renew, borrow a book from the library and it will be delivered.
Project Timeline: 4 months
Role: UX Designer, UI Visual Designer
Problem Statement:
Users complained about not having time to renew their books in time and having little to no textbooks for their assignments.
Background
Hypothesis:
Users will be able to easily find textbooks, novels for their assignments and projects. Users will be able to renew , and borrow books.
The Why:
The reason why this app is needed is because of the rising challenges of little to no textbooks and less library reads because of unwavering circumstances.
Business Opportunities:
Bookify App will help society to focus on growing their knowledge in reading and completing tasks.
Research:
User Personas:
Thandie is a 20 year old typical university student studying from home who has many assignments and needs reference books to complete her studies. Constantly borrowing from the library is costly for her as she needs to travel.
Clyde is a typical preschooler and often takes books from the library accompanied by his mother. But it is not always possible since he is young and can’t walk to the library. His mother does not always have the time to get the library books he needs. The app will help to borrow, and renew books or to even book books.
Margaret is a busy working mum and does not have time to renew, borrow necessary books at the library for her 7 year old son and 98 year old mother. She needs an app where it will be convenient to function.
Research:
Survey Results:
Name: Samkele Mseleku
I surveyed 1 person who is actively reading and growing their knowledge
A students and get assignments to do regularly
-has to refer to other textbooks or articles
-often reads on Medium
I asked questions about
-Their reading experiences
-Their reading habits
Insight
Main Learning
-Students do not often go to the library
-Retired/old-aged people would love to read more but don’t have the necessary resources to do so
-most people prefer to buy books online -all sorts olden to modern educational
-most people don’t have time to borrow and renew books online
Quotes:
‘’Sometimes you need books to get through the day’’
‘Good recommendation for daily use is key to a good life’’
Competitive Audit:
Provisions is the direct competitor for Bookify because of their exclusive and on-point stationery and books for students.
Exclusive Books is the indirect competitor of Bookify because of its informative website and limited resources for learners and students but a wide opinion for retired and elderly parents,
Concept;
Paper Wireframes
Wireframes
Sketches
Storyboarding
Design
-key moments
First time user experience
Next billion users
Enable push notifications
Add to cart feature
Book book feature
Borrow book feature
Library option
-save books option
-delete books option
-replace book option
Visual System
-illustrations & icons
-Font selection
-blobs
-mockups
Illustrations:
Human illustrations
Book and nerdy illustrations
Humaaans for figma
Iconscout illustrations
Freepik illustrations
Icons:
Iconify
Iconscout Illustrations
Fonts:
INSPIRING fonts
Clean fonts
Colors:
Dark orange
Black
Navy blue
Key learnings
-I have learnt that not many people read because of the lack of resources
-I have learnt that not many people go to the library, needed motivation to be able to go
Summary
Deliverables: I visually designed and prototyped a book app and added a find your library feature for users to renew their books online.
Values:
Knowledge; The app will equip students and learners with great knowledge for learners
Resources; Learners and students will find reliable textbooks and books for their next big assignments
Future Roadmap
I would want to find out how many books have been read since the launch of the app
I would want to find out what is the pass rate since the launch of the app and added features to enhance the learners and students productivity
I would need to add features like simple call to actions so the buyers can phone the sellers to book books in advance
Thank You!