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Material Bank

A powerful project hub for architectural design professionals.

(a) Overview

Background:
Material Bank is the leading marketplace for architectural and design materials, streamlining the sampling process for industry professionals. Its key offering is an overnight sampling service allowing designers to make faster, more informed decisions. The platform hosts hundreds of brands reducing waste and simplifying the way architects and designers source products.
Problem:
‍Designers frequently requested a mood board feature, even though it already existed. This highlighted the need for a more intuitive flow that makes the feature more discoverable and prioritizes user agency.
Project:
Role: UI/UX Designer
Timeline: 3 weeks
Scope: Research, Testing, Prototyping
Advised by Chrissy Welsh‍
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Two key added or revised screens of the Material Bank platform, on platforms.
The project hub with central mood boards and the project selection page that reinforces them as icons.
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The selection state of the 'Shop by Project' tool on the main ecommerce page.
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A picture of the project page: a place to review your saved items and narrow it down.
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The Saved Items feature allows designers to easily organize, revisit, and manage their favorite materials, ensuring quick access to key selections for future projects, all while highlighting existing, key features of the platform.

(b) Research

(c) Platform Analysis and Ideation

(d) User flows and Wireframes

(e) Initial Features and Solutions

(f) Testing and Iterations

(g) Impact

I was thrilled to hear participants reach back to me months after using it telling me of unique ways they would like to use the app.
This suggests that it is not only memorable, but an attractive and powerful tool able to help grow gratitude and fit into people's lives.
Key Stats:
Number of clicks to key features reduced by 27.91%
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Role: UI/UX Designer
Timeline: 16 weeks
Scope: Research, Testing, Prototyping
Advised by Chrissy Welsh‍
(2)
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People I tested the app with have since reached out and said they wished they had it to document their sobriety journey, memories of a passed loved one, and to improve their writing skills.

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This is the main flow of the application, to improve it I would include
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The gif shows the main flow of the application; logging mood and gratitude.
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This is a depiction of how complete the prototype is
(7)

The Material Bank Project Hub empowers designers with greater control, transforming the platform from a service into a dynamic tool for creativity and efficiency.

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This website is self-designed and frequently redeveloped. Using simple HTML, CSS, JS, with a touch of React, with animations prototyped in Webflow, the sentimental vestigial structures outnumber the functional parts of the code.
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The fonts are Riccione Serial by and Switzer by the ITF. The website changes frequently based on my mood.
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