Get The Look: A Style-Led Brand Brought to Life

Creating a lifestyle-focused sub-brand to inspire affordable style choices

Blending editorial storytelling with e-commerce to inspire affordable style

Client

Argos

Role

Senior Digital Designer

Services

Marketing / E-commerce

āš”ļø Case Study Highlight

I led the design ofĀ Get The Look, a lifestyle-focused sub-brand for Argos that seamlessly integrated editorial inspiration with shoppable product experiences. Spanning homeware, fashion, and accessories, the brand lived across the main e-commerce site and a dedicated iPad digital magazine. My role included creating the visual identity, designing responsive layouts, and ensuring consistency across platforms. The result positioned Argos as a style-conscious retailer, boosted customer engagement, and provided a scalable design framework for seasonal campaigns.

Challenges & Objectives

✨ Project Overview

Get The LookĀ was a lifestyle-driven brand concept designed to inspire customers with curated, affordable style, from homeware to accessories. The initiative blended editorial storytelling with e-commerce functionality, offering a seamless path from inspiration to purchase. It lived across the main Argos website and a dedicated iPad digital magazine, bridging brand, content, and commerce into one cohesive experience.

šŸŽÆ The Challenges

  • Position Argos as aĀ style-conscious retailerĀ beyond its catalogue heritage

  • Inspire affordable, accessible style choices for everyday living

  • Integrate editorial content with a seamless e-commerce journey

  • Build a scalable brand framework for seasonal and category-based campaigns

🧪 My Role

  • LedĀ visual identity designĀ for the sub-brand

  • Designed UX for integrated editorial–commerce shopping flows

  • Collaborated with content teams on art direction for seasonal campaigns

  • Designed theĀ digital magazine experienceĀ for iPad, ensuring parity with the web

  • Worked with developers to implement responsive, shoppable layouts

End-to-end design process

āœļø Brand Creation & Visual Language

I developed a cohesive visual identity forĀ Get The Look, balancing editorial sophistication with Argos’s approachable tone. This included typography, colour palettes, and photography guidelines that could adapt across homeware, fashion, and accessories.

✨ Seamless Editorial-Commerce Integration

Working closely with UX and content teams, I designed layouts that allowed customers to browse editorial features and instantly shop products featured in them. Key focus was reducing friction between inspiration and purchase.

šŸ›  Multi-Platform Delivery

The experience was optimised for both web and tablet, with aĀ dedicated iPad digital magazineĀ that offered interactive product hotspots, swipe-based navigation, and seasonal lookbooks.

šŸš€ Final Design Implementation

As part of Argos’s broader e-commerce transformation, I designed and launchedĀ Get The Look,Ā a lifestyle-driven sub-brand aimed at inspiring customers with curated, affordable style. My role encompassed creating a cohesive visual identity, defining the UX flow, and ensuring the brand was consistently represented across digital touchpoints.

The experience blended editorial storytelling with commerce: product collections were presented alongside inspiration-led content, enabling customers to seamlessly transition from browsing to purchasing. On the website,Ā Get The LookĀ was integrated into category landing pages, product detail pages, and promotional features. On the iPad digital magazine, I developed interactive layouts that brought the collections to life through swipeable galleries, embedded videos, and quick-buy links.

To ensure scalability, I designed a flexible component library and style guide that allows seasonal campaigns to be updated quickly while maintaining visual and UX consistency. This meant theĀ Get The LookĀ brand could evolve with trends while remaining recognisably ā€œArgosā€ across both marketing and retail channels.

šŸ’Ž Results & Impact

TheĀ Get The LookĀ initiative transformed Argos’s perception from a catalogue-driven retailer to a style-conscious brand with a modern, lifestyle appeal. By merging editorial storytelling with shoppable product flows, the project increased engagement with featured collections and supported seasonal sales uplift. The visual and UX framework became a repeatable template for future homeware, fashion, and accessories campaigns, strengthening Argos’s omnichannel identity. This approach not only enhanced the digital shopping experience but also created a stronger emotional connection between customers and the brand.