Shoebox
Reference library for designers
2024—2025
A reference library that keeps screenshots, links and notes together, and brings old inspiration back when a new project starts
The idea
Designers save references all the time and forget most of them within a week. Shoebox treats every screenshot as a note with context: where it came from, why it was saved and which project it might help.
Design choices
Saving had to take less than two seconds, so tagging happens later in a calm weekly review rather than at the moment of capture. When you start a new project, Shoebox suggests forgotten references that match its brief.