Homies | Ai Home Finder Agent

Product Design | Ai

Feb-March 2024 (6 Weeks)

Feb-March 2024 (6 Weeks)

Feb-March 2024 (6 Weeks)

Brief

A home is personal, and so is every step to finding a home. That is why your agent should be your homie, someone you can ask and share your thoughts, belongings, and wishes with. An agent that simplifies the search process and curates options specific to you.

Role

UX Research

UX & UI Design

Prototyping

UX Research , UX & UI Design, Rebrand, Prototyping

Team

Catherine Huynh

Winghi Li

Chloe Chen

Catherine Huynh, Cindy Te, Irina Nelecpcu, Amy Cai

Design Process

Secondary research | autoethnography | primary research

Online marketplaces and building platforms often presented overwhelming amounts of information, disorganized layouts, and limited product details. Users faced poor match recommendations, while images were often inaccurate or difficult to scale for proper comparison.

Zillow

Apartment Finder

Virtual Tours

We interviewed young adults searching for housing for the first time to better understand their frustrations, needs, and decision-making criteria. To deepen our insights, we also booked and attended an apartment tour ourselves, allowing us to experience the process firsthand and identify pain points our solution could address.

Design Solutions

Key Insights

  1. It is difficult to find & coordinate availabilities and information with many different home options
  1. Hunters do not know how to put into words exactly what they want until they have seen it. They have an idea by describing and images
  1. Not sure where to start for people living alone for the first time
  1. Gathering information from multiple platforms is frustrating and overwhelming to do alone
  1. Hunters do not know how to put into words exactly what they want until they have seen it. They have an idea by describing and images
  1. Not sure where to start for people living alone for the first time

Design Solutions

Key Insights

  1. It is difficult to find & coordinate availabilities and information with many different home options
  1. Hunters do not know how to put into words exactly what they want until they have seen it. They have an idea by describing and images
  1. Not sure where to start for people living alone for the first time
  1. Gathering information from multiple platforms is frustrating and overwhelming to do alone
  1. Hunters do not know how to put into words exactly what they want until they have seen it. They have an idea by describing and images
  1. Not sure where to start for people living alone for the first time

Vision

Criteria

Mood Board

AI | Easy Match & Itinerary Booking

The agent allows you to scan your existing furniture in advance to test while on your apartment tour. This helps users pick the best home that will meet their criteria without additional frustrations and steps

Utilizing AR | furniture testing & scanning

The agent allows you to scan your existing furniture in advance to test while on your apartment tour. This helps users pick the best home that will meet their criteria without additional frustrations and steps

Reflection

Strengths

Weaknesses

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Empowered by passion. Guided by the internal spark

Empowered by passion. Guided by the internal spark

huynh.catherine8@gmail.com

Empowered by passion.

Guided by the internal spark