One of the things I love most about being a product designer at Houzz is how I’m constantly challenged by projects. Most recently I worked on View in My Room 3D (VIMR 3D), which brings augmented reality to the Houzz shopping experience, making it easy for people to find products that will work great in their homes. We had to overcome major design and technical challenges to make VIMR 3D an intuitive and easy-to-use feature for our users. Here are some takeaways from the proce

I almost always get asked one question when I’m interviewing for our team: “What’s the engineering culture like at Houzz?” The first word that comes to mind is entrepreneurial. Here’s a quick look at the values that I think define working on our team. Entrepreneurial Mindset I think a good entrepreneur continuously watches the status quo to uncover opportunities to solve problems that can transform the status quo to a better state. Everyone on the engineering team at Houzz is