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Art Supply Store

Project Info +
Information Architecture :
 Aarti Bhalekar

 

I was challenged to design a shopping app for two categories of users who want to browse and buy art products by appearance:

 

1) New users and experienced casual users

 

2) Experienced master users

Client- 

Art Supply Store

Timeline- 

2 weeks 

Tools- 

Google sheets 

Illustrator 

Invision

PROCESS

I took the approach of a five-step process to solve for the above problem:

1) STRATEGY

I outlined both user needs and business goals. New users and experienced casual users may want to just browse, checkout, and buy once.

2) SCOPE

I wrote out the content and the functions of the shopping app into google sheets to organize and outline the project scope.

 

I split the contents into featured items, sale items, regular priced items, and item details. Then, I wrote out the app functions by category of purchase flow and browse flow in google sheets.

STRUCTURING

To start to define information architecture, I listed around 30 art supply names and categorized them based on content characteristics.

Google Sheets was used to mimicking navigation systems and the flow of the site, then conducted tree-testing with users. Based on their patterns within GoogleSheets, I iterated on the content organization.

 

 I also created a flowchart of screens, behaviours, and conditions to visualize hierarchy.

Flow Chart-01.jpg

SCREEN STRUCTURING

The UX design incorporates clear navigation and labelling systems such as calls to action, breadcrumbs, and navigation tabs in my design.

Wireframe-01.jpg

SURFACE

I applied UI design to the wireframes, created an interactive InVision prototype.

STYLE GUIDE

Defining a design system gave users clear state change and actionable component feedback.

Style Guide-01.jpg

The final design after applying insights from user testing and iterating are below:

INTERACTIVE PROTOTYPE

NEXT STEPS:

This project was a great way to further explore principles of information architecture and the art of distilling complex information into simple flows with labeling, navigation, and organization systems.

 

With more time, I would revisit the functionality of logging in, perform usability tests, and improve the UI Design.

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