Using the right taxonomy, consistency in design, and benefit-focused flow and content to bring about the best quality and efficiency of product searchability.
Type
Website Design
Client
Sumitomo Electric
Industry
Automotive, Energy, B2B Consumer Discretionary Products
Sumitomo Electric is one of the leading Japan-based manufacturers for advanced technological innovations, from wire cables to fusion splicers, materials to systems. Sumitomo Electric strives to contribute to society through their expertise in innovation and over 120 years of experience.
The company’s sprawling global website containing thousands of pages was maintained directly without use of a CMS. The website revamp must allow for low and easy maintenance as well as reflects the refreshed brand essence.
A website rebranding requires design rules that bound or serve as the ‘North Star’, the single guide for any form of design. This ensures that the brand narrative stays cohesive throughout all aspects of the website. For each design principle, we outlined what it would mean or how it could be represented in the designs. Example would be using large macro images to show immenseness of products.
Providing various consumer information about the products such as key features, product application and products specification help to reduce enquiries that could have easily been found within the website.
The page layout is bottom heavy, with summarised products details at the top and ends with CTAs to connect potential consumers to contact Sumitomo for further enquiries or to other relevant microsites.
The components-based approach gives flexibility for local markets to customise their websites’ content and structure based on what fits their local consumers’ interest best.
Design system contains the list of design components, elements, rules, animation prototypes and possible combination to form key pages. It has to be maintained at a global level for a centralised control over any changes or updates.
The importance of well-organised and thoroughly-maintained design system, especially when it will not only be used internally but also as part of the deliverables to the clients.
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