The search is on: Architonic now offers an even better search experience

‘Seek and ye shall find’ goes the old saying. Indeed, it’s Archtonic’s very raison d’etre. As the world’s leading premium product search tool for A&D professionals, we’re in the business of connecting architects and others with the right products, materials and brands at the right time. It’s what we do. It’s who we are.

Our development team here at Architonic have been working tirelessly on optimising the search experience for users of architonic.com, and we’re pleased to announce two new search functionalities that will take your professional research to the next level.

VISUAL SEARCH: DRAG AND DROP AN IMAGE OF YOUR OWN TO GET SOME INSPIRATION, OR BROWSE SIMILAR-LOOKING PRODUCTS

They say you shouldn’t judge based on looks, but who are they kidding? Our new AI-powered image-based search functionality allows an even more inspiring means of discovering new products.

There are two options here. The first is to see visually similar products: whatever product you select on architonic.com, the website’s algorithm will now offer you the chance to view all visually similar products in our database, allowing you to make precisely the right choice in terms of form and colour, or gain some valuable inspiration. Remember, God is in the detail!

Alternatively, you can upload your own product image: kick-start your online research by dragging and dropping an image – either a photograph or a sketch – onto Archtonic’s homepage and be presented with a visual analysis of our entire product library. You never know: in addition to deepening your knowledge of what’s out there in the market, you might also just find what you didn’t know you were even looking for.

Driven by artificial intelligence, we don’t have an influence over the results returned. Nor do we want to. Currently in beta version, our new image-search function has been developed to complement the classic product-search route. You never know what you might find. But you can be certain of one thing: all the products called up will be premium. Even if you were to upload an image of a design copy, you’d be presented with genuine articles!

ADVANCED SEARCH: DEEP-DIVE INTO OUR PRODUCT LIBRARY FASTER AND MORE EFFICIENTLY

Relevant search results on architonic.com are now presented more quickly, making a better use of your precious time, via a series of combinable filters that refine your initial text-based search.

Enter your search term (e.g. ‘dining chair’) and you’ll be presented with a series of helpful filters to hone the results – manufacturer, year of launch, designer, product group and country can all be selected to sharpen your search outcome. In addition, you can choose to have only new products displayed. So, less browsing, more active searching, allowing you to get down to business.

So, there you have it. Architonic’s new search functionalities are just the latest innovation in our drive to remain the global A&D community’s number-one research partner. You can count on us.

Get searching!

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