System Requirements Document for proud-furniture

1. Introduction

The "proud-furniture" project aims to create a website for a furniture shop. The primary audience includes prospective furniture shoppers and the shop manager. The website will present the shop's products, support ongoing content management, and provide an engaging user experience that aligns with the shop's focus on design and craftsmanship.

2. System Overview

The proud-furniture website will serve as a digital storefront for a furniture shop, showcasing products to potential customers and allowing the shop manager to manage content. The website will feature a public-facing product catalog and a protected content management area for the shop manager. The design will reflect a warm modernism aesthetic with a mid-century touch, inspired by Charles & Ray Eames.

2a. Product Interpretation and Delivery Boundary

The website will be publicly accessible for browsing furniture products, with a protected area for content management by the shop manager. Application-owned identity is required for the shop manager to access content management features. The public product presentation will remain anonymously browseable by shoppers.

2b. Source Content Inventory

Not applicable as no content source directive is provided.

2c. Page Content and Component Coverage

Landing

• Purpose: Introduce the furniture shop and guide shoppers into the product catalog.
• Components:
  • Hero section with a full-width lifestyle photograph.
  • Overview of the shop's design philosophy.
  • Navigation to Products page.
  • Call-to-action buttons styled with primary color.

Login

• Purpose: Allow the shop manager to verify identity before accessing content management.
• Components:
  • Username and password fields.
  • Login button.
  • Error messages for failed login attempts.

Products

• Purpose: Display the furniture products available in the shop.
• Components:
  • Product grid with images and brief descriptions.
  • Filters and sorting options.
  • Links to Product Details page.

Product Details

• Purpose: Provide detailed information about a selected furniture product.
• Components:
  • Large product image.
  • Detailed description and specifications.
  • Price and availability.
  • Add to cart button.

Content

• Purpose: Enable the shop manager to manage furniture-related content.
• Components:
  • Interface for adding, editing, and removing products.
  • Content preview and publishing options.
  • Access restricted to authenticated shop manager.

3. Functional Requirements

• As a Furniture Shopper, I should be able to browse the furniture shop's products anonymously to discover items of interest. (Provenance: required_inference)
• As a Furniture Shopper, I should be able to view detailed information about a selected product to make informed purchasing decisions. (Provenance: required_inference)
• As a Shop Manager, I should be able to log in to access content management features to maintain the website's product presentation. (Provenance: required_inference)
• As a Shop Manager, I should be able to manage the furniture-related content to keep the website current and useful for shoppers. (Provenance: explicit)

4. User Personas

Furniture Shopper

• Context: Browses the furniture shop website to discover and evaluate products.
• Primary Goal: Identify furniture suitable for purchase or further consideration.
• Responsibilities: Browse products, view product details.
• Interactions: Engages with the product catalog and product details pages.
• Success: Finds products of interest and gathers necessary information for purchasing decisions.

Shop Manager

• Context: Manages the furniture shop's product presentation and content.
• Primary Goal: Maintain the website's content to ensure it is up-to-date and appealing to shoppers.
• Responsibilities: Log in, manage product listings, update content.
• Interactions: Uses the login and content management pages.
• Success: Successfully updates and manages the website's content.

5. Core User Flows

5.1 Furniture Shopper Browsing Products

1. Start: User lands on the Landing page.
2. Action: User navigates to the Products page.
3. Result: User browses the product grid and selects a product.
4. Continuation: User views detailed information on the Product Details page.

5.2 Shop Manager Content Management

1. Start: Shop Manager accesses the Login page.
2. Action: Shop Manager enters credentials and logs in.
3. Result: Shop Manager gains access to the Content page.
4. Continuation: Shop Manager manages product listings and updates content.

6. Visuals Colors and Theme

• Muse: Charles & Ray Eames
• Palette:
  • Background: #FFFCF5
  • Surface: #FFFFFF
  • Text: #333333
  • Primary: #D04E59
  • Accent: #F5A623
  • Muted: #AAB7B8
• Typography:
  • Headings: Jost — Bold
  • Body: Crimson Pro
  • Scale: 1.25 modular
• Shape Language: Organic-modern shapes, modular panels.
• Layout: Clean, modular grid with gallery-like sequences.
• Imagery: Warm product and lifestyle photography, playful pattern, hand-drawn accents.

7. Signature Design Concept

The Landing page will feature a full-width hero section with a large, inviting lifestyle photograph of a furniture setting. The background will be a soft cream (#FFFCF5), with the primary color (#D04E59) used for call-to-action buttons. The design will incorporate asymmetric editorial grids and generous whitespace to present products as art.

8. Interaction Model & Motion Direction

• Interaction Model: Animated
• Motion Tempo: Restrained
• Hero Dimensionality: Layered_2d
• Landing Hero Motion Brief: A gentle, film-like transition introduces the hero section, with a slow pan across the lifestyle photograph. The primary call-to-action button subtly highlights with the primary color.

9. Non-Functional Requirements

• The website must be responsive and accessible across various devices and screen sizes.
• The design should align with the warm modernism aesthetic, avoiding generic UI elements and blue/indigo color schemes.

10. Tech Stack

• Frontend: React
• Backend: Python/FastAPI
• Storage: Appropriate storage solution for content management
• Deployment: Docker/docker-compose

11. Assumptions and Constraints

• The shop manager will be provisioned or invited before first protected use.
• The public product presentation will remain anonymously browseable by shoppers.
• Application-owned identity is required for the shop manager to access content management features.

12. Glossary

• Furniture Shopper: A user who browses the website to discover and evaluate furniture products.
• Shop Manager: A user responsible for managing the website's content and product presentation.
• Landing Page: The initial page that introduces the furniture shop and guides users to the product catalog.
• Products Page: A page displaying the furniture products available in the shop.
• Product Details Page: A page providing detailed information about a selected furniture product.
• Content Page: A protected area for the shop manager to manage furniture-related content.