Art Gallery Mobile App Design for Bidd'me - FinTech

Bidd’me is an art gallery mobile app that lets users bid on artworks. As pieces gain traction and trend, their value can skyrocket, allowing buyers to resell them at a profit.

The product is intentionally designed to feel artistic and expressive, rather than like a typical SaaS application.

Bidd’me is a mobile art gallery app that allows users to bid on curated artworks. As pieces gain traction and start trending, their perceived value increases—creating opportunities for collectors to resell them at a profit.

Unlike typical marketplace or SaaS-style platforms, Bidd’me is intentionally designed to feel expressive, emotional, and artistic. The interface prioritizes visual storytelling over heavy UI, allowing the artwork itself to take center stage.

Most bidding or marketplace apps feel transactional and cluttered. They focus on data, numbers, and dashboards, which often distract from the emotional and visual experience of art.

For an art-focused platform, this creates two major issues:

Art loses its emotional impact.

Users feel like they’re using a tool, not exploring a gallery.

Minimal · Editorial · White · Premium · Art-first

Design a mobile experience that:

Feels like walking through a modern art gallery.

Puts artwork first, UI second.

Feels premium, minimal, and expressive.

Keeps interactions subtle and non-distracting.

Makes bidding feel intuitive, not transactional.

The app follows a minimal editorial theme:

Large, immersive artwork previews

Generous white space

Soft typography

Clean grid

Subtle motion

The idea was to let the artwork breathe and avoid visual noise.

Home – Curated and trending artworks

Search – Discover artists and pieces

My Bids – Active bidding history

Saved Bids – Watchlist for future decisions

Profile – User activity, collections, and preferences

I focused on subtle, emotional motion instead of flashy animations.

Art should feel calm, not overwhelming. So I avoided loud transitions and instead used:

Soft fades

Gentle scale-ins

Minimal micro-interactions

Smooth page transitions

This makes the experience feel premium and effortless.

1. Big Images First

2. UI in the Background

3. Editorial Layout

The final design feels:

Calm

Expressive

Premium

Gallery-like

Emotionally driven

It transforms bidding into an experience of exploration and appreciation, rather than just a transaction.

Here’s a quick animated teaser of the app demo: Sound ON 🔉

Thanks for taking the time to explore this project.

If you’re looking to improve conversions, build stronger customer trust, and elevate your brand’s overall presence through creative design, this might be the right time to rethink your design strategy.

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