From Design to Development: How Hyvä UI 2.5 Improves Magento UX

Hyvä UI 2.5 has transformed the way Kiwicommerce moves from design to development. By using its ready-made components, we’re able to design and launch Magento stores faster, with fewer revisions and a smoother process overall.

Who Is This Blog For?

This blog is for both designers and eCommerce managers. Here’s how Hyvä 2.5 makes life easier:

• For Designers: Hyvä’s Figma UI bridges the gap between design and development. Designers can see what’s included in the theme, identify areas for customisation, and apply brand styling quickly. This means faster prototypes, smoother approvals, and an easier handover to developers.
• For eCommerce Managers: With Hyvä adding more built-in features, projects move faster and need less basic setup. This saves time and cost, helps stores launch quicker, and makes them easier to maintain in the long run.

Why Hyvä Matters

Magento 2 is a powerful eCommerce platform, but its default theme, Luma, has always been slow and rigid. It often needed extra work just to get the basics right.

Hyvä is different. It’s not just another theme; it is a complete turnaround of how Magento storefronts are designed and built. By combining Tailwind CSS with pre-built components, Hyvä speeds up both design and development while cutting down on unnecessary fixes and tweaks.

What’s New in Hyvä 2.5

The latest version introduces a range of updates to make storefront design faster and more flexible.

New components include:

• Sticky Add-to-Cart button
• Mobile Menu A & B
• Breadcrumbs A
• Pagination A
• Scroll to Top
• Search Form A (now supporting SmileElasticsuit)

It also adds more mobile-first elements (XS size: 376px), so designs are responsive across all screen sizes from small mobiles to large desktops.

Smarter Mobile Menus

Navigation is key to any online store. Hyvä 2.5 now includes two built-in mobile menu options:

• Mobile Menu A (Scroll Menu): All items in one scrollable list, with an optional search bar and sticky button for quick actions like Cart or Contact.
• Mobile Menu B (Tab Menu): Divides content into three tabs, ideal for complex categories or brands with storytelling content. It also includes a search bar and a sticky button.

Both options make it simple to set up user-friendly navigation without heavy customisation.

Figma Companions – A Useful New Resource

Hyvä has also introduced Figma Companions extra design tools to make life easier for designers.

The first release is Hyvä Payment Methods, which includes 120+ card logos in five styles (light, dark, clean, outline, and mono). This saves time on repetitive design tasks and ensures consistency across the site.

Why Magento’s Default UI Holds Stores Back

The old Luma theme created many challenges:

• Rigid layouts for product and category pages
• Inconsistent typography and spacing
• Cluttered checkout and account pages
• Slower performance due to heavy code

Hyvä solves these problems with a modern, flexible, and performance-focused design system allowing teams to spend more time on brand and UX improvements instead of patching outdated layouts.

Easier Client Sign-Off with Hyvä UI in Figma

One of the biggest benefits of Hyvä’s Figma UI Kit is how it improves the client approval process:

• Pre-Built Components: Clients can see what’s available and decide if styling alone is enough or if custom designs are needed.
• Live Collaboration: Feedback can be added directly in Figma for quicker iterations.
• Shareable Prototypes: Easy to share with wider teams and stakeholders.
• Interactive Previews: Clients can test how the store will work before development begins.
• Smooth Developer Handoff: Clear notes and annotations reduce confusion and speed up development.

This gives designers a solid foundation and ensures projects move forward without delays.

Faster, Smoother Magento UX

In eCommerce, speed is critical. A delay of just one second can reduce conversions by up to 7-8%. Hyvä addresses this by:

• Delivering faster page loads
• Using lightweight, efficient UI components
• Loading only the scripts and styles required
• Reducing reliance on heavy JavaScript

The result? A lean, high-performance storefront that customers enjoy using.

The Future of Magento UX

Hyvä UI 2.5 makes Magento stores faster, more flexible, and easier to manage. It fixes many of the issues with Luma, reduces time spent on basic setup, and allows teams to focus on delivering a high-quality user experience.

This is just the beginning Hyvä is continuing to evolve, adding new features and improvements that make it a serious competitor to Shopify while keeping the flexibility that Magento is known for.

We’re excited to see what comes next and look forward to sharing our upcoming projects in the luxury D2C space that showcase the full potential of Hyvä.

Looking for expert help with your Hyvä design and build? Get in touch with Kiwicommerce today.