Relocating to a new country presents international students with transformative opportunities and significant challenges. Beyond cultural and linguistic barriers, these students must navigate complex logistical issues such as finding housing, sourcing furniture, and connecting with local resources. These difficulties are exacerbated by the high cost of living, a lack of transportation options, and the emotional strain of adapting to a new environment without established support systems.
UniFurnish is a purpose-built digital platform designed to simplify this transition for international students at the University of Washington (UW). Unlike generic platforms like Facebook Marketplace or Craigslist, which lack tailored features and trust mechanisms, UniFurnish offers an exclusive, student-focused solution. By combining practical tools with community-driven features, it creates a trusted environment for students to connect, exchange resources, and manage their moving process efficiently.
Help International Students With Moving | Create Community | Reduce Waste
Lead UX Designer
A user centric app, Inventory management web-app portal, and Push-to-POS. These elements served as jumping off points for the development of the design system.
Design a product through which a customer will be able to explore in-storepromotions and will be able to purchase 3 or lesser number of products withminimal to none store personnel intervention.
Mapping customer stages to product features.
Defining of customer journey and its various stages for a new and a returning customer. This exercise led us to the features that need to be given to the users and at which part of their journey.
Considering above UX screen flow; design system and UI design screens have been created following the agile process alongwith iterations wherever needed.
Please visit the nearest store of Max or Lifestyle in order to use the application. The application can be accessed by scanning the QR code placed inside the stores.
