THE LIVE DESIGN PROJECT
THE LIVE DESIGN PROJECT
Ecosystem for Designers, Clients, and Industry Leaders
Ecosystem for Designers, Clients, and Industry Leaders
The Live Design Project (TLDP) aims to revolutionize the interior design industry by bridging aspiring young designers with clients who seek affordable yet high-quality design services. At the same time, TLDP empowers industry mentors to give back to the community, creating a sustainable and inclusive ecosystem.
The Live Design Project (TLDP) aims to revolutionize the interior design industry by bridging aspiring young designers with clients who seek affordable yet high-quality design services. At the same time, TLDP empowers industry mentors to give back to the community, creating a sustainable and inclusive ecosystem.
The Challenge
"How might we design a platform that is both user-centric and accessible, lowering the barrier to entry for emerging interior designers while ensuring high-quality, reliable, and affordable services for customers?"
The Challenge
"How might we design a platform that is both user-centric and accessible, lowering the barrier to entry for emerging interior designers while ensuring high-quality, reliable, and affordable services for customers?"
Delphine Leon
Chief Executive Officer, TheLiveDesignProject
Hypothesis: Streamlining communication and automating workflows between designers, clients, and industry mentors can lower the barrier to entry for aspiring designers, providing cost-effective design solutions for clients, and facilitate meaningful mentorship. We know this to be true if there are users signing up for the programme.
Hypothesis: Streamlining communication and automating workflows between designers, clients, and industry mentors can lower the barrier to entry for aspiring designers, providing cost-effective design solutions for clients, and facilitate meaningful mentorship. We know this to be true if there are users signing up for the programme.
The Process
The design thinking process is a model our team heavily relied on to have us aligned within the team as well as with the clients' expectations. Our objectives along the way will then be with minimal ambiguity.
A Bold Idea With No Industry Benchmark
A Bold Idea With No Industry Benchmark
With no direct competitors to reference, TLDP was pioneering a completely new model—one that involved multiple stakeholders with different needs and expectations. The key hurdles were:
1. Building trust in a novel concept
2. Managing seamless communication across diverse user groups
3. Ensuring workflow efficiency despite the platform’s complexity
With no direct competitors to reference, TLDP was pioneering a completely new model—one that involved multiple stakeholders with different needs and expectations. The key hurdles were:
1. Building trust in a novel concept
2. Managing seamless communication across diverse user groups
3. Ensuring workflow efficiency despite the platform’s complexity
A Three-Persona System
A Three-Persona System
Through stakeholder workshops, we identified three core personas:
🎨 Design Students – Seeking real-world experience and portfolio-building opportunities.
🏡 Clients – Looking for budget-friendly design solutions without compromising quality.
👨🏫 Mentors – Industry experts willing to nurture young talent and oversee projects.
To deeply understand user behavior, we developed Customer Journey Maps (CJMs)—uncovering pain points, motivations, and workflow inefficiencies.
Through stakeholder workshops, we identified three core personas:
🎨 Design Students – Seeking real-world experience and portfolio-building opportunities.
🏡 Clients – Looking for budget-friendly design solutions without compromising quality.
👨🏫 Mentors – Industry experts willing to nurture young talent and oversee projects.
To deeply understand user behavior, we developed Customer Journey Maps (CJMs)—uncovering pain points, motivations, and workflow inefficiencies.
Proposed Sitemap
Proposed Sitemap
The first sitemap was crafted and proposed with the intention of solving all three persona's pain points and creating a centralized solution across all of them.
What Users Say About Our Ideas?
What Users Say About Our Ideas?
We conducted the first round of usability tests with the low-fidelity wireframes we created for all 3 persona.
I need guidance on what to do next
I tend to miss out elements that are not so noticeable
I need to know what the deliverables are
I need to know what the deliverables are
I want to see the results of the projects
I want to see the results of the projects
From Concept to Execution
From Concept to Execution
We followed a lean UX approach:
1. Wireframing & MVP Testing – Sketched out ideas in Figma, focusing on functionality over aesthetics to quickly validate assumptions.
2. Reusable Component Design – Created modular design components, allowing for real-time edits during stakeholder discussions.
3. Iterative Development – Implemented insights from usability testing in two rounds, refining the platform based on user feedback.
We followed a lean UX approach:
1. Wireframing & MVP Testing – Sketched out ideas in Figma, focusing on functionality over aesthetics to quickly validate assumptions.
2. Reusable Component Design – Created modular design components, allowing for real-time edits during stakeholder discussions.
3. Iterative Development – Implemented insights from usability testing in two rounds, refining the platform based on user feedback.
This centralized dashboard is the MVP. Allowing all 3 personae to collaborate with their own dashboards.
This centralized dashboard is the MVP. Allowing all 3 personae to collaborate with their own dashboards.
In the same dashboard, there are value-added functions such as timeline and submission tabs to provide respective necessary information.
In the same dashboard, there are value-added functions such as timeline and submission tabs to provide respective necessary information.
Going Lean
Going Lean
It is not an uncommon problem that we face in the product development phase. Clients will always be eager in wanting to launch their product as soon as possible. However, it is important that we test as soon as possible.
Going lean, we utilize the functions and features in Monday.com to run their business in the meantime and gathering feedback from the users.
It is not an uncommon problem that we face in the product development phase. Clients will always be eager in wanting to launch their product as soon as possible. However, it is important that we test as soon as possible.
Going lean, we utilize the functions and features in Monday.com to run their business in the meantime and gathering feedback from the users.
Did We Accomplish Business' Requirements?
Did We Accomplish Business' Requirements?
Well, we all know that User Acceptance Testing could not replace Usability Testing so we conducted two rounds of usability tests.
We successfully created a product that fit TLDP's requirements - allowing their ideas to solve problems that actual users are facing in today's world.
Well, we all know that User Acceptance Testing could not replace Usability Testing so we conducted two rounds of usability tests.
We successfully created a product that fit TLDP's requirements - allowing their ideas to solve problems that actual users are facing in today's world.
View the Website!
View the Website!
The website is now live @ https://thelivedesignproject.com/
The website is now live @ https://thelivedesignproject.com/