Command Menu
An AI-powered command menu for Addepar
5 day hackathon
October 2022
Hackathons are some of my favorite times of the year. I’m a believer that people’s best ideas are when they’re given full creative freedom, which often isn’t the case with planned feature work. I’ve participated for four hackathons so far, winning one as well.
I’ve explored a command menu and an AI assistant, interaction patterns that are completely brand new in institutional trading software. Take a look at some of the promotional videos I created for them, sound on!
pROBLEM
Addepar has grown into a multi-product platform company, with dozens of different products. However now the platform is very fragmented and isn't a seamless user experience.
research
After researching other trading softwares, many of which historically have been desktop applications, I realized we're missing a universal menu. While desktop users have the menu bar and right click menus, web applications don't have those priviledges.
Trading is an action-oriented product unlike our other products
Our UI patterns often don't support an action-forward interaction model
We often stratify different workflows on different pages, which leads to constant hopping
solution
I created two promotional videos outlining the concepts.
timeline
I spent two three-day hackathons exploring these ideas.
Command Menu
An AI-powered command menu for Addepar
Hackathons
October 2022
pROBLEM
Addepar has grown into a multi-product platform company, with dozens of different products. However now the platform is very fragmented and isn't a seamless user experience.
research
After researching other trading softwares, many of which historically have been desktop applications, I realized we're missing a universal menu. While desktop users have the menu bar and right click menus, web applications don't have those priviledges.
Trading is an action-oriented product unlike our other products
Our UI patterns often don't support an action-forward interaction model
We often stratify different workflows on different pages, which leads to constant hopping
timeline
I spent two three-day hackathons exploring these ideas.
solution
I created two promotional videos outlining the concepts.
Hackathons are some of my favorite times of the year. I’m a believer that people’s best ideas are when they’re given full creative freedom, which often isn’t the case with planned feature work. I’ve participated for four hackathons so far, winning one as well.
I’ve explored a command menu and an AI assistant, interaction patterns that are completely brand new in institutional trading software. Take a look at some of the promotional videos I created for them, sound on!
Command Menu
An AI-powered command menu for Addepar
5 day hackathon
2022 - 2023
Addepar has grown into a multi-product platform company, with dozens of different products. However now the platform is very fragmented and isn't a seamless user experience.
research
After researching other trading softwares, many of which historically have been desktop applications, I realized we're missing a universal menu. While desktop users have the menu bar and right click menus, web applications don't have those priviledges.
Trading is an action-oriented product unlike our other products
Our UI patterns often don't support an action-forward interaction model
We often stratify different workflows on different pages, which leads to constant hopping
solution
My concept hinges:
Using a monospaced and condensed font for technical copy, to reinforce a high-performance look and feel
Heavy use of rounded corners to uphold an ease-of-use aesthetic
Using transparency to elevate the premium feel as well to indicate varying dimensions of depth
A complete reworking of our components and colors to break the mold and emphasize fresh new look for the platform
solution
I created three promotional videos outlining the concepts.
Hackathons are some of my favorite times of the year. I’m a believer that people’s best ideas are when they’re given full creative freedom, which often isn’t the case with planned feature work. I’ve participated for four hackathons so far, winning one as well.
I’ve explored a command menu and an AI assistant, interaction patterns that are completely brand new in institutional trading software. Take a look at some of the promotional videos I created for them, sound on!