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Furrowly

Furrowly brings seed libraries into a visual workspace built around the records, decisions and reviews that shape the work.

Furrowly product concept in a branded setting

Project overview

Furrowly is a product design concept for seed libraries. A seed library needs clear links between seed packets, donation records and seasonal lending activity. The scope connects four activities: seed catalog, lending desk, season planner, donation record. Each has a dedicated screen, with a specimen-card catalog with seasonal planning ribbon establishing the visual direction. The work includes interface composition, proposed feature architecture and industry-specific showcase imagery.

The challenge

A seed library needs clear links between seed packets, donation records and seasonal lending activity. A useful workspace must preserve the connection between the original reference, the selected record and the discussion around a change. Showing more information alone would not resolve that handoff.

  • Keep variety tags and drawer references connected to the selected work.
  • Make loan notes visible at the point where decisions are reviewed.
  • Retain season calendar and donation history through the handoff.

Our solution

The design starts with a specimen-card catalog with seasonal planning ribbon. Browse illustrated seed packet records with variety tags and drawer references. The remaining views separate exploration, coordination and review into layouts suited to their content. A ochre, seed brown and sage palette gives the product its own visual identity, while selected-record panels keep details close to the working surface.

  • Browse illustrated seed packet records with variety tags and drawer references.
  • Review a seed loan record beside member notes and packet selections.
  • Arrange proposed community sowing sessions on a seasonal calendar.
  • Inspect a donation entry with packet photographs and source notes.

Key features

  • Seed catalog

    Browse illustrated seed packet records with variety tags and drawer references.

  • Lending desk

    Review a seed loan record beside member notes and packet selections.

  • Season planner

    Arrange proposed community sowing sessions on a seasonal calendar.

  • Donation record

    Inspect a donation entry with packet photographs and source notes.

  • Variety tags

    Organize packets by their illustrative variety labels.

  • Drawer references

    Locate seed records through drawer references.

  • Packet counts

    Record packet quantities in a library entry.

  • Member records

    Keep lending context with the member record.

  • Loan notes

    Document the packets selected for a loan.

  • Source documentation

    Retain the donor's source notes.

  • Season calendar

    Schedule proposed community sessions.

  • Donation history

    Review earlier donations and their packet records.

Technology stack

    The results

    The design establishes four distinct seed libraries views and a proposed set of twelve feature areas. The visual system prioritizes the working object and its context rather than repeated metric cards. A next validation would ask a practitioner to move from seed catalog to donation record, identify the selected record and retrieve the relevant season calendar. These are design deliverables, not measured business outcomes.

    • 4Specialized concept views

    • 12Proposed feature areas

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