Arca
Connecting the discovery of traditional art with the experience of making it.
UXL Designathon
Product Design
2025
Arca is a mobile companion for traditional art kits. It brings discovery, delivery status, material lists, artist context, and guided instructions into a continuous path from choosing a craft to creating it.
- Role
- Product Design
- Platform
- Mobile companion app
- Recognition
- Best Pitch, UXL Designathon 2025
- Timeline
- March 2025
Overview
The concept uses Rogan Art to demonstrate the journey. A physical kit connects to its digital guide through scanning or a code, while the app keeps the art form's materials and cultural context close to the activity.
Discovery
Let the craft lead the experience
Arca introduces traditional art forms through large photographic cards on a dark background. The discovery view combines a personal kit collection with categories such as painting, crafts, and paper. The imagery gives the work room to speak before the user opens a kit's details.
The Rogan Art page extends that first impression with a synopsis, artist information, and a materials list. It distinguishes what the kit includes from what the maker needs to bring, turning interest into practical preparation.
Connection
Bridge the box and the guide
The home experience includes delivery states, allowing a kit to move from being in transit to being ready to use. A prominent Scan Kit action provides a consistent way to enter the digital activity once the physical box arrives.
The scan flow explains the action in three short steps: scan the kit, point the camera at the box, and unlock the instructions. A code-entry alternative gives the same journey another entry point when scanning is unavailable.
Making
Keep attention on one step at a time
The activity view presents a single instruction with a reference image, a progress indicator, and a practical tip. A clear Next Step button advances the sequence, while a message about saved progress supports leaving and returning to the project.
Completion opens another connection to the art form through further reading. The journey therefore carries cultural context through discovery, preparation, and making, with the digital interface supporting the physical work at each stage.
