The challenge of user-generated content

Marketplace operators like Koru get a random assortment of media from each supplier. This raises several user-generated content problems that a marketplace has to accomodate:

• Putting text on image backgrounds, even with a scrim, is sub-optimal; using a solid contrasting background is always a safe approach.
• Considering images in standard aspect ratios, but not assuming that's what we'll get. The safest bet is to use an approach such as background-size:cover while recommending optimal sizes.
• Plan for square brand logos, versus circles.
• Variant names duplicating attribute values. Guidelines might help, but manual work was required here.
• Long brand and category descriptions pushing the boundaries of any components: plan for them to grow.