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Macy’s Website ᱟᱨᱡᱟᱜ ᱠᱟᱹᱢᱤ: ᱣᱮᱵᱥᱟᱭᱤᱴ ᱤᱱᱴᱚᱨᱯᱷᱮᱥ by Willy Lai and Dave Torres

Macy’s Website ᱟᱨᱡᱟᱜ ᱠᱟᱹᱢᱤ: ᱣᱮᱵᱥᱟᱭᱤᱴ ᱤᱱᱴᱚᱨᱯᱷᱮᱥ by Willy Lai and Dave Torres is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award ᱨᱩᱯᱟ ᱯᱩᱨᱚᱥᱠᱟᱨ in ᱤᱱᱴᱟᱨᱯᱷᱮᱥ, ᱤᱱᱴᱟᱨᱮᱠᱥᱚᱱ ᱟᱨ ᱵᱮᱵᱦᱟᱨᱤᱭᱟᱹ ᱟᱱᱩᱵᱷᱟᱵ ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱ Competition Category.


ᱨᱩᱯᱟᱤᱱᱴᱟᱨᱯᱷᱮᱥ· 2020

Macy’s Website ᱟᱨᱡᱟᱜ ᱠᱟᱹᱢᱤ: ᱣᱮᱵᱥᱟᱭᱤᱴ ᱤᱱᱴᱚᱨᱯᱷᱮᱥ

by Willy Lai and Dave Torres

Client: Macy's

A' Design Award ᱨᱩᱯᱟ ᱯᱩᱨᱚᱥᱠᱟᱨ Winner in ᱤᱱᱴᱟᱨᱯᱷᱮᱥ Category

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The Design

About Macy’s Website ᱟᱨᱡᱟᱜ ᱠᱟᱹᱢᱤ: ᱣᱮᱵᱥᱟᱭᱤᱴ ᱤᱱᱴᱚᱨᱯᱷᱮᱥ

ᱢᱮᱥᱤ'ᱥ ᱣᱮᱵᱥᱟᱭᱤᱴ ᱫᱚ ᱢᱤᱫ ᱚᱱᱞᱟᱭᱤᱱ ᱨᱤᱴᱮᱞ ᱤᱱᱴᱚᱨᱯᱷᱮᱥ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ ᱡᱟᱦᱟᱸ ᱜᱟᱦᱚᱠ ᱠᱚ ᱢᱮᱥᱤ'ᱥ ᱫᱟᱨᱟᱭ ᱮᱢᱚᱜ ᱡᱤᱱᱤᱥ ᱠᱚ ᱧᱮᱞ ᱟᱨ ᱠᱤᱨᱤᱧ ᱫᱟᱲᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱟ᱾ ᱱᱚᱶᱟ ᱣᱮᱵᱥᱟᱭᱤᱴ ᱫᱚ ᱜᱟᱦᱚᱠ ᱠᱚᱣᱟᱜ ᱯᱷᱤᱰᱵᱮᱠ ᱞᱮᱠᱟᱛᱮ ᱫᱚᱦᱲᱟ ᱛᱮᱭᱟᱨ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ, ᱡᱟᱦᱟᱸ ᱠᱷᱚᱱ ᱯᱷᱮᱥᱚᱱ ᱢᱤᱰᱤᱭᱟ ᱟᱨ ᱠᱚᱱᱡᱩᱢᱟᱨ ᱴᱮᱠᱱᱚᱞᱚᱡᱤ ᱡᱤᱱᱤᱥ ᱠᱚ ᱠᱷᱚᱱ ᱯᱨᱮᱨᱚᱱᱟ ᱦᱟᱛᱟᱣ ᱠᱟᱛᱮ ᱢᱤᱫ ᱯᱷᱚᱨᱮᱡ ᱟᱨ ᱥᱟᱦᱟᱡ ᱞᱮᱠᱷᱟ ᱚᱞ ᱮᱢ ᱟᱠᱟᱱᱟ᱾ ᱨᱮᱥᱯᱚᱱᱥᱤᱶ ᱣᱮᱵ ᱴᱮᱠᱱᱚᱞᱚᱡᱤ ᱫᱚ ᱞᱮᱯᱴᱟᱯ ᱠᱚᱢᱯᱩᱴᱟᱨ, ᱴᱮᱵᱞᱮᱴ ᱟᱨ ᱥᱢᱟᱨᱴᱯᱷᱚᱱ ᱫᱟᱨᱟᱭ ᱮᱴᱦᱚᱵ ᱮᱢ ᱮᱢᱟ᱾ ᱡᱷᱚᱛᱚ ᱠᱟᱹᱢᱤ ᱫᱚ ᱟᱹᱰᱤ ᱨᱤᱥᱟᱨᱪ ᱛᱮ ᱯᱟᱦᱴᱟ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ, ᱡᱟᱦᱟᱸ ᱨᱮ ᱩᱡᱟᱨ ᱥᱟᱨᱶᱮ, ᱤᱱᱴᱚᱨᱣᱤᱭᱩ, ᱮ/ᱵᱤ ᱴᱮᱥᱴᱤᱝ ᱟᱨ ᱭᱩᱡᱮᱵᱤᱞᱤᱴᱤ ᱴᱮᱥᱴᱤᱝ ᱢᱮᱱᱟᱜ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ᱾ ᱱᱚᱶᱟ ᱥᱟᱦᱟᱡ ᱜᱠᱮᱛᱚᱸ ᱫᱚ ᱠᱤᱨᱤᱧ ᱯᱨᱚᱥᱮᱥ ᱠᱚ ᱥᱚᱠᱚᱭ ᱟᱨ ᱩᱡᱟᱨ ᱮᱸᱜᱮᱡᱢᱮᱱᱴ ᱠᱚ ᱵᱚᱲᱛᱤ ᱮᱢ ᱟᱠᱟᱫᱟ᱾

