Kischde
A swap platform for trusted circles: pass on things you no longer need to friends, family and neighbours with a swipe – instead of throwing them away.
- Type
- Study project
- Industry
- Sustainability · swapping
- Services
- Concept & front-end development
- Year
- 2021
At a glance
Task
Selling small items is not worth the effort – so they end up in the bin.
Solution
A digital “free to a good home” box for your own trusted circle.
Outcome
A working prototype, built as a team in four months.
Idea
Instead of marketplace anonymity: circles of people you trust. Instead of haggling: a swipe.
Until now
- Detailed descriptions
- Haggling over the price
- Arranging shipping
With Kischde
- Swapping within your trusted circle
- Offering and requesting with a gesture
- Reuse instead of throwing away
Project
Applied project in the Mobile Media programme at Stuttgart Media University, March to June 2021.
- people in the team
- 5
- months to the prototype
- 4
More detail
My part:
- Leading the definition of the project scope
- Development with Vue.js and Ionic
- Co-designing the UX system
Deliberately left out: payment, chat and elaborate animations – the focus was on the core experience.
Build
The prototype concentrates on the key flows.
Feed
Offers from your own trusted circle.
Profile
Your own offers and swap history.
Swipe
Little mental effort to offer and request.
Cross-platform
Mobile web app with a backend for the data.
Insights
What’s in it for you