American Cyborg, an art collective, invited AREA 17 to help realize their mission: To create an art archiving software that encourages meaningful engagement and is a joy to use.
American Cyborg, an art collective, invited AREA 17 to help realize their mission: To create an art archiving software that encourages meaningful engagement and is a joy to use.
The concept of a room composition tool stood out from the various prototypes we tested with our audience. Our strategy: To deliver a proof of concept for a limited group of users and investors to further explore the product/market fit.
I worked with the product manager and lead engineer to define the necessary tasks, views and features. Ready to outline a sprint plan and enter the implementation phase.
Necker cube’s thin lines and prominent white space as a design principle for panel divisions and hierarchy.
A software made to both archive and contemplate the art collection, balancing functional and expressive UI spaces.
Designing a system of panels, views, UI elements, and how they are articulated together to access and present information.
Iteration one: Letting the user focus on art curation first, then composition
Iteration two: Keeping the room as a central element of the interface during the whole process
Helping users guess artwork sizes using everyday objects as references.
Handling errors and corner cases by signaling incoherent states to the user.
Launching the private MVP in July 2020 leads the path to a future public release, supported by a mobile app to capture artworks and a proper onboarding process.