Aggressive Constraints: The entire end-to-end design process needed to be completed within a strict 5-day deadline.
Knowledge & Market Gap: There was a lack of personal domain knowledge regarding library memberships, compounded by an absence of high-quality, local competitor apps to benchmark against.
User Frustrations: Users of existing global library apps frequently expressed frustration over cluttered interfaces, losing track of borrowed book return dates, and wasting trips to the library only to find books unavailable.