Snap Inc.
Real Friends
Internship
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Project Brief
As a design scholar at Snapchat, I worked alongside other scholars to conceptualize projects promoting their new feature, Snap Games. We researched, ideated, and designed “Snap Bingo” and “Code with Friends”; presenting each feature to Snap’s core product team.
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Project 1: Snap Bingo
How might we connect the older generations with the new?
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Product Inspiration
Terry Cruz struggled to find a medium to connect with his son. After deep thought, he realized he was only trying to bond with his son through his own interests. With that in mind, terry began to explore his son's interest in games to connect.
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The Family Gathering Killer: Phone Addiction
Family dinners, social gatherings, to hanging out with friends, the new generation is constantly glued to their mobile devices. How might we leverage this habit to connect with one another?
The new age of media, storing memories through technology
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The Modern Photo Album
A laugh, a cry, a spark. Reliving memories with your loved ones is something that always brings a story to tell, a period to reminisce, a conversation.
Pictures are worth a 1000 words but a video is worth a 1000 pictures
Connecting with Family & Friends with Snap Bingo
Where bingo numbers are replaced with relivable memories
Share and watch snaps through a game of bingo
Your first steps, falling off a swing, or an embarrassing talent show act. These are all memories that parents used to be saved on a VHS tape. Now they are all saved on a phone or posted on social media Snap.
Project 2: Code With Friends
As an internal project, we were tasked to research and identify painpoints from a non-profit organization and build a conceptual feature that would solve for their problems. Codetalk, a non profit organization aimed to provide underserved woman with an intensive learning program aimed to kick start their careers in the tech industry. Due to external factors, many students had trouble with attendance and learning outside the boundaries of the program. Utilizing Snapchat, we created a Snap Game that would allow students to work together and solve coding problems through a gamified experience.
