REEF

A DIGITAL EVOLUTION HELPS THIS BEACHWEAR BRAND REACH ITS FULL POTENTIAL

REEF

USER INSIGHTS DRIVE THIS BRAND’S EVOLUTION

Client

REEF

Year

2024

Role

Strategy, UX, UI, Design, Development

PLATFORM

Shopify

INDUSTRY

Footwear

OPPORTUNITY

After becoming a true lifestyle brand for everyone, Reef found itself with an outdated website that hadn’t kept up with the company’s evolution.

SOLUTION

A partnership that finds insights by unlocking user journeys for Reef customers – then translates those insights into digital action.

CHANGING TIDES 
AND TIMES

Forty years ago, Reef was founded by two South American brothers as a men’s beachwear sandal maker. While the company has since become a true lifestyle brand for everyone, it found itself with a website that doesn’t reflect what Reef stands for today.

BEYOND THE BEACH

To update Reef’s digital presence, we partnered on redesigned user journeys that would unlock separate site experiences for men and women, keyed into insights for how they shop.

Reef FW 24 Collection Reef New Arrivals
Reef in the wild Social Reef footwear categories
Reef nighttime faves Reef sneaker
Reef Cushion Vera Cruz Reef Lay Day Looks
Reef Lay Day Seas Reef Lay Day Looks

SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE

The new site redesign also features greater social integration, prominently featured collabs and improved mobile functionality – keys to reinforcing Reef as a lifestyle brand.

Reef homepage
Reef Product Details Page

THAT’S THE RIGHT LOOK

Laid-back beach attitude meets go-anywhere
street style

Woman wearing Reef slides
Reef footwear
Woman wearing Reef slides

The new design is sunny, optimistic, clean yet fashion-forward – in keeping with the Reef brand.

Reef Swellsole
Reef sandals