Ulta Beauty Cafe

A cafe-inspired gondola design for Ulta Beauty, with makeup looks, recipe cards, and a linked digital Pantry.

Your next look,
on the menu.

Ulta Beauty cafe-themed gondola end cap in brown with recipe cards, on a store aisle

Role

Challenge

Display designer.

SCOPE

Full gondola, named looks, recipe cards, digital experience.

CONTEXT

PAVE Design Competition.

KEYWORDS

Beauty, retail display, POP, gondola, shopper marketing

Challenge

A large makeup aisle can feel overwhelming. For the PAVE Design Competition, I imagined a cafe-inspired gondola that gives shoppers a clear starting point: a named look, a set of products, and a recipe to try.

Iced Chai card’s QR code links to the Pantry
Recipe-card shelves organized by look

Iced Chai card’s QR code links to the Pantry

Recipe-card shelves organized by look

Endcap views with curved header and trays
Gondola drawing with recipe-card endcap

Endcap views with curved header and trays

Gondola drawing with recipe-card endcap

Recipe-card fronts and backs with QR links
Pantry: add products, view Fresh Looks

Recipe-card fronts and backs with QR links

Pantry: add products, view Fresh Looks

Iced Chai card’s QR code links to the Pantry

Iced Chai card’s QR code links to the Pantry

Recipe-card shelves organized by look

Recipe-card shelves organized by look

Endcap views with curved header and trays

Endcap views with curved header and trays

Gondola drawing with recipe-card endcap

Gondola drawing with recipe-card endcap

Recipe-card fronts and backs with QR links

Recipe-card fronts and backs with QR links

Pantry: add products, view Fresh Looks

Pantry: add products, view Fresh Looks

Process

Solution

I explored how to make shopping for a complete makeup look easier. I developed the café-inspired direction across the display, recipe cards, and digital experience, connecting the products shoppers see in store with guidance they can follow at home.

Ulta Beauty Cafe helps shoppers build a complete look instead of figuring out each product separately. Coordinated displays, take-home recipe cards, and linked tutorials guide them from choosing products to applying them, with room to explore new looks through seasonal collections.

Process

I explored how to make shopping for a complete makeup look easier. I developed the café-inspired direction across the display, recipe cards, and digital experience, connecting the products shoppers see in store with guidance they can follow at home.

Solution

Ulta Beauty Cafe helps shoppers build a complete look instead of figuring out each product separately. Coordinated displays, take-home recipe cards, and linked tutorials guide them from choosing products to applying them, with room to explore new looks through seasonal collections.

Design development

Display sketches for spacing and assembly

Display sketches for spacing and assembly