A wooden drawer with various color and texture samples, metal key rings, and small samples of materials.

CRS Library designs, implements, and manages operational systems that improve workflow, strengthen manufacturer partnerships, and help design teams get more value from their material libraries.

Creating Operational Systems for Material Libraries That Support Better Design

THE CHALLENGE

Why Material Libraries Need a System

Give your design team back the time they lose searching, sorting, and managing materials.

Labeled material samples arranged on shelves in a design firm’s resource library.

THE SOLUTION

CRS Library transforms material libraries into organized, operational systems built around the way design teams actually work.

By creating structure around how materials are received, organized, maintained, and accessed, the library becomes a resource that supports the design process instead of slowing it down.

A wooden desk with a laptop computer on the right, and various small potted plants, rocks, and decorative objects arranged in a tray and on the desk surface. The top of the image shows shadows of the plants.

THE CRS METHOD

A structured approach.

A solution built around the way your team works.

CRS Library evaluates how materials move through your library — from intake and organization to maintenance and accessibility — then builds a system tailored to your team, workflow, and space.

Claire Mattingly, founder of CRS Library, is prepping for a library rebuild.

CLIENT PERSPECTIVES

“When we moved offices, we quickly realized that our library was a mess: unorganized, overcrowded, inefficient. Digging through all the samples had become such a time suck. Claire and her team came to the rescue! They sorted through all our samples, weeding out the vendors that we don't use or need and bringing in the ones we do. Now our library is inspiring instead of overwhelming, and we can put our creative energy into actually creating! With the time that it saves, Claire's services pay for themselves. I cannot recommend it enough!”

—Nicole Alexander
Principal

“Her willingness to listen to how it would function best for us really comes through in what she created!”

—Jamie Lewis
Vice President, Interior Design

“With her experience in the industry, she is keenly attuned to what designers need to work efficiently, and her expertise is perfectly suited to the task.”

—Rebecca Graham
Senior Design Director

“Claire met with us and quickly became a partner within our studio. Claire helped us strategize goals for our library and ultimately implemented these goals. Claire was a crucial part of getting our studio comfortable in the office and back in our library. I highly recommend using Claire for any material and sources needs within the studios of our industry!”

—Lindsey Ballard
Interior Designer