Blinds Downunder

Shopify store design & development for a roller blinds business

blinds downunder
  • Services

  • Discovery
  • Design
  • Development
  • Product type

  • Ecommerce
  • Expertise

  • Branding
  • Frontend
  • Shopify
  • Industry

  • Manufacturing
  • Retail
  • Year

  • 2020
Alan Blinds Downunder
Alan Blinds Downunder

Hi Xfive,

I’m looking to create an online shop on Shopify for selling blinds. I also need some work done for my business’ branding. Can you assist me with both?

Maciej Business Development Manager @ xfive
Maciej Business Development Manager @ xfive

Absolutely! I’d be happy to assist you in setting up your Shopify shop for selling blinds and the branding . Let’s discuss your requirements and get started!

Alan Blinds Downunder
Alan Blinds Downunder

That’s great to hear! I want my online shop to have a modern and user‑friendly design. I also need it to be easy for me to manage products, track inventory, and process orders. What are your thoughts on these aspects?

Maciej Business Development Manager @ xfive
Maciej Business Development Manager @ xfive

Definitely! We can create a sleek and professional Shopify website that aligns with your brand. There are numerous customizable themes available, and we can select one that suits your vision.

Discovery

Discovery and research

Design

User flows, wireframes and UI

Development

Building the product

Kick-off

At this stage Pawel (Project Manager) and Mateusz (Product Designer) join the project.

Pawel Project Manager @ xfive
Pawel Project Manager @ xfive

Hi Alan. Nice to e-meet you 👋

I also want to introduce Mateusz who will work on branding and design.

Mateusz Product Designer @ xfive
Mateusz Product Designer @ xfive

Hi 👋

Alan Blinds Downunder
Alan Blinds Downunder

Hi guys. Let’s kick this off 🚀

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monday, truesday, wednesday
Alan Blinds Downunder
Alan Blinds Downunder

Hi Mateusz,

I have had a few ideas regarding branding and logo. I want us to start with something simple. Cool?

Mateusz Product Designer @ xfive
Mateusz Product Designer @ xfive

I had a look at the color palette and it looks good.

Are there any competitors around, or did you see a logo from industry that you like? That could help me with picking up the correct style.

Alan Blinds Downunder
Alan Blinds Downunder

I don’t have anything in mind, so I’m happy with you to experiment. Probably a crisp and clean design which is easy to print. I am open to turning beach box into a graphic logo. Dark blue and white for strong line definitions? What do you think?

Mateusz Product Designer @ xfive
Mateusz Product Designer @ xfive

Oh, I miss the beach box 😉 I have some nice memories related to it. I can definitely make something from this shape. I’ll return to you with some concepts tomorrow.

design logo sketches house
design logo sketches house
Mateusz Product Designer @ xfive
Mateusz Product Designer @ xfive

I have sketched some simple house shapes with horizontal or vertical lines which would symbolize blinds. Lmk your thoughts.

Alan Blinds Downunder
Alan Blinds Downunder

I think bottom row, second from the left is the closest to what I had in mind. Can we just make it a rectangle and have one blind up and one down? Also, I would like the Blinds Downunder text underneath the image. I think we are onto something 🙌

Mateusz Product Designer @ xfive
Mateusz Product Designer @ xfive

How about this? I did try the lines under the symbol but this horizontal alignment will work much better in the website layout.

logo variant blinds downunder
logo variant blinds downunder
logo variant blinds downunder
logo variant blinds downunder
Alan Blinds Downunder
Alan Blinds Downunder

Agreed. We would like to go ahead with the rectangle design. It’s very beautiful 👏

Mateusz Product Designer @ xfive
Mateusz Product Designer @ xfive

I worked on tiny details like letter spacing, line thickness, etc. and a color palette. I particularly like shades of navy blue. Thoughts?

logo design
logo design
logo design
logo design
logo design
logo design
Alan Blinds Downunder
Alan Blinds Downunder

Thanks for playing with the colors. We actually like all of them so maybe we’ll end up having light and dark variants?

Mateusz Product Designer @ xfive
Mateusz Product Designer @ xfive

👍

Discovery

Discovery and research

Design

User flows, wireframes and UI

Development

Building the product

Wireframes and Designs

The next logical step in our design process is to create user flows and wireframes.

Pawel Project Manager @ xfive
Pawel Project Manager @ xfive

With a logo and style tile in place, Mateusz can start working on some wireframes for the website. After you approve them, he’ll move on to user interface work.

Alan Blinds Downunder
Alan Blinds Downunder

Sounds like a plan!

Mateusz Product Designer @ xfive
Mateusz Product Designer @ xfive

I am sharing wireframes ready for review.

Wireframes and Designs
Wireframes and Designs
Alan Blinds Downunder
Alan Blinds Downunder

The looks terrific. Let’s move on with the design part.

Mateusz Product Designer @ xfive
Mateusz Product Designer @ xfive

👍

design
design
Mateusz Product Designer @ xfive
Mateusz Product Designer @ xfive

This is the homepage.

Alan Blinds Downunder
Alan Blinds Downunder

This looks awesome!

I want to start development ASAP ⌚

Mateusz Product Designer @ xfive
Mateusz Product Designer @ xfive

👍

design
design
design
design
Mateusz Product Designer @ xfive
Mateusz Product Designer @ xfive

Take a look at the product pages.

your cart design
your cart design

Discovery

Discovery and research

Design

User flows, wireframes and UI

Development

Building the product

Development phase

Despite our extensive knowledge of e-commerce solutions such as WooCommerce and BigCommerce, each new project necessitates a thorough technical assessment. It is crucial to anticipate any possible challenges and proactively resolve them in order to avoid impeding the release timeline.

Pawel Project Manager @ xfive
Pawel Project Manager @ xfive

Let me introduce the development team: Ola and Prawesh (developers), and Maciek, responsible for Quality Assurance.

Ola Front-end Developer @ xfive
Ola Front-end Developer @ xfive

Hi Alan!

Prawesh Front-end Developer @ xfive
Prawesh Front-end Developer @ xfive

👋😊

Alan Blinds Downunder
Alan Blinds Downunder

Hi guys. I’m hyped 🤩 Let’s get this done.

Pawel Project Manager @ xfive
Pawel Project Manager @ xfive

We are going to use JIRA for task Management and Slack for daily communication.

The team has already started working on backlog, dividing the scope to epics and tasks and estimating them.

Development phase
Development phase

Production release

The final stage of the website development process is when the completed website is ready to go live and be accessible to the public.

Pawel Project Manager @ xfive
Pawel Project Manager @ xfive

Now when we have finished development, is the right time to plan the go-live.

Alan Blinds Downunder
Alan Blinds Downunder

Great, what do you need from me?

Pawel Project Manager @ xfive
Pawel Project Manager @ xfive

We have prepared a deployment plan with the list of tasks and checks that need to be verified.

pre-deployment plan check list
pre-deployment plan check list
Alan Blinds Downunder
Alan Blinds Downunder

It looks like you thought of everything.

Pawel Project Manager @ xfive
Pawel Project Manager @ xfive

Time to go live!

Contact us 👋