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Best Interior Design Posts of 2018

We're taking a look back to see the most popular interiors that we featured in 2018.

Best Interior Design Posts of 2020

From minimalist to extravagant, micro living to over-the-top, renovation to extension, we shared everything in modern interior design.

Satisfying Looped Animations Inspired by Interior Design Elements

Motion graphics artist Andreas Wannerstedt designs short animated loops that present invented machines performing mesmerizing tasks. His videos are often inspired by real-world interior design, and incorporate elements such as rose gold, dark wood grains, and tropical Monstera leaves. The works are published under a series of iterations titled “Oddly Satisfying” which he posts to his Instagram and Vimeo accounts. You can see additional projects by the Swedish designer on his website. More

Furniture for interior-design-loving introverts!

Furniture for interior-design-loving introverts!The Capsule Chair/Sofa set, with its soft felt fabric and its perfect geometric design is simply inviting. Pastel colors and soft curves give the capsule its...

Top 10 Interior Design Posts of 2023

Revisit Design Milk's most popular interior design posts of 2023, from a tiny apartment with a Murphy bed to a lakeside home built like Minecraft.

Best Interior Design Posts of 2019

Now that the year is ending, we're looking back and revisiting the most popular interior design posts from 2019.

How To Design For Wellness In Interior Design

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Elements of Interior Design: Lighting

Elements of Interior Design: LightingLight forms an important design element in interior design that transforms the space, creates different moods and determines the way we perceive color and texture....

Your 2021 Interior Design Lookbook – Winning Interior Projects from the A’ Design Award

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Your interior design style according to your Zodiac sign

Your interior design style according to your Zodiac signAstrology has been around for ages, and as per studies, people from each of the 12 sun signs have their distinct personality traits and habits....

Here Are the 10 Interior Design Trends That Will Rule 2020

Our crystal ball of interior design says 2020 is going to be all about these trends.

Top 10 Interior Design Posts of 2022

Design Milk shared spaces for everyone when it came to interior design in 2022 and now we revisit the top 10 interiors posts of the year.

Decor & Interior Design Studio

This is a design and teamwork experiment project. We were inspired by the aesthetics of products made by Ania Design studio and decided to present our vision of the new website. Minimalism, warm bright colors and creative atmosphere. We collaborated in a small team of 7 people, each was responsible for their part of work. And then everything was put together in a single presentation. We hope you enjoy the result.

Kitchen Designs that become your interior design inspiration!

Kitchen Designs that become your interior design inspiration!Growing up in a large extended family, gatherings were common and they would all center around the kitchen. Kitchens have always held a special space in...

Architecture-inspired workout equipment that balances your workout and your interior design!

Architecture-inspired workout equipment that balances your workout and your interior design!I was not an active person before 2020. If you, like me, never had a desire to work out, didn’t enjoy running, or were in terrible...

Top 10 interior design trends of 2023

Top 10 interior design trends of 2023As the terror of the pandemic slowly fades away, and our lives return to a semblance of normalcy, a question that rightfully lingers on our...

