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Set up in under a minute.
A short welcome, a choice of five languages and a few taps to pick what you look for nearby. Then the home screen is already full of shops around you.
Case study · UI/UX design
Every corner shop, one tap away.
Our design team created Cornerside: two mobile apps that help people in Bangalore find the stalls and small shops around them, and help those shop owners bring their regulars back every day.
- Client
- Cornerside, Bangalore
- Sector
- Local discovery, small businesses
- Services
- Product strategy, UX, UI design, brand, clickable prototype
- Year
- 2026
- 2apps: Cornerside for customers and Cornerside for Business
- 113screens, 88 for customers and 25 for shop owners
- 5languages: English, Kannada, Hindi, Tamil and Telugu
- 14customer journeys, from first open to when things go wrong
The best shops in Bangalore are the hardest ones to find.
Find who's open around you, and never miss your favourite stall again.
The product idea we shaped with the Cornerside founders
Every Bangalore street has its heroes: the tea stall that opens at six, the tailor who fixes a hem in ten minutes, the flower seller by the temple, the puncture shop that saves your morning. Most of them have no website and no listing, keep their own hours, and some move their cart from day to day.
Cornerside set out to change that. Customers should be able to see who is open around them, follow the shops they love and get a ping when they open. Shop owners should be able to claim their spot for free, tap one button when they start the day, and see the regulars who keep coming back.
01Invisible on the map. Small stalls rarely appear online, so new people walking past never know they exist.
Our answerA live map and an Open now filter show every stall nearby, even ones listed nowhere else.
02Hours nobody can predict. Opening times change with the day, the weather and the season.
Our answerOwners tap I'm open when they start. Followers get a ping and the shop shows Open now.
03A cart that moves. Some vendors set up in a different spot depending on the day or the crowd.
Our answerA Cart moved today card shows today's spot on the map, with walking directions.
04Owners short on time. A tea stall owner has seconds between customers, not minutes for an app.
Our answerOne big button, opening from set hours, and offers written in seconds.
05No reason to come back. A regular's loyalty is invisible, and a small stall can't afford freebies to reward it.
Our answerVisit stamps from a QR sticker on the stall: five levels, from First visit to Legend, and a monthly top 10.
06Many languages. Customers and owners read English, Kannada, Hindi, Tamil and Telugu.
Our answerFive languages from the first screen, and a switch any time in Settings.
Brand and design
A red corner you can spot from across the street.
The Cornerside mark is a chamfered red C, shaped like the corner of a street. Customers see it in Cornerside red; shop owners get the same mark in navy, so the two apps feel like one family but never get mixed up.
Open means green
A green Open badge appears everywhere a shop is open right now, so the most useful fact is the easiest to see.
Big, friendly targets
Pill buttons and large tap areas work for a busy hand holding a glass of chai.
Real streets, real names
Screens use real Bangalore neighbourhoods and real kinds of shops, so the app feels local from the first open.
Every language, one look
Lexend keeps the same calm, readable feel across English and the Indian languages on offer.
Brand colours
- Cornerside red
#D9303EBrand, main actions - Navy
#2C3875Business app - Open green
#24963FOpen now - Fresh lime
#91C842Highlights - Ink
#1C1C1CText - Mist
#F2F4F7Surfaces
Type
- Find who's openDisplay: Lexend Bold
- Raju's Tea CornerTitles: Lexend SemiBold
- Open until 11 pm · 120 m awayBody: Lexend Regular
What we designed.
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Who's open, right now, near you.
The home feed shows the shops you follow, who is open nearby and offers around you. A map view and a weekly markets guide help you plan the rest of the week.
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Everything a regular knows, on one page.
Hours, what the shop is known for, today's offers, a price list and directions. If the cart has moved today, the map shows exactly where.
04 / 07
One tap, and a thousand regulars know.
The owner taps I'm open when the day starts. Followers get a ping on their lock screen, and the owner sees how many opened it and set off for the shop.
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Regulars, rewarded with recognition.
A QR sticker on the stall lets customers stamp each visit and climb five levels, from first visit to legend, with a monthly top 10 for each shop.
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Offers that reach the right people.
Owners write an offer in seconds, pick when it runs and send it to followers. Customers see it on their lock screen and in a clear offer page.
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Know your regulars.
A simple dashboard shows today's views, calls and directions, the regulars who come back most and the busiest hours of the week.
What we delivered.
A product ready to build
113 designed screens, in journey order, give the development team a clear picture of every state.
Two apps that work together
Every owner action, from I'm open to a new offer, has a matching customer moment.
Designed for real streets
Five languages, moving carts, offline and location-off states are all covered.
A brand from day one
Logo, app icons, colours and type are ready for the launch in Bangalore.
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