ONE WEEKEND. ONE SMALL FIX.
Less shelf.
More swap.
Bookloop helps students trade the textbooks they’ve finished for the ones they need next.
Try the demo3 STUDENTS / 48 HOURS / 1 PROTOTYPE
THE THING THAT BUGGED US
Your next book.
Someone else’s
last term.
At Rillford College, reading lists changed faster than our shelves. Finding the right edition in a group chat meant scrolling for ages.
We asked eight students about their old textbooks. Most were still in a cupboard. So we built a way to match a book you have with a book you need.
THE IDEA IN ONE LINE
Give a book.
Get a book.
Keep the good bits.
A campus-sized book swap, with edition checks and a public handover spot. No shopping cart. No postage maths.
See how we built itFROM SCRIBBLE TO SCREEN
A few pixels.
A useful little loop.
working screens, rough edges
THREE PAIRS OF HANDS
Asha. Kit. Noor.
Who did what? ↗Research & interface. Matching & data. Testing & the pitch. Small team, clearly labelled jobs, plenty of borrowed pens.
WHAT WE LEFT WITH
A demo.
And a reason to keep going.
- Prototype tests
- 12
- Test swaps completed
- 9
- Build time
- 48h
Small, supervised demo tests using sample listings. These are weekend findings, not evidence of long-term adoption.
Open the project evidence ↗FROM WEEKEND BUILD TO WORKING IDEA