Finpro is a Finnish export agency whose recent activities are focused around cleantech industry. They’ve created a digital platform that enabled Finnish cleantech experts to communicate with different clients around the globe solving environmental challenges. But it did not work.
In cooperation with Finnish marketing agency 358 we applied the user-centered design approach to redesign this digital platform. Solved, a new consulting company, has been established. The startup embodies the user-centered design approach and is entirely based online. The effort has resulted in an innovative platform that helps stimulate the exchange of ideas between cleantech experts and guides discussions to solve environmental challenges. The platform now operates in various countries around the globe including Finland, Russia, Italy, Tanzania and Slovakia.
WIREFRAMES
Based on extensive user research we have co-created wireframes together with the client in a number of brainstorming sessions.
VISUAL DESIGN
Define → Co-Create → Solved
Three phases of the projectThe users of solved.fi are motivated to move to the next step of their project with a powerful visual element.
ChatThe users can use the integrated chat functionality to privately discuss project details.
UIThe minimalistic approach used in the wireframes was also applied to the visual design.
Three stages of the like buttonThe like button grows with the amount of likes.
TopicsThese icons were custom developed for environmental topics on the solved website and can be used to filter posts in the project feed.
IconsThe environmental theme required tailor-made icons.
HomepageWe took an unusual approach to design a corporate website.
How it worksThe animated interface presents the service in a less corporate manner.
Illustrations
HTML integration
The application templates were build by our front-end specialist and integrated with the Angular.js framework into a GWT environment. The back-end programming was provided by Seges.
Made for Solved in 2013.
