Innovation from a user perspective

Transavia

Digital Brand Identity
UX & UI
Design Direction
Motion
Voice & Conversational UI

Context

As a result of Transavia's ambition to establish a 1-on-1 relationship with every passenger and to reposition itself as a European low-cost airline with a 'warm' feeling, we designed a completely new digital platform and ecosystem over a period of several years.
     Accenture, Mirabeau and Studio Dumbar worked closely together on this project, with Mirabeau in the design lead role given the focus on digital channels. This resulted in a new brand and user experience that is essentially human-centric.

Insights & Strategy

The project started with the development of a prototype for 'My Transavia'. This prototype set the stage for the redesign of the entire digital ecosystem and the new brand identity, including the livery of the aircrafts.
     The design direction is, in addition to an 'artist impression' prototype, defined in an extensive set of design principles for the different perspectives: look and feel, interaction, tone of voice, content and performance (technology).
     In the process, much attention was paid to creating support among Transavia employees. The design team has worked full-time on location in Schiphol for several years.

Concept & Design

Design and research are in this project always closely intertwined. Often, users react unexpectedly positively to innovations in design, such as a dynamic positioning of the logo and the presentation of the seat map as a rich personalized experience. In this way, research goes hand in hand with creativity and innovation. In this way, the end result is not driven by conventions and is really human centric. On a practical level, A/B testing and neuroscience are also used to optimize conversion.
     Given the scope of the project, the range of activities and deliverables is very broad: from defining a digital and brand strategy, to developing a verbal and motion identity, and not to mention all the digital craftsmanship such as drawing the seatmaps and coding the micro-interactions.


Context


As a result of Transavia's ambition to establish a 1-on-1 relationship with every passenger and to reposition itself as a European low-cost airline with a 'warm' feeling, we designed a completely new digital platform and ecosystem over a period of several years.

Accenture, Mirabeau and Studio Dumbar worked closely together on this project, with Mirabeau in the design lead role given the focus on digital channels. This resulted in a new brand and user experience that is essentially human-centric.


Insights & Strategy


The project started with the development of a prototype for 'My Transavia'. This prototype set the stage for the redesign of the entire digital ecosystem and the new brand identity, including the livery of the aircrafts.

The design direction is, in addition to an 'artist impression' prototype, defined in an extensive set of design principles for the different perspectives: look and feel, interaction, tone of voice, content and performance (technology).

In the process, much attention was paid to creating support among Transavia employees. The design team has worked full-time on location in Schiphol for several years.


Concept & Design


Design and research are in this project always closely intertwined. Often, users react unexpectedly positively to innovations in design, such as a dynamic positioning of the logo and the presentation of the seat map as a rich personalized experience. In this way, research goes hand in hand with creativity and innovation. In this way, the end result is not driven by conventions and is really human centric. On a practical level, A/B testing and neuroscience are also used to optimize conversion.

Given the scope of the project, the range of activities and deliverables is very broad: from defining a digital and brand strategy, to developing a verbal and motion identity, and not to mention all the digital craftsmanship such as drawing the seatmaps and coding the micro-interactions.

Collaboration

In this project, in which digital agency Mirabeau closely collaborated with graphic design agency Studio Dumbar we designed a whole new brand and user experience.

It's a pleasure

The identified core strength of Transavia is the warm and personal approach of the cabin crew. This can be summarized as ‘It is a pleasure’. This principle became the guiding principle in all communication.

The jury report of the SpinAwards describes how existing web conventions have been abandoned, even in the booking flow. In the words of the jury an encouragement for other agencies and brands to actually innovate from a user perspective.

Besides being fun, the design is also smart and personal. A line of code detects the battery level of the used device. When this is low, a minimal more functional experience is shown. A perfect example of dynamic design. The presentation depends on context and user.

This project was designed and executed on behalf of Mirabeau, a Cognizant Digital Business and in close collaboration with Studio Dumbar, part of Dept. The intellectual property of the concept and design rests with these organizations. Creative Direction: Henk Haaima, Liza Enebeis - Brand Strategy: Tom Dorresteijn - Art Direction: Erik de Vlaam - Customer Experience Strategy: Michiel Ooms, Maarten Kappert, Romain Colomer - Visual Design: Patrick Hessels, Ricardo de Zoete, Benjamin Leleu, Ewout van Lambalgen, Naomi Yasuda, Melissa Williams, Kate-Lyn Meistre, Thijs Rentier, Ivan Mašić - Front-end Development: Vasilis van Gemert, Sybren Wartna, Christiaan Stegeman, Martijn van Nieuwenhuizen - Interaction Design: Aukje Poppe, Kim Liefhebber