The Magic Time Bus
Prototype sprint of a speculative time travel field trip booking app for teachers to take students to witness real historical events
Role
Product Designer
Team
Product Designer (2), Jr. Product Designer (3)
Timeline
May 4-5, 2023
Project type
Hackathon
This project was a submission for the 2024 Dubstech Protothon.
What I did:
created low/high fidelity screens and prototype for Search flow
created final presentation slide deck
How might we design a mobile app that allows users to discover and travel to the past or future?
Moodboard
Visual System
the magic time bus
The Magic School Bus x Airbnb Experiences
The Magic Time Bus theme was inspired by The Magic School Bus franchise, a book and television show series where a quirky elementary school teacher takes her class on magical field trips made possible by a yellow school bus that can do magical things such as transforming into a space ship to blast into the solar system, become a submarine to dive deep into the ocean biome, or shrink small to witness a digestive system from the inside.
This app design was inspired by the Airbnb Experiences feature and designed to be used by elementary school teachers who need a quick and streamlined way to find and book interesting field trips for their students without having to coordinate the details on their own. The logo was generated on Microsoft Copilot.
Wireframes
Components
Iterations
final designs
Search for Field Trips Back in Time
Use the Magic Time Bus app to plan and find a time travel field trip for your classroom needs!
Book a Field Trip
View information about the trip including the destination location/date, reviews, and trip description. Then book it!
AI Chatbot
Ask Liz the AI class pet chameleon for recommendations, details on trips, tips on time travel, and more! The LIzbot was inspired by the comical class pet character in the Magic School Bus franchise who would be dragged along the adventures with the students.
