Ocho LDN

Role: UI/UX Designer, Web Designer/Developer

Tools: FIGMA, Wordpress CMS, Adobe Suite

Duration: 7 months

Project Overview

Challenge

Ocho LDN, an anime-inspired streetwear brand, had a strong social following but lacked a mobile platform that captured their identity and converted fans into buyers.

Solution

I designed a bold, culturally aligned shopping app optimized for fast product discovery and checkout, leading the UX research, interaction design, prototyping, and usability testing.


Design Process

Research

User interviews, surveys & competitor analysis.

Define

Personas, pain points & clear goals.

Wireframe

Low-fidelity sketches of layouts & flows.

Prototype

Interactive journeys with animations.

Test

Usability sessions & feedback cycles.

Launch

Final delivery with anime-inspired polish.

User Research & Insights

Immersive visuals

Users wanted bold visuals that felt like part of anime culture.

Quick navigation

65% wanted filters by collection, character, or colorway.

Frictionless checkout

Abandoned carts were common if checkout took longer than 2 minutes.

Community validation

Users valued seeing how others styled the clothing.

Group of friends wearing Ocho LDN shirts Animated phone interface Extra overlay

Meet The Users

Persona Avatar

Akira Tanaka

Aspiring Designer • 24 y/o • Tokyo

Goals: Quickly browse new anime-inspired drops, share styled looks on social, and buy limited collections before they sell out.
Pain Points: Frustrated by slow checkout, struggles to filter by favorite characters, feels platforms don’t reflect anime culture authentically.
Motivations: Passion for anime & visual storytelling, wants to showcase creativity in fashion, values recognition from peers online.
Persona Avatar

Sofia Martinez

College Student • 20 y/o • Los Angeles

Goals: Discover affordable anime streetwear, post outfit pics on TikTok/IG, and find inspiration from how others style Ocho LDN.
Pain Points: Hard to find trustworthy shops, annoyed by hidden shipping costs, dislikes when size charts are unclear.
Motivations: Loves merging fandom with fashion, excited by exclusive drops, driven by community feedback and likes on social media.

Wireframe & Prototyping

Using Figma, I designed a series of wireframes to outline the core user flows of the Ocho LDN app — from product discovery to checkout and overall navigation. These low-fidelity layouts helped define hierarchy and structure before evolving into high-fidelity prototypes with interactive elements. The prototypes were used to test usability, refine visual direction, and ensure the interface reflected the brand’s anime-inspired streetwear aesthetic while remaining intuitive and engaging.


Final Product

Outcomes & Learnings

Usability tests of the final prototype showed a 92% task success rate with most users completing checkout in under 90 seconds. The anime-inspired elements resonated strongly with the target audience and reinforced brand identity without overwhelming usability.

Key learning: balancing cultural immersion with usability is critical. Too much visual complexity slowed down navigation, but simplifying interaction patterns while retaining thematic visuals created the right balance.

This project demonstrates my ability to translate user research into design decisions, iteratively test ideas, and create a shopping experience that feels both on-brand and user-friendly.

Contact Me

404-784-8571

edwarddaviscontact@gmail.com