DESIGNING USER INTERFACE (UI) OF MOBILE APPLICATION FOR BARBERSHOP ONLINE

Abstract

Barbershop is an innovation or development of fashion in human history, where particularly in Jakarta it is used to be called a ‘Tukang Cukur’. In the olden days the business of barbering started from the traveling barber, to the permanent one, starting from the open barber under the tree, a simple barber which is often called the Madura. Men also want to change their hair style with a modern nuance, but there is a feeling of uneasiness for men if they must be in the same haircut place with women so that is when a business called Barbershop appears. The mobile application field has been receiving astronomical attention from the past few years due to the growing number of mobile app downloads. People nowadays using their smartphone almost every hour and minutes of their daily lives. But the problem is in Jakarta people are really insist everything they want to get but finding the easiest way to get it. Especially when it turns out for barbering. Therefore, Conventional Barbershop has several constraints including queuing problems to hygiene problems. So, the purpose of this research is to expand a way of barbershop to become more convenient in through mobile application, by bringing a minimal concept with the new style. The final results of this research are user interface mobile application and other marketing materials. The method used to do all the research is qualitative method, which collecting data from journals, book, website, interview, and virtual observation