Vibin hero
Project Overview

Vibin is a live social discovery platform helping Gen Z find nearby places and events based on real-time vibes shared by people already there.

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Type
Live iOS App, Co-founded
Timeline
April 2025, Present
Role
Product Designer, UX Researcher
Stack
Figma, iOS, Supabase, Google API, GenAI
The Problem

Tonight's reality: no one knows what's actually happening.

Reviews are stale. Social feeds are curated. The result is wasted time, missed moments, and zero real-time signal for where to go next. Gen Z checks 5 apps to make one social decision.

The Gap

No product bridges explicit interaction (checking apps) and ambient awareness (knowing what's happening nearby right now). Existing tools show what happened, not what's happening.

The Insight

Gen Z doesn't follow the crowd, they follow the vibe. The highest-value moment is a 3-second answer to "is anything worth going to right now?" without opening six apps.

The Product

Capture, upload, analyze, explore.

A social discovery app where users post real-time vibes at venues. GenAI classifies atmosphere into data. The map shows what's live right now.

Vibin product screens
Information Architecture

Two IA models: the place and the person.

Separate data structures for venue vibe reports and user profiles. Each node maps to a real screen state , no orphaned content, no ambiguous hierarchy.

Vibe Report , Place

IA , Vibe Report Place

Vibe Report , People

IA , Vibe Report People
Wireframes

Lo-fi first. Test the architecture before the aesthetics.

Low-fidelity wireframes mapped every screen state , empty, loading, populated, error. Usability tested on ASU students before any visual design was applied.

Vibin wireframes
Brand System

Blue as the language of trust and live energy.

Electric blue as the primary, dark navy for depth, hot pink as the accent for deals and urgency. Full token system applied across UI and marketing collateral.

Vibin brand and color system
UI Design

Multiple iterations. One constraint: 3-second decisions.

Every screen had to answer the user's question in under 3 seconds. Hierarchy, contrast, and interaction density were tested across multiple rounds before shipping.

Iteration 01

Vibin UI iteration 1

Final UI

Vibin final UI
Marketing Design

Brand applied across physical and digital touchpoints.

Designed all marketing collateral in-house: event posters, vendor flyers, branded merch, and social content. Every asset had to work on its own and as a system.

Vibin event poster Vibin vendor flyer
Vibin event brochure Vibin branded merch bag
Rodeo 4.10 event poster
Business Model

Two-sided marketplace. Value to both sides from day one.

Vendors get visibility and foot traffic. Users get live vibes and exclusive deals. Eventbrite charges 3.5% + $1.59. Posh charges 15% commission. Vibin charges neither.

Two-sided marketplace
Revenue 01
Freemium

Basic access free, premium features paid.

Revenue 02
Sponsorship

Brands pay to promote events or time-bound deals.

Revenue 03
Annual Subscription

Venues pay yearly for full access and analytics.

Outcomes

The app is live.

Vibin live on App Store
Takeaways

Shipping a live product changes how you design.

Post-launch behavioral data invalidated three assumptions made during research. Real usage patterns don't match what users say in interviews.

Co-founding means owning the full product loop, from IA through growth campaigns. That context makes every design decision sharper.

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