About
Solbound is an reading app designed to track your reading and books easily. Its perfect for casual readers who just want to find their next read, as well as for avid readers who want to track their daily reading time.
I wanted to create this project because as a reader, I’ve found that while there are many reading tracking apps, many are missing key features that I felt should have been obvious, features that should already be there, so I decided to create my ideal app. Something that makes tracking reading and finding new books easy, that lets you review books more in depth, that anyone can use.
Brand Identity
The first thing I did when starting this project was come up with the brand Identity. Solbound is a sort of play on words; Sol referencing sun (but also sort of a word play on soul), and bound referencing how books are bound. I wanted this app to feel cozy and welcoming, because that’s what reading a book feels like. I created the logo based off of the name Solbound, its supposed to be a sun peaking out from behind a book, while the rays also resemble the pages of the book. I also spent a long time playing with the color palette, as I wanted something summery and fun feeling, but nothing too distracting or complex.
