<aside> 🔥 Millions of animals are currently in shelters and foster homes awaiting adoption. Design an experience that will connect people looking for a new pet with their ideal companion.

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You can play some music in the background while reading this case study if you’d like 😄

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1. Brainstorm

I used a brainstorming tool called SimpleMind to jot down whatever questions i had in my head.

I had a lot of thoughts and i basically use this to question from different angles. It necessarily doesn’t have solutions but general thought process of the statement analysis.

Here’s a screenshot of the mind map

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2. Research & Analysis

Whatever the problem statement or a design challenge, I immediately try and get into my research hat where i spend most of the time looking over the internet for articles/competitors to better understand the domain and existing solutions.

For this problem statement, Few queries on google were:

How does pet adoption work?

Why do people adopt pets?

Is adoption safe?