UI REDESIGN / INSTAGRAM REDESIGN

For this project I wanted to challenge myself and redesign an application I love and use every day. Instagram has become the 6th most popular social network worldwide since it came out in October 2010. Instagram’s interface seems to be user-friendly since its used by one billion users, so why fix it if it’s not broken? As a daily user I have noticed that some things that weren’t working for me personally. For example, I didn’t like the sharp edges of photos in my feed, explore page, and on users’ profiles. By rounding the corners of images, it complements the roundness of the user profile pictures and stories. Another thing I decided to change for usability purposes was the messages location. While using the current design I was having trouble reaching it with just one hand, to resolve this I moved it to the activity tap, in where you are able  to swipe between your activity and messages.