Personal project · 2025 · Portfolio exploration
Connecting People Through Shared Interests
CoHive is a social discovery app designed to help people find hobbies, join communities, discover local events, and connect with like-minded people.
Overview
The idea behind CoHive
CoHive was designed to make it easier for people to discover hobbies, find like minded people, and build meaningful connections. The platform brings hobby discovery, communities, events, and conversations into one connected experience.
Problem
Finding the right people around your interests
People often discover hobbies, communities, and events across different platforms. This makes it difficult to find relevant people and turn shared interests into real connections. There was a need for a more focused space where people could discover activities, meet like-minded individuals, and build meaningful connections around the things they genuinely enjoy.
Research
Exploring how people discover and connect
I interviewed 6 people to understand how they discover new hobbies, find communities, and connect with others who share similar interests. I also explored existing social and hobby platforms to understand common user journeys and identify opportunities for a more focused experience.
From Pain Points to Patterns
I grouped the interview responses into user actions, thoughts and feelings, and pain points to identify recurring patterns, motivations, and frustrations across the experience. This helped me understand where users struggled while discovering hobbies, finding people, and participating in activities.
Ideation
From insights to ideas
With the key insights identified, I explored different ideas to make hobby discovery more relevant, help users find like-minded people, and create a smoother path from discovering an interest to joining a community or event.
Designs
Building the final product
The final experience brings hobby discovery, profiles, communities, messaging, notifications, and events into one connected ecosystem. The goal is to make it easier for users to discover what they love and find people who love it too.
Mobile interface designed with a consistent design system, reusable components, and interactive user flows.
Lessons
Designing with structure, feedback, and purpose
CoHive helped me explore how thoughtful UX can turn a simple hobby discovery experience into something more social and meaningful. The project strengthened my skills in user flows, interaction design, visual hierarchy, and creating user-centered experiences.
