Studio Booking App for Content Creators and Photographers

Design a mobile application that enables studio owners to effortlessly list their studios, providing detailed descriptions, photos, availability and add additional services. The app should also cater to content creators and photographers, allowing them to search for and book studios that meet their specific needs. The app should feature a user-friendly interface with seamless navigation, making the process of listing, searching, and booking studios and services straightforward and efficient for both studio owners and content creators.

Content creators and photographers often face challenges in securing suitable studio spaces for their projects. Current solutions lack user-friendly interfaces and often require extensive communication to confirm bookings, leading to inefficiencies and potential missed opportunities.

As a UX Designer: Understand the project requirement, set business goals with stakeholders, market research, create competitive analysis, create personas, user flows, wireframes, prototypes, collaboration with development and testing team.

As a UI Designer: Define typography hierarchy, create re-usable UI components in Figma for consistency, create mock-ups, gather feedback from testing and development team, create deliverables from final UI design.

Arrange a session with stakeholder to understand specific requirement as per the business perspective. Discussed project brief and basic ideas.

Content Creators & Photographers: Videographers, social media influencers, and digital artists looking for versatile studio settings. Professional and amateur photographers seeking studio spaces for photo shoots.

Studio Owners: Studio owners to effortlessly list their studios, providing detailed descriptions, photos, availability and add additional services.

Simplify Booking Process: Create an intuitive and streamlined booking flow.

Enhance User Experience: Provide a seamless experience from searching for studios to confirming bookings. Increase Efficiency: Reduce the time and effort required to book studio spaces.

Build Trust: Establish a platform that fosters trust and reliability between studios and users

Reviewed existing booking platforms and studio rental services to identify strengths and weaknesses. Found opportunities to improve user interface design, booking transparency, and customer support.

Reviewed similar booking platforms like BookMyStudio – Studio Rentals, BookMyStudio – Partner and Book My Warehouse, also reviewed similar functionality apps like Badi – Rooms & Flats, Roomster and SpareRoom. Reviewed user flows, booking process, features, payment process and additional services.

BookMyStudio: Wide variety of spaces, detailed listings, but overwhelming interface and limited additional services.

Book My Warehouse: Unique spaces and good search functionality but limited in certain regions and complex booking process.

SpareRoom: Comprehensive listings and good customer service, but expensive and not user-friendly.

Login & sign-up flow, List studio flow and Booking flow planned in FigJam to understand overall flow of the booking app.

According to information architecture and user flows started creating wireframes to test flows.

Started with creating re-usable components in Figma. Set typography, collect all appropriate icons, set icons in respective size, set icons for categories and footer.

Prototype Development: Created interactive prototypes using user-centered design principles, focusing on usability and visual appeal.

Usability Testing: Conducted usability tests with target users to gather feedback on prototype navigation, booking flow, and overall user experience. Iteratively refined design based on user insights.

- Simplified the booking process by reducing steps. - Enhanced the search filter options for better usability. - Improved the visibility of additional services in studio listings.

The Booking app successfully bridges the gap between studio owners and content creators by providing a seamless, user-friendly platform for listing and booking studios. The app’s intuitive design, comprehensive features, and efficient usability make it a valuable tool for both parties, ultimately fostering a thriving creative community.