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TIME
1 month
ROLE(s)
Designer
(Personal
project)
METHODs
Wireframe
Prototype
TOOLs
Figma
IKEA has always been about accessibility and focused on users. The “build-your-own-furniture” approach has always characterised the company and, as a consequence, designers and engineers have tried to optimise the process and the experience.
GOAL
"good design is thorough down to the last detail", Vitsoe
With this personal project, I wanted to reflect on IKEA e-commerce mobile app, focusing on interactions at the micro-level.
APPROACH
“The best way to have a good idea is to have a lot of ideas.”
THE PROTOTYPEs
Home: "Be inspired" section
Horizontal carousel more options
Trigger random inspiration image
Products and prices preview
Move "Inspiration" in Search page
Filter by room
Pop-up selection window
House mini-map with icon buttons
Horizontal display (no filtering)
Add product to shopping bag
Drag and drop in the bag (a)
Drag and drop in the bag (b)
Add more than one product
Manage "favourites" page
Unlisted items (icon to add to list)
Hold to enter management mode
Drag and drop to add to list
Swipe to add to favourites list
Go to checkout
Swipe right to go to checkout
If you want to play around with the prototype instead, the whole project is available on Figma.
no worries, this button links to no alternate universe, but to a very normal report on G-slides
LOOKING BACK
Lessons learned
Fast prototyping is key: concretising ideas, showing them to the team (and myself!) is extremely effective and saves a lot of time.
Having a lot of ideas, fast, even if bad, makes discussions and decisions easier.
Micro-interactions are extremely important for the whole user experience.