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award ᱨᱩᱯᱟ ᱯᱩᱨᱚᱥᱠᱟᱨ

Macy’s Website ᱟᱨᱡᱟᱜ ᱠᱟᱹᱢᱤ: ᱣᱮᱵᱥᱟᱭᱤᱴ ᱤᱱᱴᱚᱨᱯᱷᱮᱥ ᱫᱚ A' Design Award ᱨᱩᱯᱟ ᱯᱩᱨᱚᱥᱠᱟᱨ ᱧᱟᱢ ᱟᱠᱟᱱᱟ, ᱱᱚᱶᱟ ᱫᱚ ᱥᱩᱱᱫᱚᱨ ᱟᱨ ᱵᱷᱟᱞᱟᱭ ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱ ᱠᱚ ᱞᱟᱹᱜᱤᱫ ᱮᱢ ᱟᱠᱟᱱ ᱥᱚᱢᱟᱱ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ᱾ ᱱᱚᱶᱟ ᱠᱚ ᱫᱚ ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱᱟᱨ ᱠᱚ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱵᱷᱟᱵᱱᱟ ᱟᱨ ᱵᱷᱟᱞᱟᱭ ᱠᱟᱢᱤ ᱡᱷᱟᱞᱠᱟᱣ ᱠᱚ᱾ Macy’s Website ᱟᱨᱡᱟᱜ ᱠᱟᱹᱢᱤ: ᱣᱮᱵᱥᱟᱭᱤᱴ ᱤᱱᱴᱚᱨᱯᱷᱮᱥ ᱫᱚ ᱠᱚᱞᱟ, ᱣᱤᱜᱭᱟᱱ, ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱ ᱟᱨ ᱴᱮᱠᱱᱚᱞᱚᱡᱤ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱥᱤᱢᱟ ᱵᱟᱲᱦᱟᱣ ᱟᱨ ᱫᱩᱱᱤᱭᱟ ᱵᱷᱟᱞᱟᱭ ᱞᱟᱹᱜᱤᱫ ᱜᱚᱲᱚ ᱮᱢ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ᱾

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties
In 2019, Macys website was redesigned in direct response to customer feedback, resulting in a clean, simple, and fashion-inspired design that dramatically improved user engagement.
Dimensions & Packaging
We developed resonsive web design across different devices.
Tags
Macys, macys.com, Web, Website, Redesign, UX, user experience, fashion, e-commerce
Production Technology
We utilized modern responsive web technologies.
Design Challenge
The creative challenges for this project included creating a user friendly, fashion-inspired design at scale while supporting a variety of business goals for a large and complex traditional organization. Culture transformation was crucial to realize and operationalize the new design.
Research
Extensive user experience research was performed over the course of the project, including user surveys, user interviews, A/B testing, formal usability lab testing, remote usability testing, and guerrilla-style usability tests conducted at Macys stores.
Inspiration
The design of our new website was inspired by premier fashion media and leading consumer technology products, and our goal was to create a clean, simple, and fashion-inspired design that would help differentiate Macys from it's competitors.
Project Duration
The project started in October 2018 and finished in October 2019. The team members were based in San Francisco and New York.
Operation Flow
Users can access the website via a laptop computer, tablet, or smartphone. The new website design streamlines user purchases through a simpler, cleaner, and fashion-inspired design.
Team Members
Willy Lai
Dave Torres
Agata Krol
Ricky J Li
Hafez Janssens
Philis Liu
Elena Rubtsova
Stephanie Houle
Image Credits
Images courtesy of Macys.

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