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https://uxdesign.cc/ikea-ux-case-study-2d6f3a9dfad7

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For our first UX project during the UX Immersive course at General Assembly, we were briefed on re-designing an interactive, greyscale prototype of the Ikea website. The design had to include a sample cross-section of 100 products that improved the e-commerce experience for Ikea in Australia.

Working alongside two other UXers, we produced an interactive prototype that matched the customer experience of an in-store purchase. Together, each team member worked on every aspect of the project, exercising our communication, collaboration and design thinking skills.

Deliverables

An interactive prototype based on a sketched interface. A 30-minute group presentation showing the following:

Documentation of the affinity mapping/user mental model, user flows, sketches, iterated designs and any other artefacts you've created. This can be a presentation of the artefacts themselves or a photographic summary.

A problem statement

A solution statement

A statement on how you iterated your design in response to user feedback.

About Ikea

Founded in 1943 in Älmhult, Sweden, IKEA is the world's largest furniture retailer. In the 2016 fiscal year, the company generated a global revenue which exceeded 35 billion Euros. One of the key competitive advantages IKEA has is its extensive knowledge about the customers.

All the products are designed so they are easy to transport and assemble. Moreover, the company offers the widest product range and positive shopping experience. The Ikea site gets more than 1.2 billion web visits a year.

Competitor analysis

To get an overview of who Ikea's competitors are, we jumped online to conduct some simple competitor research and analysis. We compiled a list of vendors that had similar traits; demographic size, environmentally focused, large product range, low price point and store size.

The companies that caught our eye were Urban Ladder, Kmart and Bunnings warehouse.

Kmartis a retail chain that has more than 200 stores across Australia and New Zealand. Like Ikea, it is recognised as one of the most profitable discount department stores in Australia. Kmart offers affordable online shopping and delivery service, including click and collect. They have well thought out information architecture and an intuitive smart search.

Bunnings Warehouse is the leading retailer of home improvement and outdoor living products in Australia and New Zealand. Bunnings has a similar quantity of products and price point. They don't offer online shopping but we drew inspiration to the layout of their global navigation.

Urban ladderis a furniture retailer based out of Bangalore, India. Urban Ladder currently has 3 stores in Bangalore and distribution across 75+ cities in India through its website. Their website emulates Ikea's in-store experience with easy to follow purchasing and filtering. They also had a broad range of other services like assembly, custom delivery and an option to test out furniture.

User research

In-store
Our first step was to visit an Ikea store at different times of the day to gain a variety of perspectives. After observing customers, we noticed that they seemed to like the touch and feel aspect of the in-store experience. The catalogue like merchandising displayed a large variety of products in bite-size chunks to encourage customers to buy more products and navigate them through different room categories. The one-directional 'maze' layout was easy to navigate because the areas throughout the store were clearly labelled and well thought out.

Online user testing
After interviewing and observing 8 users navigate the Ikea website with a specific task to complete we found the following patterns in our affinity mapping process.

Key findings

No online shopping and delivery options for some states in Australia

No customisable delivery options. Next day delivery only

Confusion on what 'The Ikea Family' was and what it has to offer

Search is complex and confusing

Too many clicks to get to the checkout

The shopping list is hard to find

Problem statement

Our problem required us to explore how we could unify the e-commerce experience across all states in Australia to ensure the customer can easily browse, purchase and have delivered all Ikea products and services online, in a convenient way that results in time-saving and increased customer satisfaction. This required creating a website/ecommerce/online experience which helps people with big dreams and thin wallets save time by conveniently shopping online.

We also wanted to create a membership solution named My Ikea, which replaces Ikea 'Family' and personnalises the online shopping experience while also providing a clear understanding of all available benefits, establishing a strong personal bond between the Ikea brand the individual customers.

Problem Statement and Solution

Recreate a website/ecommerce/online experience helps people with big dreams and thin wallets who want to save time by conveniently shopping online.

Create a membership solution named My Ikea, which replaces Ikea Family and personalises the online shopping experience while also providing a clear understanding of all available benefit and establishing a strong personal bond between the Ikea brand the individual customers.

Provide a wide variety of easy shipping/delivery solutions for all our Australian customers.

Paper prototyping

When sketching our prototypes we focused on improving the following:

Refining the global navigation

Promoting a signup process for My Ikea

Clear customisation depending on users taste and living situation

Clear variety of delivery options in all states

After testing our prototype, users gave us some constructive feedback on the popup. We found that it had the opposite effect and drove them away from the site. As such, we decided to simplify the sign-up process into subtle increments by adding a tick box at the end of purchase to join 'My Ikea'. Users also informed us that were more inclined to sign up if there was a monetary benefit. In response to this feedback, we created a small alert when the user hovered over the shopping list icon for free delivery on the first purchase. We then tested and iterated the paper prototype 3 times before digitising it.

Interactive Prototype

Learnings

This project definitely highlighted the value of collaboration and working with people from different professional and life experience. With a creative background myself, I definitely had some underlying bias about what I felt was important. Seeing the final project come together has encouraged me to pay attention to my teammates' experience to ensure projects are not one-dimensional, rather leverage the vast experience people bring to their teams.

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IKEA website: UX case study - UX Collective

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For our first UX project during the UX Immersive course at General Assembly, we were briefed on re-designing an interactive, greyscale prototype of the Ikea website. The design had to include a sample cross-section of 100 products that improved the e-commerce experience for Ikea in Australia.

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