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Mushroom Juniors

Fresh e-commerce for a fresh brand.

Mushroom Juniors
Role:
UI/UX Designer
Type:
Self-initiated concept
Skills:
E-commerce UX · Visual Design · Interaction Design
Tools:
Figma · React
01
Storefront + ops
02
Design system → React
03
Responsive-first
01The problem:

A juniors' clothing brand needs an e-commerce experience that actually reflects its fresh identity — vibrant without being noisy — while solving the unglamorous half of commerce: product browsing that converts, checkout that doesn't leak, operational workflows for the people running the store, and reliability across every device a parent might shop on.

+What the research said:
01

The shopper wants speed

Parents shop in stolen minutes — discovery and checkout had to lose every unnecessary decision.

02

The operator runs the store

Category management and workflow tools are the invisible half of e-commerce — designed, not bolted on.

03

The developer has to build it

Every pattern was designed as a React-mappable component, so the system survives contact with the codebase.

Who the design serves, visualised:

A storefront is only half the product.

One system, three users — shopper, store operator, developer.

Mushroom Juniors — overview
The core flow:
1Land
2Browse by category
3Product page
4Checkout

The fewest decisions between 'that's cute' and 'ordered'.

02Key decisions:
01

A modular design language mapped to React components

Every pattern in the visual system was designed as a buildable component, not a static picture — so the design system and the eventual codebase share the same vocabulary.

02

Low-friction discovery and checkout

Category browsing, product pages and checkout were designed as one continuous flow, trimming the steps and decisions between “that's cute” and “order placed.”

03

Design for the operations side too

Category management and workflow-automation interfaces for the team running the store — because a storefront is only half the product.

04

One cohesive visual system

Typography, palette and iconography defined as a single system, so the brand reads consistently from homepage to order-confirmation email.

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03Outcome:

A complete e-commerce concept covering storefront and operations: responsive-first layouts, a performance- and SEO-minded structure, and a design system ready to be built — demonstrating end-to-end ownership from research and visual design to interaction and workflow detail.

Storefront + ops Design system → React Responsive-first
04What I learned:
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