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3RDSPACE - A Friend Finder Application

3RDSPACE's development was started in a class's group project, where myself and 3 others collaborated to create the ultimate event finder and local community builder app via Figma. By studying UI/UX principles, we designed the interface to be welcoming, easily navigable, and visually appealing. 3RDSPACE utilizes a map feature where you can visually see where events are located near you.


My role in this project was that of a director, making sure that we were staying on track and sticking with our moodboard and information architecture. I designed the Discover, Community, and Maps pages, as well as prototyped a majority of the app. The poster (shown below) promoting our app is also one I designed.


You can view the prototype here.


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A colorful moodboard for the app third space Moodboard
A mockup of third space's discover page Mockup / Home Page
A screenshot of all of the different frames and components that went into third space's development Complete showcase of prototyped frames
A promotional poster for third space, showing the various main screens of the app. Promo Poster

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