DueBox AI
Tool built by and for interior designers and architects
/ B2B SaaS
CLIENT
Self-initiated
MY ROLE
End-to-end Product Designer
TIMELINE
November 2024
TEAM
Roxy Shi
And fellow A&D friends
/ INTRO
DueBox is a cloud-based B2B SaaS software with integrated solutions to empower the A&D’s (architects and designers) workflows. Creative people who work in high-stress environments and manage millions of details need this powerful tool to release more time and efficiency for their big ideas to change the world.
Combined my own experience working in the interior design industry with research with my fellow designers and architects, I delivered the 2.0 version of DueBox. Self-initiated and led the end-to-end design process from ideation to final user testing, and everything in between.
/ CONTEXT
Streamlining the A&D workflow overdue
From drafting papers with pencils to VR visualization devices and everything in between, interior designers and architects have been hustling and struggling with way too many tools for way too long - different software, Excel sheets, endless revision logs, etc.
It is a huge overdue to get the creative souls out of the dark with a more integrated tool that is customized to meet their needs, to streamline the workflows, and to free up more time and efficiency for them to make the world a better place.
/ THE CHALLENGE
How can we streamline A&D workflows and release more efficiency?
/ IMPACT
The positive impacts that I made
Design Impacts
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/ USER RESEARCH
A&Ds have struggled between too many tools for way too long
The message is loud and clear. The A&Ds have been struggling between way too many different software for way too long.
Painpoints and Opportunities
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/ GUIDELINE
North Star Design Principles
Design Principles
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/ STYLE GUIDE
Bauhaus
Style Guide - Bauhaus
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/ SOLUTIONS
The 4 Main Features
AI Assistant, Efficiency Booster
Train your own AI assistant to release more time and efficiency
Smarter Shared File Structure
More visual, more data points, role- and responsibility-based, super easy to sort.
Easy Progress Track
Built-in Gantt chart for each project, easy to track and manage.
Digital Notepads, Replace Papers
Jamming design ideas digitally, skipping using paper to save trees.
/ AI ASSISTANT
Feature 01 - Train your own AI assistant
The DueBox AI allows the user to cultivate a personal assistant lives in the DueBox dashboard. It will learn about the user behaviour, and help users speed up the workflow by listing the most used commands, and users can also type in what they need the AI to do for them instead of going through the whole dashboard themselves.
AI Assistant Prototype
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/ HI-FI WIDGET OVERVIEW
Feature 02 - Smarter Shared File Structure
Smarter shared File Structure - Hi-fi Widget Overview
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/ USER WORKFLOWS
It's just a reflection of how A&Ds work now
User Workflow Comparison
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/ UI ANATOMY
All the whys for the design
Project Card Anatomy
Interactive
Inside Project Folder Anatomy
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/ FINAL DESIGN
Shared Folder - Hi-fi Screens
Hi-fi Screens
Interactive
/ HI-FI WIDGET OVERVIEW
Feature 03 - Progress Track
Progress Track - Hi-fi Widget Overview
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/ USER WORKFLOWS
Just need one single switch
User Workflow Comparison
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/ UI ANATOMY
Simple and informative
UI Anatomy
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/ FINAL DESIGN
Progress Track Hi-fi Prototype
Hi-fi Prototype
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/ HI-FI WIDGET OVERVIEW
Feature 04 - Notepads
Notepads - Widget Overview
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/ UI ANATOMY
Easy to collaborate, digitally.
UI Anatomy
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/ FINAL DESIGN
Notepads Hi-fi Screens
Hi-fi Screens
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Project Takeaways
This opportunity allows me to explore the A&D workflows from an "outsider" point of view with "insider" experience to collaborate with fellow A&Ds. It was exciting to see how passionate they are when sharing feedback to improve this product.
Here are some of the main impacts from the new workflows:
