Furnition - UX case study

Furnition is an online marketplace for furniture and home-decor equipment which intends to help people select a perfect furniture piece for their space. Allows to make groups in the website to share and discuss products. The main objective behind this website is to provide seamless experience for busy customers who don't have time to go for shopping physically. This website contains listing of all the products manufactured by Furnition.

My role

UX designer               Visual designer

Tools :

Adobe XD, Photoshop, Pen and paper

Methods :

Research, User survey and interview, Empathy map, User persona, User journey map,
User flow, Low-fidelity wireframes, High-fidelity wireframes, High-fidelity design and prototype.

design-thinking-process

Research

I started out with some brainstorming to explore the concept according to the requirements. I started the project with internet research, browsing through many different furniture selling websites. After research, it was clear that people wanted to buy furniture and find information for the same. These users also noted the importance of having a quick, convenient way to find furniture online so that they can save time travelling store to store.

Who are the users ?

  • Customers who wants to buy furniture for their spaces.
  • Potential franchise owners

  • I divided my research in two parts :
  • Frequent online furniture buyers.
  • Users who wish to buy online for the first time.
  • Pain points and Solution

    I want to make it easier and trustful for people to buy furniture online. The problem is that people still buy from shops, rather than saving their time shopping online.

    So why don't people buy furniture online ?

  • People can't trust the quality.
  • Fear of fraud
  • Furniture they order might get termites sitting in the warehouses till they get sold.
  • Low prices means cheap quality
  • There are no choices in furniture
  • Can't be sure if the Sofas ordered online will be comfortable or not.
  • Steps to buy furniture from a website :

    Solution

    To embrace more people in online furniture shopping can be achieved with goals:
  • Help people find the furniture which fiits in their space perfectly.
  • Seamless UI and navigating experience to avoid frustration for research.
  • Dispel the myths regarding online furniture shopping.
  • User Survey and Interview

    I wanted to begin by understading the overall process of furniture buying and what are some of the pain points associated with it. To gather information about it, I interviewed people who have adopted for qualitative and quantitative feedback. Some of the answers were what I expected, but there were some that changed the way I viewed how people looks towards this scenario.

    Qualitative research

  • It's difficult to get personalized products online.
  • Actual problem lies with refund of payment
    once the product is returned.
  • Finding the right fit was the longest and tiresome part of the process.
  • Quantitative research

  • 60% of people does shopping online.
  • Big number of masses faced quality issues while shopping online
  • 60% of people use web over mobile devices for shopping as it provides larger screen size.
  • Empathy Map

    The research data from the interviews are analyzed to indentify similarities, patterns, and preference. I created the empathy map that helped me categorize the user's feelings, pain pints, and motivations.

    User Persona

    Mainy I focused on 3 types of users :
  • Frequent online furniture buyers.
  • Users who wish to buy online for the first time.
  • Potential franchise owner.
  • user-personas

    User Journey Map

    In order to know users behavious better, I created a User Journey Diagram. Focusing on user's emotion is crucial while designing for them.

    Information Architecture

    I created Information Architecture to show the website flows that could come up for a user on that website. It helps to visualize how the information would be organized and displayed in a way that is easily searchable and understood by the users to help them achieve their goals. The User Flow demonstrates step-by-step actions taken by each user to accomplish their end goals while using the website.

    Low-fidelity Wireframes

    furnition-lowfi

    UI Style Guide

    Hi-Fidelity Wireframes

    furnition-homepage

    If you are thinking about hiring me or would like to discuss a project, get in touch with me at
    hello@aayushigajjar.com

    Furnition - UX case study

    Furnition is an online marketplace for furniture and home-decor equipment which intends to help people select a perfect furniture piece for their space. Allows to make groups in the website to share and discuss products. The main objective behind this website is to provide seamless experience for busy customers who don't have time to go for shopping physically. This website contains listing of all the products manufactured by Furnition.

    My role

    UX designer
    Visual designer

    Tools :

    Adobe XD, Photoshop, Pen and paper

    Methods :

    Research, User survey and interview, Empathy map, User persona, User journey map,User flow, Low-fidelity wireframes, High-fidelity wireframes, High-fidelity design and prototype.

    design-thinking-process

    Research

    I started out with some brainstorming to explore the concept according to the requirements. I started the project with internet research, browsing through many different furniture selling websites. After research, it was clear that people wanted to buy furniture and find information for the same. These users also noted the importance of having a quick, convenient way to find furniture online so that they can save time travelling store to store.

    Who are the users ?

  • Customers who wants to buy furniture for their spaces.
  • Potential franchise owners

  • I divided my research in two parts :
  • Frequent online furniture buyers.
  • Users who wish to buy online for the first time.
  • Pain points and Solution

    I want to make it easier and trustful for people to buy furniture online. The problem is that people still buy from shops, rather than saving their time shopping online.

    So why don't people buy furniture online ?

  • People can't trust the quality.
  • Fear of fraud
  • Furniture they order might get termites sitting in the warehouses till they get sold.
  • Low prices means cheap quality
  • There are no choices in furniture
  • Can't be sure if the Sofas ordered online will be comfortable or not.
  • Steps to buy furniture from a website :

    Solution

    To embrace more people in online furniture shopping can be achieved with goals:
  • Help people find the furniture which fiits in their space perfectly.
  • Seamless UI and navigating experience to avoid frustration for research.
  • Dispel the myths regarding online furniture shopping.
  • User Survey and Interview

    I wanted to begin by understading the overall process of furniture buying and what are some of the pain points associated with it. To gather information about it, I interviewed people who have adopted for qualitative and quantitative feedback. Some of the answers were what I expected, but there were some that changed the way I viewed how people looks towards this scenario.

    Qualitative research

  • It's difficult to get personalized products online.
  • Actual problem lies with refund of payment
    once the product is returned.
  • Finding the right fit was the longest and tiresome part of the process.
  • Quantitative research

  • 60% of people does shopping online.
  • Big number of masses faced quality issues while shopping online
  • 60% of people use web over mobile devices for shopping as it provides larger screen size.
  • Empathy Map

    The research data from the interviews are analyzed to indentify similarities, patterns, and preference. I created the empathy map that helped me categorize the user's feelings, pain pints, and motivations.

    User Persona

    Mainy I focused on 3 types of users :
  • Frequent online furniture buyers.
  • Users who wish to buy online for the first time.
  • Potential franchise owner.
  • user-personas

    User Journey Map

    In order to know users behavious better, I created a User Journey Diagram. Focusing on user's emotion is crucial while designing for them.

    Information Architecture

    I created Information Architecture to show the website flows that could come up for a user on that website. It helps to visualize how the information would be organized and displayed in a way that is easily searchable and understood by the users to help them achieve their goals. The User Flow demonstrates step-by-step actions taken by each user to accomplish their end goals while using the website.

    Low-fidelity Wireframes

    furnition-lowfi

    UI Style Guide

    Hi-Fidelity Wireframes

    furnition-homepage

    If you are thinking about hiring me or would like to discuss a project, get in touch with me at
    hello@aayushigajjar.com