The obvious map stack wasn’t the right one. While building a property marketplace for East Africa,

The obvious map stack wasn’t the right one. While building a property marketplace for East Africa,The obvious map stack wasn’t the right one. While building a property marketplace for East Africa,

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Abdul Moiz

• Jul 6

The obvious map stack wasn’t the right one.

While building a property marketplace for East Africa, we needed a map experience that looked polished and worked reliably across local neighborhoods.

Google Maps was too expensive early on. Mapbox looked great, but search coverage in key areas wasn’t strong enough. OpenStreetMap had better regional coverage, but not the product experience we wanted.

So instead of choosing one, we combined both:

Mapbox GL for the visual layer OpenStreetMap for geocoding and search

The result: better coverage, better UX, and lower cost.

Sometimes the best product decisions come from not accepting the first “obvious” solution.

Mapbox proptech realestate

Lucie Bajgart

pro

• 9h

after presenting more brand directions than I can count, one thing I’ve learned: I never jump straight into showing the visuals.

first I want to establish what we're actually trying to solve.

what we heard from the client. what they want to be known for. where they sit in the market. what needs to feel different.

then the big idea, and how it translates into type, colour, imagery and graphic elements.

only then the designs.

context changes how you judge the work.

Waxy Web

• 21h

Property App

A mobile real-estate product concept designed to make property discovery and search easier to navigate.

The experience focuses on clear property cards, structured listing information, intuitive search and a straightforward path from discovery to property details.

The goal was to reduce the friction that often comes with browsing large property inventories.

Design focus: • Real Estate App Design • Property Search UX • Property Listings • Mobile UI/UX • Information Architecture • Product Design

aidesign mobileappdesign propertyapp AI Engineer UI Design UX Design ChatGPT Claude Higgsfield AI

Muhammad Ratul

• 21h

Love it

Nick Rudnyk

pro

• 1d

Which design feels more professional and trustworthy for a B2B company?

A recent website redesign for Ecoaera, a UK-based IT asset disposal company. We transformed their existing site into a modern B2B website with improved UX, stronger service pages, and SEO + AI optimisation.