T2T

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  T2T Mockup

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  T2T Style Guide

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  T2T User Flow

Inspiration

T2T, also known as Trash to Treasure, was inspired by NYC’s unique stooping culture and its impact on sustainability. Our goal is to streamline the process to help those looking for furniture, arts, and plants effectively search for pieces to add to their home and reduce furniture waste.

What it does

The app we created allows for users to search for furniture that others have placed on the NYC sidewalks. Based on real time community feedback, the app has quick turnaround times for sidewalk furniture. The app features aspects of gamification through collectible profile badges, encouraging users to participate in the stooping culture while at the same time allowing users to build credibility in the community

How we built it

We used Figma and everything it has to offer to create our application. After a lot of research, we developed moodboards, a style guide, and a user flow to help us map out a user’s journey.

Challenges we ran into

We had many ideas when creating the user flow. Sometimes it felt like we added on many features that are secondary when we should be focusing on the main features. At times we faced challenges with maintaining a consistent brand identity, but it helped significantly to refer to our style guide! We were challenged with creating low-to-mid-to-high fidelity prototypes, which really put to test our rapid prototyping skills.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

We started from scratch! It was really a huge but rewarding challenge. Our team was able to pull references and design practices from many existing brands to help inform our decisions. We were able to decide the most important features to work on in this short timeframe and were able to communicate effectively with each other to work out nuances within the project.

What we learned

On a technical level, we learned practices to help us make the app more accessible and user friendly. This came from communicating with each other and sharing our own design knowledge. We also learned about stooping culture and how to create solutions based on existing problems, which in this case is sustainability.

What's next for test

Dark Mode! Monetization efforts through 1) creating connections between the app and designers/studios that can help to refurbish furniture and 2) stoopers who want an item but need someone else to pick it up for them Including filters for artworks and greenery

Built With

• figma