Late-Night Navigation App Design by Suraj KaleLate-Night Navigation App Design by Suraj Kale

Late-Night Navigation App Design

Suraj Kale

Suraj Kale

Context

This project won 3rd place in the UI challenge by Marina Budarina. This was not just another challenge, there was a prize pool of $300 for the top 3 winners.

Challenge brief

Design a late-night navigation app for tipsy users to get home safely. The app should be fun, modern, easy to use, and focused on safety.
📌 Task: Design 2 key screens:
Home screen
Your option (think which screen is most important)

My process

Understand the challenge → Brainstorm ideas → Prepare flow → Final Design after multiple iterations

Brainstorming ideas

Final flow after Iterations

Design Tokens/System

My goal for the design

while working on the design system, i made it so every important text is bold, all options are recognisable and distinguishable by colour, not just text. I used Apple's Design tokens and components In this project.

Iterations and the Final Designs

From early wireframes,  V1 design to Final design.
From early wireframes, V1 design to Final design.
Final Design, screens
Final Design, screens
Modals
Modals

Try out the prototype -

Thanks a lot for reading, this project was a great opportunity to learn, winning 3rd place was unexpected, I actually did not anticipate winning at all so for a few days I did not even know that I had placed 3rd!
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Posted Jan 27, 2026

Designed a late-night navigation app for tipsy users, winning 3rd place in a UI challenge.