Introduction
Wake Up Coffee is a concept brand offering a global coffee experience— featuring brews from around the world. The goal of the website was to create a warm, inviting, and user-friendly digital space reflecting the cozy atmosphere of the café, while making it easy for customers to explore the menu, upcoming events, and contact details.
Design Overview
The design features a soft, natural palette of #EADDDF and #54685C to evoke comfort and freshness. Typography blends elegance and clarity, with “Apparel Display Light” for headings and “Applied Sans Pro Condensed” for body text. The layout emphasizes smooth navigation, with clear sections for the menu, events, gallery, and contact.
Functionality
The website includes smooth scrolling navigation, a responsive gallery, a dynamic events page, and a simple contact form. Built with accessibility in mind, all features adjust gracefully for mobile and desktop users.
Challenges
The primary challenge was ensuring the website was fully responsive and visually appealing across all devices. The design needed to be clean, user-friendly, and easy to navigate, while also maintaining a modern aesthetic. Balancing visual appeal with usability required careful attention to color contrast, image placement, and font sizing—each element needed to function seamlessly across various screen sizes. Achieving this balance involved extensive testing and iterative refinement.
Reflection
Designing and developing the Wake Up Coffee website using WordPress was a rewarding experience that strengthened both my creative and technical skills. This project allowed me to translate a conceptual brand identity into a fully functional, user-friendly digital platform. Working with WordPress gave me the flexibility to design a visually cohesive site while maintaining ease of content management for future updates.
One of the most valuable lessons I learned was how to balance aesthetic appeal with usability. I experimented with typography, color harmony, and layout structure to create a warm, inviting feel that reflects the café’s personality. At the same time, I focused on responsive design principles and accessibility to ensure that the website performs smoothly across all devices.
Throughout the process, I also became more confident in customizing WordPress themes, optimizing performance, and improving user experience through thoughtful design decisions. Overall, this project deepened my understanding of how design and development come together to create an engaging brand experience online — one that not only looks good but also serves its audience effectively.