Atoms
2023
Service Design, UI UX Design, App Prototyping, Branding,
Atoms is a platform to foster college students to form teams for collaborative projects
and enhance their networking opportunities.
Team
Joy Ham
Leo Baek
Sunjoo Park
Jenny Park
Date
June 2023
Duration
3 Months
Tools
Figma
Adobe Illustrator
Adobe Photoshop
Google Forms
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Design Challenge
Problem 1
Lack of incentive to actively participate within in a group
Problem 2
Difficulty of making connections with users outside of their community
Problem 3
Struggles of finding group projects to join
How can we design a platform that
effectively connects college students, enabling them to form collaborative project teams and expand their networking opportunities?
Design Solutions
Project Management
Explore, manage, and pitch projects as a way of reaching out to users that share similar interests and to create an opportunity to make connections and work collaboratively together.
Communication
Internal chat function to communicate with group members regarding project schedule, updates, and
to-dos.
Bond
A way of maximizing their networking opportunities by forming connections with users outside of your community.
Competitive Analysis
Platforms based on Building Communities
Weak privacy protection
Categorization by topic
Meetup
FB Groups
Eventbrite
Personalized feed through recommendations
Lack of sub-groups
Low UI Quality
Single-use event
Vingle
Mighty Networks
Primary Research
Outreach
Pain Points
Trust + Reliability
Communication
Information Architecture
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User Journey
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Interface Design
Final Design
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Home
Users are greeted with a customizable dashboard that provides an overview of their projects, tasks, and deadlines.
Users can create, manage,
and collaborate on multiple projects.
Each project has a dedicated page with details, including project description, deadlines,
team members, and progress tracking.
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Users can create tasks, assign them to team members, set due dates, and prioritize them.
A calendar view allows users to schedule meetings, set reminders, and due dates.
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Users can review their current recruiting postings as well as continue to edit drafts.
Once the recruiting post is uploaded, users can see the updates on applicants and their profiles.
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Explore
Users can search and filter project listings based on location, industry, project type, and keywords.
Users can save favorite project listings for later or apply directly.
Powerful search feature allows users to quickly find projects, tasks, documents, or team members.
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Chat
Users are greeted with a customizable dashboard that provides an overview of their projects, tasks, and deadlines.
Users can create, manage,
and collaborate on multiple projects.
Each project has a dedicated page with details, including project description, deadlines,
team members, and progress tracking.
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Profile
Users are greeted with a customizable dashboard that provides an overview of their projects, tasks, and deadlines.
Users can create, manage,
and collaborate on multiple projects.
Each project has a dedicated page with details, including project description, deadlines,
team members, and progress tracking.
