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Catalyst Designathon 2023

UI/UX Designathon Catalyst 2023

Forge Boston University


Catalyst is a virtual, UI/UX designation that aims to challenge participants to explore how design, innovation, and community interact. Across 3 days, my team collaborated to solve a design challenge and build a prototype of an app or a website that addresses modern-day problems. 




What is the problem the solution addresses:

When traveling, it's difficult to be connected to your surroundings and try new things because little you know/are aware of. There's a disconnect between travelers and the new places they go to, because of their lack of information. Any information is a drag to access, and that time is better off experiencing new things. Also, it's hard to know what they are even able to experience without any information, so that is the problem that we are facings.



Why did we pick this solution:

This solution is an easy way to have concise information at the palm of your hands and also allows for new experience's by sharing other's through a photo-sharing feature. With the guide feature, users are able to customize what they want to see at a glance, and dig into reviews if they wish. With our explore feature, users will be able to see pictures from other users around the are to get a gist of the scenery they could experience. If they fancy a photo and want to go there, the location is easily accessible when clicking on the photo.

    This was my first designathon where I was designing and completing the task as the team lead. It's not my best design work. But, I'm proud of myself for working through the weekend and completing a project with my team. 

    https://devpost.com/software/localpoint-app

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