Kohler.com and StudioKohler.com launch for Milan Design Week

Client
Kohler Co.

Role
Product Designer

Platforms
Web, mobile

Overview

I worked with the Kohler Co. teams to deliver on visual and UX design of the main trade and eCommerce websites prior to the opening of Milan Design Week.

Challenge

Kohler Co. had a leading role presence at Milan Design Week in the Spring/Summer season of 2022. The fast approaching opening day gave the team a short deadline in order to deliver and launch with no errors. I ensured all comps are to spec, responsiveness for all major breakpoints works and functionality matches design intent. I communicated with the remote dev team through daily standups, ensured quality delivery of all assets through InVision to demonstrate functionality and conducted QA and UAT testing prior to launch.

Process

When defining the business requirements and goals, I partenred with the Strategy team. With the Design team I maintained visual design identity and ensured branding is consistent and on point, all the while auditing previuos attempts at the creation of a design system. A colleague of mine and I took on the task of creating a new design system for the entire KOHLER Co. and all of it’s deco brands (Ann Sacks, Kalista, Robern, Sterling) from scratch. We named it Flow.

I partnered with the Content team to ensure the delivery of their inputs coincide with UX and downstream dependencies.

Last, but not least, I partnered with the Development team to design feasibility and to understand the documented technology standards for the platform and browser/OS specifications.