Case study
Mobile application for Men. Salon time slot booking
Project overview:
Create a mobile app for Salon especially Men, Personal care and hygiene are essential components of our day-to-day life. But visiting the salon could be time-consuming, especially for teenagers and working professionals who are already busy in their daily schedule and hardly have time to check out salons that would suit their variety of needs. Even if they visit salons to avail styling services at par with market trends, they usually need to wait for long hours!
My role
UX/UI Design, UX Researcher, Prototyping, Usability Testing
Duration
80 hrs
Tools
XD, Figma, Low Fidelity design, High Fidelity Design, Prototyping, Usability, Adobe Photoshop
To help customers to check salon in their areas and booking slot availability, hassle-free services,
Simple and attractive user interface
Research
Before starting the design, I decided to work on the people’s requirements about their personal care and hygiene. I have researched on other mobile applications and understood salon booking experience.
Research stages:
- Identify other salon related applications
- Identify the users journey from finding a bike to completing a
purchase by successful competitors.
- I have created a list of personas (travelers).
Travelers:
1. Working professionals
2. Retired people
3. Teenager (college going students)
- Basic needs:
1. Salon information nearby areas
2. Available slots before visit
3. Payment options
Research methods:
- Review and search for the salon related information on the internet
- Competitors analysis
Ideate
WHO
UX/UI Design, UX Researcher, Prototyping, Usability Testing
WHAT
UX/UI Design, UX Researcher, Prototyping, Usability Testing
WHEN
UX/UI Design, UX Researcher, Prototyping, Usability Testing
HOW
UX/UI Design, UX Researcher, Prototyping, Usability Testing
Based on my research and I created Vikram as my User Persona. It helped me understand targeted audience's motivations, frustrations, need, and goals during the completion of the task.
Design
I worked on some sketches and then created the Low-fidelity wireframes (few screens for presentaion) based on conducted research to see how the information would be laid out on each screen. I used my combined research findings and persona to guide my design, ensuring the business needs were met before moving into the next phase of the process.
