Design is empathy in motion.

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Strategic Web & Brand Design for Founders and Enterprise Teams.

Building high-end digital identities and scalable UX that earn trust before a word is spoken.

Yann Durandet — Web & Brand Designer

[ Available for new projects ]

[ Selected Work ]

Sofia by SGS [ Enterprise UX ] 2023 - 2025 SONAR [ Brand Design ] 2025 Vantage Automobiles [ Brand Identity ] 2025 Department of Racing Drivers [ Personal ] 2026

+ Various experiments and design snippets — available on my Instagram

[ Sector: Enterprise UX ]

Sofia by SGS

[ Role: Lead Designer ] [ Scope: UX + UI ] [ Timeline: 2 years ] [ Users: 30,000+ ]

Tens of thousands of people used this software every day. Nobody had asked them what they actually needed.

Sofia platform interactive map view — SGS enterprise UX
Sofia platform UI redesign by Yann Durandet — SGS 2023–2025

[ Sofia platform, SGS — 2023–2025 ]

Sofia is SGS's global enterprise platform, used by over 30,000 people across 40 countries. When I joined, it had grown faster than its design had — functional, but fractured.

Over two years, I rebuilt it from the inside out. Every screen audited. Every interaction reconsidered. The work spanned UX research, information architecture, component design, and final UI delivery — with no handoff gaps, because there was only one designer.

The redesigned Sofia shipped to a global rollout without a single major regression in user feedback. For a platform at that scale, that's not a given — it's the result of two years of not cutting corners.

[ Sector: Software ]

SONAR

[ Perimeter: Branding ] [ Time: 2 months ]

A brand that hears what others miss.

[ SONAR — Brand Design, 2025 ]

SONAR is built around precision detection — the ability to read what's beneath the surface. Where others see noise, SONAR finds signal. A brand for those who listen differently.

[ Brand Identity ]

Vantage Automobiles

Vantage Automobiles brand identity and logo design

Vantage sources high-end vehicles from across Europe for clients in Normandy — privately, precisely, without the dealership experience. They needed a brand that felt as considered as their service.

I built their identity from scratch: naming direction, logo, colour system, and visual language. The brief was trust before a word is spoken.

Brand live — currently sourcing clients across Normandy

[ Personal — Ongoing ]

Department of Racing Drivers

Department of Racing Drivers — motorsports news and calendar website design

A motorsports news and calendar site I run because I wanted to build something for an audience I'm already part of. Design, content, and code — all mine.

Growing audience — built entirely in personal time

[ Archive ]

Jewelry project [ Bijouterie Luna Leaf ]
Pétanque project [ Association de Petanque ]
Restaurant project [ Restaurant Philippe ]

"The goal of a designer is to listen, observe, understand, sympathize, empathize, synthesize, and glean insights that enable him or her to 'make the invisible visible.'"

— Hillman Curtis

[ How I Work ]

Discovery

Auditing friction points and defining the business case before a single pixel is moved.

Iteration

Building scalable design systems through high-fidelity prototyping and constant feedback loops.

Handoff

Delivering developer-ready documentation and brand guidelines designed for long-term growth.

[ Sector: Studio ]

I believe the best design doesn't just look right — it feels right, because it started with listening.

I work with founders and small teams who want a brand or product that earns trust before a word is spoken. I bring the same rigour to a one-person startup as I brought to a platform used by 30,000 people daily.

Based in Normandy. Working worldwide.

[ Get in touch ]

Ready to build something that feels as good as it looks? Book a 15-minute intro call to discuss your project.

Let's work together →

[ Available for brand identity, web design, and creative direction ]

[ Usually responds within 24 hours ]

Now booking for June 2026