iNaturalist Redesign
In collaboration with fellow student designers Jakob Elliott, Cara Dougherty, and Meghan Sawyer we chose the nature identification app “iNaturalist” to redesign.
iNaturalist tracks different biodiversity submitted by users around the world. These users can submit their own “observations” for what they find, create a journal of their findings, and navigate the plentiful amount of resources about different organisms that the app provides.
iNaturalist Redesign Video Walkthrough
Give the redesign a try!
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What & Why?
Pros:
Clear Hierarchy
Various identification resources
Various Views
Cons:
Information Overload
Lack of Gutters
No follow or feed functions
Benchmarking
Proposed Features:
Location bounding feature
Feed and follow option, similar to Instagram
Rewards system for ID’s/Daily Streak
Local news and notifications
Filters for species, timeline, and location
objectives
Proposed Features:
Rewards system for identifying/Daily streak
Introduce a feed and follow option
Limit explore range
Filters for species, timeline, and location
Clear headers, tabs, and guides
Leaderboard functionality for identification