Place Score

By: Victor Kato
Company: Hurb
2024

Project at a glance

Problem
Travellers needed an easier way to compare destinations using information relevant to their trip.
My role
Product Design, research synthesis and information visualization.
Team
Victor Kato is the credited designer; other contributors are not listed in this case.
Period
2024.
Outcome
Destination cards and a prototype based on the ten topics most frequently selected in the user survey.

Summary:

Place Score explored how to turn a destination database into information travellers could use when choosing where to go. The aim was to identify the topics people valued and present them in a compact, readable format.

The Project:

We reviewed the available data and how it was organized. In a survey, users selected the information they considered most important when choosing a destination. We used the ten most frequently selected topics to define the content of the cards.

The design combined an icon for each topic with a five-level rating scale, from excellent to very poor. This gave the selected information a consistent visual structure.

Turning the findings into destination cards

See the complete prototype.

the cards focus on the ten topics users selected most often. Icons identify each topic, while the rating scale provides a consistent way to compare the information.
Research shaped the content: the cards focus on the ten topics users selected most often. Icons identify each topic, while the rating scale provides a consistent way to compare the information.
Author
Victor Kato

Head of R&D and Product Designer
Industrial Design - PUC-RJ - Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro