The Digital Workplace

Case study · 2026

Website redesign

The Digital Workplace, reimagined.

An editorial, people-first redesign of The Digital Workplace homepage, built to make podcasts, ideas and tools from top digital leaders easier to discover.

Client
The Digital Workplace
Role
UI design, art direction
Scope
Homepage, desktop & mobile
Tools
Figma
Redesigned The Digital Workplace homepage on desktop: “Rebuild work for the Digital Age” beside a mosaic of leader portraits and a podcast playerThe same homepage hero on a phone, with full-width Watch the video and quiz buttons

01 · Overview

Great content deserves a great home.

The client

The Digital Workplace publishes podcasts, articles and tools for leaders rethinking how teams collaborate, meet and work. Its audience is senior and curious, and expects an experience as considered as the conversations it hosts.

The brief

Redesign the homepage so it feels editorial, modern and easy to explore. Put the leaders and ideas behind the content front and centre, and make the next step obvious, whether that is a podcast, a topic or the Digital Workplace Score quiz.

Before: the original homepage, with a “Rebuild work for the Digital Age” banner over a photo collage and a speedometer graphic for the quiz
Before the redesign
After: the redesigned homepage, with a portrait mosaic hero and a live score dashboard for the quiz
After the redesign

02 · Goals

Three ideas guided every decision.

  1. Editorial, not corporate

    A publication-style type system pairing Inter with an italic serif accent, generous space and a confident dark palette.

  2. People first

    Real leaders, shown big and in black and white, so the faces behind the ideas become the hero of the page.

  3. An obvious next step

    Clear paths to listen, explore a topic or take the quiz, with one primary action per section.

03 · Design system

A system built to scale.

Every element was defined once and reused across the page: a dark palette led by a single Magenta accent, an editorial type pairing, glass surfaces and pill-shaped controls. The full system is documented in a 12-page brand guidelines deck.

  • Brand guidelines, colour palette: Ink, Magenta and White, with Soft Pink, Violet, Grey and Mist as supporting colours
  • Brand guidelines, type system: Inter for headlines, body and UI, Instrument Serif Italic as the accent typeface, with the type scale
  • Brand guidelines, UI elements: pill buttons, navigation chips and glass, featured and floating cards
  • Brand guidelines, iconography: white line icons inside rounded magenta to violet gradient tiles for the nine topics

04 · The page, section by section

From first scroll to subscribe.

  1. The hero

    A headline with a point of view.

    The hero pairs a bold Inter headline with an italic serif accent, frames real leaders in a portrait mosaic and surfaces the latest podcast in a floating player.

    Homepage hero: “Rebuild work for the Digital Age” with Watch the video and quiz buttons, a mosaic of four leader portraits and a now playing podcast card
  2. The quiz

    Turning a quiz into a product moment.

    A live score dashboard previews the result before anyone starts, with a sample question that shows exactly what the quiz feels like.

    Quiz section: “5 minutes to find your Digital Workplace Score” beside a score dial reading 72 out of 100 and a sample question card
  3. The topics

    Nine topics, one clear entry point.

    A bento grid gives Collaboration a featured spot while every topic keeps its original icon inside a consistent gradient tile.

    Topics section: “What do you want to rebuild?” with a large featured Collaboration tile and eight smaller topic tiles
  4. The leaders

    Letting the leaders speak.

    A large editorial quote card set in italic serif, with quick tabs to move between voices and a direct path to the podcast.

    Leaders section: “Learn from top-level digital leaders” with a Nancy Duarte quote card and tabs for other speakers
  5. The newsletter

    A closing moment worth acting on.

    The page builds to a single glowing call to action, the one place the glow is allowed to be at its strongest.

    Newsletter section: “Subscribe to The Digital Workplace” with an email field and a glowing Subscribe button

05 · Mobile

Designed for the thumb.

Every section was rebuilt for a 390px screen: full-width buttons, stacked cards, a swipeable portrait row and a two-column topic grid that keeps the bento feel.

  • Mobile hero with a full-width Watch the video button and a swipeable row of leader portraits
  • Mobile quiz section with stacked buttons and the score dial
  • Mobile topics section with the featured Collaboration card above a two-column topic grid
  • Mobile leaders section with a portrait above the italic serif quote