APP · IN BETA
NOWHERE
A social app that wants you to close it.
- Year
- 2026
- Role
- Co-founder — every line of code, the product and the interactions
Design principle
The perfect session lasts five minutes.
NO SWIPES / 24-HOUR CHATS / PLANS FOR TODAY
Context
Social apps are built to keep you scrolling. Actually meeting someone — the one thing they promise — keeps getting moved to next week.
Approach
No swiping and no matching: you send a request, and they decide. Chats disappear after 24 hours, so making a plan beats small talk. Activities happen today — a coffee, a walk, a gallery — not three weeks from now.
Outcome
In beta on TestFlight, with a waitlist at nowhereapp.io and a marketing site with three WebGL portals. Success is measured by how quickly you put your phone down.
START SOMETHING
Curiosity beats another swipe.
See who viewed you, then choose whether to reach out. A request replaces the swipe: one person starts the conversation, the other decides.
MAKE A PLAN
The chat has an expiry date.
After 24 hours, the chat disappears. A coffee, a walk or a gallery visit today gives the conversation somewhere to go beyond the screen.
GO OUTSIDE
A small doorway to the real world.
The website and waitlist introduce the same idea: Meet Now Here. The app is in TestFlight beta, with a public waitlist for what comes next.
Project status
In beta. Join the waitlist — then, ideally, go outside.
nowhereapp.io (opens in a new tab)