UI / UX web design
for Kruger Shalati
We designed a fully custom WordPress website for Kruger Shalati, a luxury hospitality brand in South Africa, combining intuitive user experience, responsive design, and striking visuals. Every element was crafted with the visitor in mind, ensuring the site is easy to navigate, engaging, and accessible across all devices.
Client:
Skill-set utilised:
- Custom WordPress theme with UI / UX‑driven design
- WordPress Multisite network setup
- Custom Gutenberg & ACF blocks for flexible editing
- Accessible, responsive UI / UX templates
- SEO‑optimised structure and fast‑loading pages
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Industry:
Hospitality & Tourism
Project Brief:
A custom UI / UX Web Design for a Luxury Hospitality Brand in South Africa
The Kruger Shalati project needed a website that was both visually compelling and highly usable. Our team designed a custom WordPress theme grounded in UI / UX best practices, focusing on accessibility, responsiveness, and ease of content management for internal teams. The result is a site that blends beautiful design with functional efficiency, giving visitors a seamless online experience.
Challenges & Objectives
The main challenges included outdated design patterns, limited CMS flexibility, and inconsistent user experience. Our objectives were to:
- Deliver a responsive and accessible UI / UX web design across desktop, tablet, and mobile.
- Build a custom WordPress theme tailored to the client’s brand and workflow.
- Improve editorial workflows using modern WordPress tools.
- Enhance performance, user engagement, and search visibility.
Our approach
User-Centred UI / UX Design
We began the project by focusing on user experience and interface design, ensuring the website structure, navigation, and visual hierarchy were intuitive and aligned with user expectations. Every design decision was guided by UI / UX best practices, creating a clear, engaging journey for visitors across the site.
Custom WordPress Theme Development
We designed and developed a custom WordPress theme tailored specifically to Kruger Shalati’s brand and content needs. This custom approach provided full control over the UI, layout, and performance, resulting in a flexible and scalable website built for long-term use.
Responsive & Accessible Design
Accessibility and responsiveness were integral throughout the design and development process. The website was crafted to perform seamlessly across all devices, delivering a consistent and inclusive user experience while adhering to modern accessibility standards.
Flexible Content Management
To improve usability for internal teams, we implemented custom Gutenberg and ACF blocks, making content updates simple and efficient. This ensured editors could manage content easily while maintaining design consistency and UI / UX integrity across the site.
Key Deliverables
- Custom WordPress theme with UI / UX‑driven design
- Responsive, accessible layouts
- Gutenberg & ACF block integration for flexible content
- Performance-optimised and SEO-friendly structure
The final UI/UX website design delivered the following results:
A visually cohesive and user-focused UI / UX web design
Improved content management workflows with Gutenberg and ACF blocks
Responsive, accessible website optimised for all devices and audiences
Fast-loading pages with SEO foundations built into the custom theme
Enhanced user engagement and satisfaction through intuitive, user-centred design
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