2. What Community and professional network for architects & interior designers. Be the one-stop-shop for connecting Indian architects and home owners. Beautiful showcase for executed work and design concepts. Keyword is “Indian”
3. Why No solution in the market as of now. Most niche networking/design sites are not India based. No way for small-medium firms to showcase their work. Blogs and websites are the norm.
4. Who Architects Interior designers Students Home owners/aspirants Material manufacturers Builders
6. People Identity Personal Portfolio Recommendations Connections Contacts Social – like/recommend/share
7. Portfolios Uber set of portfolios Taxonomy Search Categories Curated Content protection Social – like/recommend/share
8. Content Primary unit of content is an image – portfolios, collections, ideabooks are aggregations. Curated User Generated Content (amateur) Guest and original content (professional) Rich, immersive experience Social – like/recommend/share
9. Community Social integration Architect community – discussions, groups, topics, tags Special authorized accounts for architects Content moderation Connection updates (feed)
10. Personas Professional* Consumer Professional network Showcase for work Looking for inspiration Connect with prospects Engaging discussions Looking for inspiration Hobbyist Connect with architects Buy décor Ask questions
CONTENT CHALLENGESHow many portfolios/images? Any magic number in mind - 1000, 5000?Can we get to the magic number of portfolios? What if images are not classy?Can we take the photos to ensure quality of portfolios?
We should integrate architect and layman communities – that’s where the meaningful interactions live.
* Professional could mean a lot of things. For starters:-Architect-Interior Designer-Landscape architect-Remodeling specialist-Home décor vendor
