Design

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Advanced image search 🔍

by John Canelis, Product Designer
Project Topics
  • computer vision
  • prototyping
  • interaction design
  • usability testing
  • product design
  • search

Search imagery on Adobe Stock using computer vision.

Empowering users to find the right image in a database of millions of assets.

Adobe Stock is a marketplace for finding great content for your creative projects. From 2015 – 2018, I was the lead designer for the browsing experience on the site. This includes the navigation, search input, saved items (“My Libraries“), and filters panel. The majority of those design implementations continue to live on the site today.

An example of the browsing experience on Adobe Stock.
An example of the browsing experience on Adobe Stock.

Adobe Stock is a marketplace for finding great content for your creative projects. From 2015 – 2018, I was the lead designer for the browsing experience on the site. This includes the navigation, search input, saved items (“My Libraries“), and filters panel. The majority of those design implementations continue to live on the site today.

Adobe Stock is a marketplace for finding great content for your creative projects. From 2015 – 2018, I was the lead designer for the browsing experience on the site. This includes the navigation, search input, saved items (“My Libraries“), and filters panel. The majority of those design implementations continue to live on the site today.

Adobe Stock zoom
Adjust size and position of objects in search.

The problems to solve

People need more control over search results. The business needs more subscribers.

Adobe Stock is a marketplace for finding great content for your creative projects. From 2015 – 2018, I was the lead designer for the browsing experience on the site. This includes the navigation, search input, saved items (“My Libraries“), and filters panel. The majority of those design implementations continue to live on the site today.

Adobe Stock zoom
Adjust size and position of objects in search.

The team

People need more control over search results. The business needs more subscribers.

Adobe Stock is a marketplace for finding great content for your creative projects. From 2015 – 2018, I was the lead designer for the browsing experience on the site. This includes the navigation, search input, saved items (“My Libraries“), and filters panel. The majority of those design implementations continue to live on the site today.

Adobe Stock is a marketplace for finding great content for your creative projects. From 2015 – 2018, I was the lead designer for the browsing experience on the site. This includes the navigation, search input, saved items (“My Libraries“), and filters panel. The majority of those design implementations continue to live on the site today.

Adobe Stock is a marketplace for finding great content for your creative projects. From 2015 – 2018, I was the lead designer for the browsing experience on the site. This includes the navigation, search input, saved items (“My Libraries“), and filters panel. The majority of those design implementations continue to live on the site today.

Problems

People need more control over search results. The business needs more subscribers.

Adobe Stock zoom
Adjust size and position of objects in search.

Adobe Stock is a marketplace for finding great content for your creative projects. From 2015 – 2018, I was the lead designer for the browsing experience on the site. This includes the navigation, search input, saved items (“My Libraries“), and filters panel. The majority of those design implementations continue to live on the site today.

Adobe Stock is a marketplace for finding great content for your creative projects. From 2015 – 2018, I was the lead designer for the browsing experience on the site. This includes the navigation, search input, saved items (“My Libraries“), and filters panel. The majority of those design implementations continue to live on the site today.

Problems

People need more control over search results. The business needs more subscribers.

Adobe Stock is a marketplace for finding great content for your creative projects. From 2015 – 2018, I was the lead designer for the browsing experience on the site. This includes the navigation, search input, saved items (“My Libraries“), and filters panel. The majority of those design implementations continue to live on the site today.

Adobe Stock is a marketplace for finding great content for your creative projects. From 2015 – 2018, I was the lead designer for the browsing experience on the site. This includes the navigation, search input, saved items (“My Libraries“), and filters panel. The majority of those design implementations continue to live on the site today.

Problems

People need more control over search results. The business needs more subscribers.

Adobe Stock is a marketplace for finding great content for your creative projects. From 2015 – 2018, I was the lead designer for the browsing experience on the site. This includes the navigation, search input, saved items (“My Libraries“), and filters panel. The majority of those design implementations continue to live on the site today.

Adobe Stock is a marketplace for finding great content for your creative projects. From 2015 – 2018, I was the lead designer for the browsing experience on the site. This includes the navigation, search input, saved items (“My Libraries“), and filters panel. The majority of those design implementations continue to live on the site today.

Image search on Stock
A screenshot of the current experience.