Building stronger communities with service-based trade.
Before the convenience of ordering services with a press of a button, communities relied on neighborly kindness and shared resources. COMMON, an innovative mobile app, combines modern technology with these traditional values, fostering stronger community bonds. By using a point-based system, COMMON allows users to exchange services and skills, creating a more connected, supportive community and preventing the isolation often caused by capitalism.
Overview: UX, UI, Design Research, Product Design
Collaborators: Ashton Bennett, Veronica Jones
Tools used: Figma, Illustrator, Photoshop
Project goal: to create a platform that brings community connection via free trade services.
Low-Fidelity Screens
Unique selling point
Most service apps focus on hiring someone for a fee, without reciprocity. COMMON stands out by prioritizing community connection, fostering exchanges that build relationships rather than relying solely on monetary transactions. Its primary goal is to encourage community support and mutual aid, moving away from a purely capitalist approach and towards a system that relies on neighbors helping neighbors.
Color Palette and Typography
Overview
COMMON is a mobile application designed to foster stronger community bonds by facilitating the exchange of services among credible community members. The platform operates on a point-based system, allowing users to trade services and skills with one another, ultimately creating a more interconnected and supportive community.
On Boarding
According to our user research, creating an account needed to be a key feature of the platform due to mistrust and uncerntanty. When logging in you are asked to verify yourself and your credentials, along with your background.
Users that break the terms and conditions of the app will be fined, and the points will still be rewarded to the other user.
Homepage / Users feed
Once creating an account, the user is brought to the homepage that shows a calander of their upcoming trades and a feed of current trades in their community.
Finding a service
After the user scrolls through their feed they can click the search icon in the menu bar to request a service they are looking for.
Requesting a service
After the user finds the person they would like to trade points for a service, they can look through their profile and send them a request. They later can go back and cancel the request via the messaging tab.
Recieving a request
When the user recieves a request, a notification bubble will appear on their messaging tab. When the messaging tab is opened they can see who the request is from and look through their profile. The user can either accept the request or deny it.
In the future...
With additional time and resources, COMMON could integrate with users' social media to showcase their businesses and skills, expanding the app’s marketing reach and enhancing visibility for users' expertise.