Redesigning an interior design service website

A UI/UX Case Study.Concept2Design ( Referred to as C2D) is an interior design company in Bangalore. They are a commercial and residential turnkey interior design services founded by young entrepreneurs who love challenges and are confident enough to meet them. Their mission is to create unique and life-changing concepts and designs reflective of the clients’ desire, ideas and lifestyle.C2D needed a top-to-bottom website redesign which relied on smart content and responsive functionality to embody their mission: “To create unique and life-changing concepts and designs reflective of the clients’ desire, ideas and lifestyle”In this article, I try my best to write a detailed account of my design journey and the entire UX case study of the redesign of the website. I am thankful to Concept2Design for allowing me to work on their website.Stakeholder InterviewThe first part of the job was an interview with the stakeholders to get an idea about the problems that the current website faces and the ideology that they want the website to represent. I believe that it’s really important to understand the thought process of the stakeholders and to know more about their views and business before you start working on their project. Talking to the stakeholders made me aware of the problem that they’re currently facing and the expectations that they have from the redesignPain Points (My Observation)The Website was outdated, didn’t reflect the brand ideology and couldn’t communicate to customers.It was difficult to navigate through the website, the flow of the website was unclear.The website couldn’t address customer needs based on their requirements.These were the main Pain Points that I observed during my analysis of the website, based on these pain points and Stakeholder interview, I set a few goals :Make it easier for customers to get in touch and navigate through the website.Find a way to distinguish between new, returning and potential customers and address their needs in different ways.Explain the brand’s values, ideology and process in an easier manner and increase user satisfaction.Competitive AnalysisI started with a list of competitors offering similar services and started comparing the features that they had in common and the distinctions that they had made.Comparison of four direct competitorsUser InterviewsIt is very important to validate the pain points with user testing and to build a better understanding of the current C2D ecosystem and determine whether users already had an existing understanding we conducted three 1on1 user interviews.I choose 3 Users who had used a similar use case or product so they could better understand the pain points or problems in the current flow, all the interviews were conducted over telephonic conversations.Key InsightsAll of the users were familiar with interior designing websites and all of them agreed that the current website lacked a proper flow, some key insights that I discovered are:There was no clear way for users to get quotationsThere was a lack of clarity in the process for users unfamiliar with interior design services.The users felt that the website couldn’t establish trustUser PersonasBased on my research, I was able to define 2 clear user types, around which I developed the following personasUser Personas created through surveysIdeation & Working towards a solutionBased on Stakeholder Interviews, Competitor Analysis and User Interviews, I made an affinity diagram and started prioritizing and combining items in chunks. The problem statement that I decided to design for was :“How can I make the website more engaging for current users and easier to navigate”Content StrategyMy Content Strategy was to distinguish the 3 core categories of online users and to fabricate design solutions for each core user :Skimmers want to find the information they need and get out as quickly as possible. In this case, it would be ideal to have a clear CTA Button to direct the user to the portfolio.Lurkers will go a little deeper and browse more of the website. Here, I included a short trip through the main unique selling points (USPs) of the service and an option to view the services offeredDivers want to take it all in and spend time exploring. For this user, the flow throughout the homepage was made easy to navigate through so the user could learn all about C2D and then a small part at the end of the page had a CTA button to contact C2D.Content Strategy tested out over a low fidelity wireframeThe SolutionI created a structural diagram ( Sitemap Flows) which showed the relationship between all components of the website, this allowed the entire team to evaluate the scope of the project and also acted as a checklist for designing and codingSitemap Flow for the projectThis is the design solution that I came up with that had a solution for every journeyThe previous home page was cluttered, it needed to establish trust while maintaining proper flow. The proposed design divided the homepage into several sections carefully separated so that each target group’s attention can be captured and can be directed to either the portfolio or directly to the contact us page.Colours & TypographyThe right balance for colour and typography is very important to set the theme that will represent the brand. It was important for the website to radiate simplicity, stability and to set a calm reflective mood. After experimenting with shades of teal, green and different typefaces, I decided upon a combination of celadon green and skobeloff used alongside champagne pink as an accent colour, the colour scheme gave a sense of simplicity and calmness. After many iterations, I found that a combination of Libre Baskerville and Poppins worked best with the colour scheme and gave a modern yet sober look to the website.Colours and TypographyWireframes and PrototypesThe three stages of Wireframing were:Paper prototype was the rough initial draft of the home screen where I experimented with different layoutsLow fidelity digital Prototype made on adobe XD that was used to finalize user journeyHigh fidelity digital Prototype made on adobe XD that incorporated the desired colour scheme and typography.The three phases of prototypingFinal Product & TakeawaysRedesign and user experience doesn’t begin with a pretty mockup, it’s founded on strategic planning and a design vision that focuses on User Feedback at every step of the process. The primary objective was to provide a digital solution to Concept2Design which would help their business, not to make an aesthetically pleasing website.The final productThe Redesign of a website is built on strategic planning, the design solution that I’ve provided now needed to be carefully user-tested thoroughly to make further improvements. As a UI/UX Designer, I believe that my job isn’t complete until the solution that I’ve provided brings significant progress to the business.Harsh Vardhan SinghRedesigning an interior design service website was originally published in Muzli - Design Inspiration on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.