liz lake | UX/UI designerliz lake | UX/UI designer
ECObuddy, a bootcamp group project, is a mobile app that helps users make more sustainable purchases and recycle the items they purchase more efficiently and effectively. User research revealed a lack of clear information on which purchases are sustainable, what is recyclable, how certain materials should be recycled, and what happens after individuals dispose of recyclables, which is making many consumers unsure and untrusting of the recycling process. By providing more precise and accurate information, ECObuddy helps consumers make more sustainable and ethical purchases.
For this group project, the website of a nonprofit fine arts festival in Eagan, Minnesota, was redesigned to help festival organizers develop, promote, and encourage participation in and appreciation of the arts. In particular, the site was redisgned to attract artists from diverse backgrounds to exhibit their work at the festival and to allow the organization to collect artist applications online.
A solo bootcamp project, carpe.diem is a travel app to help expats and study abroad / international students enrich their travel and daily life experiences abroad and alleviate some of the disorientation, especially in the beginning, of living in a new culture and language by providing them with crowd-sourced searchable recommendations on travel, transportation, dining, shopping, meeting medical and other personal needs from others living, studying and working abroad.