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Accelerated Time-On-Task By 58%

Top UK Kitchen Retailer, £700M Turnover
Kitchen Retail
Wren Kitchens — Accelerated Time-On-Task By 58%
Responsibilities

UI Design · UX Design · User Research · End-to-End Ownership · Iconography

Team

1 Head of Design · 1 Full Stack Developer · 1 Head of Operations · 1 Business Analyst

Wren Kitchens' 3D kitchen planner was used daily by Kitchen Sales Designers working directly alongside customers across 119 showrooms. The interface was cluttered, its iconography unclear, and key features were effectively hidden. Every minute lost to tooling friction was a minute not spent selling.

I mapped workflow pain points through stakeholder interviews, Jobs-to-Be-Done analysis and usability testing on the live planner. Users weren't asking for more capability; they wanted to stop fighting the interface to access what was already there. I redesigned the experience through iterative wireframing and prototyping, built a custom icon set, and validated changes through moderated and unmoderated usability testing.

Average time-on-task dropped from 33 seconds to 14 seconds, a 58% reduction measured through prototype testing

Improved discoverability, reduced dependence on trial-and-error learning, and eased onboarding

AA accessibility compliance was achieved through improved contrast and typography

A modular UI structure gave Wren a scalable foundation for future features without major retraining

Default view of the 3D kitchen planner with a tooltip prompting surface customisation
Default view of the 3D kitchen planner with a tooltip for surface customisation
Style menu open in the planner, letting users customise wall colours and textures
Style menu open, letting users customise wall colours and textures
Props menu open in the planner, showing object placement tools
Props menu with object placement tools
Render queue open in the planner, showing image capture options
Render queue with image capture options
Pikl Design System — Cut Design & Dev Time By 25%