ArchMateria

— A curated platform for architectural material discovery

Role: Lead Product & UX/UI Designer · Brand Strategist · Project Owner
Duration: Ongoing project
Platform: Responsive Marketplace Platform Desktop · Tablet · Mobile Focus: Product Strategy · UX/UI Design, Design System Bilingual UX · Brand Identity · Prototyping & Research
Tools: Figma · Figma Make · FigJam · AI-assisted workflows · Design System · Adobe Creative Suite

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ArchMateria platform desktop version in English

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Overview

ArchMateria is a bilingual, SaaS-style platform designed to help architects, suppliers, and manufacturers discover, compare, and manage architectural materials through a curated, visually-led experience spanning Chinese and international markets. The product vision extends beyond material discovery to include simulated material applications through 3D renderings, enabling architects to explore and save possibilities before progressing to physical samples.

Outcome

Designed a material discovery platform connecting architects, suppliers, and manufacturers through a curated digital ecosystem.

Created scalable UX systems supporting:

  • material exploration

  • supplier visibility

  • cross-market workflows

Challenges

Architectural material sourcing is often fragmented across disconnected supplier catalogues, websites, PDFs, and offline communication channels.

The project also required aligning stakeholders around a broader platform and ecosystem vision.

Early expectations were primarily focused on UI presentation rather than scalable workflows, product thinking, and long-term UX systems.

The platform needed to balance:

  • bilingual user experiences

  • material discovery workflows

  • supplier ecosystems

  • and scalable design systems
    across Chinese and international markets.

Key Contributions

  • Research & Discovery

    Conducted market research, competitor analysis, and workflow exploration across architectural material sourcing ecosystems.

    Focused on understanding:

  • supplier visibility

  • material discovery behaviours

  • and cross-market user needs

  • Stakeholder Collaboration

    Worked directly with stakeholders to shape the platform vision, UX direction, and supplier experience strategy.

  • Bilingual UX Design

    Designed cross-market experiences supporting both Chinese and international users.

  • Material Discovery System

    Created curated browsing experiences balancing visual storytelling with technical specifications.

  • Design System Thinking

    Developed scalable UI systems supporting consistency across:

  • layouts

  • interactions

  • and bilingual content structures

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