Comments on: Zappos’ culture evident in their design http://bokardo.com/archives/zappos-culture-evident-in-their-design/ Interface Design & UX by Joshua Porter Wed, 28 Sep 2011 20:28:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jonathan http://bokardo.com/archives/zappos-culture-evident-in-their-design/#comment-290069 Jonathan Wed, 29 Jul 2009 21:48:35 +0000 http://bokardo.com/?p=1348#comment-290069 Indeed, quite a few businesses do it. Here in the UK, B&Q - the largest home DIY store in the country - has been using its <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctNu0MjP-Bs" rel="nofollow">employees on TV ads for a number of years</a>, although perhaps the most successful example of this was by Halifax, the UK's largest mortgage lender and one of it's biggest high street banks, which used <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEVjbosMqFM" rel="nofollow">an employee called Howard Brown</a>. Brown almost became a household name in the late 90's. The company <a href="http://www.mad.co.uk/Main/Home/Articles/bf9d4ff6298c42c7a405d3957680cf79/Halifax-ad-stars-new-employee.html" rel="nofollow">continues to use employees</a> in their campaigns as do many others. Perhaps not using employees is just a US thing? Indeed, quite a few businesses do it. Here in the UK, B&Q – the largest home DIY store in the country – has been using its employees on TV ads for a number of years, although perhaps the most successful example of this was by Halifax, the UK’s largest mortgage lender and one of it’s biggest high street banks, which used an employee called Howard Brown. Brown almost became a household name in the late 90′s. The company continues to use employees in their campaigns as do many others. Perhaps not using employees is just a US thing?

]]> By: DesignNotes by Michael Surtees » Blog Archive » Link Drop (7·17·09) & (7·24·09) http://bokardo.com/archives/zappos-culture-evident-in-their-design/#comment-289904 DesignNotes by Michael Surtees » Blog Archive » Link Drop (7·17·09) & (7·24·09) Fri, 24 Jul 2009 12:38:28 +0000 http://bokardo.com/?p=1348#comment-289904 [...] Zappos’ culture evident in their design There’s going to be a lot of posts like this now that Amazon is going to purchase Zappos. I thought it would be funny to have this post beside the above issue of companies working with outside vendors for communication. [...] [...] Zappos’ culture evident in their design There’s going to be a lot of posts like this now that Amazon is going to purchase Zappos. I thought it would be funny to have this post beside the above issue of companies working with outside vendors for communication. [...]

]]> By: Matthew Bertulli http://bokardo.com/archives/zappos-culture-evident-in-their-design/#comment-289893 Matthew Bertulli Thu, 23 Jul 2009 22:30:15 +0000 http://bokardo.com/?p=1348#comment-289893 If you want to see a company who does the "employees wearing product" quirk really well, check out threadless.com. This was the first e-commerce site I noticed doing this. If you want to see a company who does the “employees wearing product” quirk really well, check out threadless.com. This was the first e-commerce site I noticed doing this.

]]> By: Steve Sheldon http://bokardo.com/archives/zappos-culture-evident-in-their-design/#comment-289888 Steve Sheldon Thu, 23 Jul 2009 14:49:10 +0000 http://bokardo.com/?p=1348#comment-289888 Interesting. Zappos design never really appealed to me. I was never quite certain if they were a legitimate company as their design looked like something a domain squatter would put up. Looking at it now it has admittedly gotten better and more full featured. Just my observation from a few years ago. I never really gave them a try because their prices are straight MSRP and if I'm going to pay retail I might as well get the service of a local shoe store. Hopefully they'll gain something from merging with amazon. A related yet niche site that I feel offers a blend of professional design along with it's own culture is newenough.com which sells motorcycle gear. Interesting. Zappos design never really appealed to me. I was never quite certain if they were a legitimate company as their design looked like something a domain squatter would put up. Looking at it now it has admittedly gotten better and more full featured. Just my observation from a few years ago.

I never really gave them a try because their prices are straight MSRP and if I’m going to pay retail I might as well get the service of a local shoe store.

Hopefully they’ll gain something from merging with amazon.

A related yet niche site that I feel offers a blend of professional design along with it’s own culture is newenough.com which sells motorcycle gear.

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