SYKY: Marketplace for digital and physical fashion

SYKY

SYKY — pronounced “psy-che” — is a new Web3 platform designed to support creatives who are looking to sell both physical and digital renditions on their designs, as well as offering a space to trade products, share news, and chat.

SYKY — pronounced “psy-che” — is a new Web3 platform designed to support creatives who are looking to sell both physical and digital renditions on their designs, as well as offering a space to trade products, share news, and chat.

SYKY — pronounced “psy-che” — is a new Web3 platform designed to support creatives who are looking to sell both physical and digital renditions on their designs, as well as offering a space to trade products, share news, and chat.

Farfetch

Design Direction, UX & UI

Image of an iPhone lying on a table
Image of an iPhone lying on a table
Image of an iPhone lying on a table

Brief

Brief

Brief

Design an E-commerce site with a drop feature, customisable collection page and secondary marketplace serving both digital and physical luxury fashion.

Role

Challenge

Challenge

Head of Product Design

Design a top-notch website that maintains flexibility to meet diverse designer asset needs, even in the face of tight deadlines and shifting objectives. Prioritise a visually captivating approach while ensuring an excellent user-friendly experience (UX). Implement key features like customisable collection pages, fiat payment, a secondary marketplace, and a seamless drop feature. Additionally, establish and deploy a brand guideline aimed at captivating new luxury fashion Web2 users, influencers, investors, and potential partners.

Design a top-notch website that maintains flexibility to meet diverse designer asset needs, even in the face of tight deadlines and shifting objectives. Prioritise a visually captivating approach while ensuring an excellent user-friendly experience (UX). Implement key features like customisable collection pages, fiat payment, a secondary marketplace, and a seamless drop feature. Additionally, establish and deploy a brand guideline aimed at captivating new luxury fashion Web2 users, influencers, investors, and potential partners.

Improving Usability and Refining the Design Process

Designing a platform from scratch with a new team, many of whom were new to product design, presented challenges. Initially, we focused on visuals and neglected usability principles. To address this, I introduced an ideation process that prioritised mapping out the flow before creating wireframes. Since there were no clear product requirements, we had to define our own, which took extra time and effort. However, by emphasising user flow and usability early on, we aim to create a more intuitive and effective platform that meets our users' needs.

Click here to vie the prototype on desktop


Designed with system

Defining all the essential elements during the design process was a challenge. However, this enabled us to facilitate quick and consistent design throughout the project, even when dealing with multiple changes involving contract designers and changes of requirements. Furthermore, coordinating style changes, later on, became easier as the Creative Team was provided with guidance to follow best practice UI patterns.

Next Step

The design system was initially created under time constraints and served its purpose in the initial stages. However, it may not fully reflect the brand's vision and identity.


The next step is to refine the design system based on launch feedback and testing, aiming for greater consistency with our brand language and an enhanced user experience.


Improving Usability and Refining the Design Process

Designing a platform from scratch with a new team, many of whom were new to product design, presented challenges. Initially, we focused on visuals and neglected usability principles. To address this, I introduced an ideation process that prioritised mapping out the flow before creating wireframes. Since there were no clear product requirements, we had to define our own, which took extra time and effort. However, by emphasising user flow and usability early on, we aim to create a more intuitive and effective platform that meets our users' needs.

Click here to vie the prototype on desktop


Designed with system

Defining all the essential elements during the design process was a challenge. However, this enabled us to facilitate quick and consistent design throughout the project, even when dealing with multiple changes involving contract designers and changes of requirements. Furthermore, coordinating style changes, later on, became easier as the Creative Team was provided with guidance to follow best practice UI patterns.

Next Step

The design system was initially created under time constraints and served its purpose in the initial stages. However, it may not fully reflect the brand's vision and identity.


The next step is to refine the design system based on launch feedback and testing, aiming for greater consistency with our brand language and an enhanced user experience.


Team

Role

Role

Product Designer x3 Creatives x3 Engineers x 6 Product Owner x 1

Head of Product Design

Head of Product Design

Team

Product Designer x3 Creatives x3 Engineers x 6 Product Owner x 1

Team

Product Designer x3 Creatives x3 Engineers x 6 Product Owner x 1

Challenge

Design a top-notch website that maintains flexibility to meet diverse designer asset needs, even in the face of tight deadlines and shifting objectives. Prioritise a visually captivating approach while ensuring an excellent user-friendly experience (UX). Implement key features like customisable collection pages, fiat payment, a secondary marketplace, and a seamless drop feature. Additionally, establish and deploy a brand guideline aimed at captivating new luxury fashion Web2 users, influencers, investors, and potential partners.



Click here to vie the prototype on desktop

Click here to vie the prototype on desktop

Improving Usability and Refining the Design Process

Designing a platform from scratch with a new team, many of whom were new to product design, presented challenges. Initially, we focused on visuals and neglected usability principles. To address this, I introduced an ideation process that prioritised mapping out the flow before creating wireframes. Since there were no clear product requirements, we had to define our own, which took extra time and effort. However, by emphasising user flow and usability early on, we aim to create a more intuitive and effective platform that meets our users' needs.


Designed with system

Defining all the essential elements during the design process was a challenge. However, this enabled us to facilitate quick and consistent design throughout the project, even when dealing with multiple changes involving contract designers and changes of requirements. Furthermore, coordinating style changes, later on, became easier as the Creative Team was provided with guidance to follow best practice UI patterns.


Next Step

The design system was initially created under time constraints and served its purpose in the initial stages. However, it may not fully reflect the brand's vision and identity.

The next step is to refine the design system based on launch feedback and testing, aiming for greater consistency with our brand language and an enhanced user experience.


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