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Been deep in dashboard design mode lately. Here's a sidemenu concept I'm pretty happy with. 🎯
Everyone wants to design flashy charts. But the sidebar? That's where users actually live. It's home base. If it's cluttered, nothing else matters.
This one's for a B2B workspace. Here's the thinking:
Top = speed. Search and Favorites. Power users hate clicking around.
Middle = structure. Workspace + Labels. Organized but not rigid.
Bottom = people. Team avatars with status. Remote work is lonely—let me see who's online. And that "Invite" button? Small touch, big impact.
Upgrade badge lives next to the avatar. Visible but not annoying. You see it, but it's not screaming at you.
Still tweaking. Curious—what's a sidebar you actually enjoyed using? I'm taking notes. 👇
#SaaS #UI #UX #DashboardDesign #Sidebar #SaaS #Figma #ProductDesign
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InkStudioOS helps tattoo studios manage clients, track appointments, monitor revenue, and organize payments all in one clean, dark-themed dashboard.
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Students Learning performance, engagement, and outcomes to be structured around real decision-makin and learning progression.
To ensure the structure supports how decisions are actually made.
For Velarius Consulting, I explored two dashboard directions.
Same data. Different hierarchy.
Testing how structure changes clarity, scanning speed, and action flow.
• The focus?
Clear grouping.
Stronger visual priority.
More intentional quick actions.
Reduced visual competition between sections.
Dashboards aren’t about showing everything.
They’re about guiding attention to what matters first.
• What I’m validating?
Which layout makes decisions feel faster and more confident at a glance.
Still early — but structure > styling.
PS: The color usage was part of the requirement.
Love this exploration. Same data rarely means same decisions — structure fundamentally shapes interpretation and behavior.
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