2026 | Professional

MUSE Design Awards Gold Winner

Walmart Shop the Background

Entrant

Walmart Inc.

Category

Product Design - UX / UI / IxD

Client's Name

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Country / Region

United States

About The Entry

Shop the Background turns lifestyle imagery into shoppable, confidence-building moments. Tapping a subtle hotspot reveals a focused set of complementary items—coffee table, rug, art, planters—organized with clarity cues like price range, relevance tags, ratings, and key attributes (color, shape, material). The experience reduces tab-hopping and decision fatigue; you’re not just buying a sofa—you’re completing a look, in one flow.

On mobile, results appear in a bottom sheet; on web, a lightweight modal—always close to the image to preserve context. Education is built in: result headers surface lowest viable price to set expectations early, while relevance tags explain why an item appears. Lightweight 3D and AR bridges inspiration and validation with “View in 3D / View in Your Home,” so scale and fit are resolved before commitment.

The design favors restraint and legibility: high-contrast labels, motion used only to orient, and consistent iconography for 3D/AR states. Add-ons can be bundled at checkout, reflecting how people actually furnish spaces.

Shoppers save time and feel surer of their choices; teams gain a reusable pattern that elevates any lifestyle image into a curated, multi-item journey. It’s an elegant, context-aware UI that turns inspiration into decisive action

Credits

UX Designer/Walmart Inc.
Yuanhao Zhu
Product Manager/Walmart Inc.
Somesh Rahul
Product Manager/Walmart Inc.
Stephanie Tsai
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