Design at makandra: Our website relaunch

We launched our new website on April 9, 2024. It comes in a modern and colorful design. The black and red accents of the old site are complemented by cheerful peach-colored gradients and animated icons.

Here is a short interview with Laura, who was responsible for the UI/UX design during the relaunch of our website.

Laura: We were completely free as far as the design was concerned, only the logo was to be retained. That's why we created a few mood pages at the beginning, where we tried out colors, concepts, elements and visual effects. Once we had agreed on a color combination, the first layouts were created. The design system and components were then built on this basis. This design phase took about 45 person-days.

Laura: The most striking change is definitely the colors. These consist mainly of black, white and a peach-colored gradient. The color gradient stands for our expanded range of services. It also adds a fresh and modern look. We wanted to stay true to ourselves and not be too fancy. It should still have a clear structure and convey the quality we stand for and our values.

Laura: In terms of design, we set ourselves the goal of having a modern and fresh website that still reflects our values and stands for structure and quality. We wanted to show that we still stand for technical excellence, but that we have also expanded our range of services.

Laura: The typography is also a design element, not just the content. The colors are restrained except for the color gradient, which is used to highlight important things. We have designed several different building blocks that allow us to make the different pages more individual and thus not only make them more interesting, but also emphasize our content.

Above all, it was also important to us that we personalize the website. That we show who we are in order to appeal to customers and, above all, new applicants. There are lots of photos and the presentation is very large. There are also other new highlights such as the animated icons.

We love our new, modern and colorful design. It feels friendlier, is up-to-date and opens up a multitude of new possibilities for us. In addition to the new design, we have a new CMS, also a custom development made by makandra. It's twice as much fun to create new content and to adapt and expand existing pages so easily, quickly and flexibly.