INPHONITE

Navigation Restructure

A clearer, more predictable way to navigate the Inphonite platform.

This focused project improved navigation and information architecture within Inphonite by regrouping related features, clarifying labels and interaction states, and aligning the experience with a new Kendo Telerik–based design system.

Client: Inphonite
Project: Navigation Restructure
Focus: Navigation and information architecture

Navigation Restructure project cover showing the updated Inphonite sidebar, dashboard, and account overview — 01
**Project introduction**

Project overview

A focused navigation restructure within the Inphonite platform.

The project updated Inphonite’s legacy navigation system to improve usability, clarity, and consistency while aligning navigation patterns with a new Kendo Telerik–based design system.

The scope was deliberately focused on improving navigation and information architecture within the existing platform. Given the available budget and scope, it was not a redesign of the entire Inphonite platform or a full information architecture overhaul.

The problem

A cluttered, inconsistent navigation system made everyday tools difficult to locate.

Related features were spread across multiple menus, labels lacked clarity, and visual states provided little hierarchy. As the navigation had grown over time, these inconsistencies created friction during everyday use.

Project goals

What the work needed to accomplish.

01Simplify navigation through clearer grouping and labeling
02Reduce friction when locating frequently used tools
03Improve visual hierarchy and interaction states
04Align navigation patterns with the Kendo Telerik design system

The approach

A considered path from context to execution.

Regroup the navigation

The structure was reorganized using input from the support team and common user pain points. Related features were grouped to reduce duplication, surface commonly used tools more clearly, and make navigation more predictable.

Align the interface system

Spacing and alignment were refined for scannability, consistent hover, active, and selected states were introduced, and the sidebar was implemented with standardized Kendo Telerik components.

Improve utility and visibility

The top navigation was enhanced to provide quicker access to account and settings, while visible credit usage indicators brought frequently needed account information into daily workflows.

The solution

A simpler structure with clearer hierarchy and more visible account utilities.

The solution replaced the legacy grid of tools with a cleaner, persistent sidebar that organizes features into recognizable groups and supports expandable states for related items.

The updated top navigation and account view make settings and credit usage easier to access, while standardized components and interaction states keep the experience consistent with the design system.

Clearer feature grouping and labeling
Reduced duplication across navigation areas
Consistent hover, active, and selected states
Standardized Kendo Telerik sidebar components
More visible account and credit usage information

Legacy Inphonite home screen with tools distributed across a large grid of category tiles — 02
**The legacy navigation** — The previous home screen distributed tools across a large category-based tile grid, showing the density and fragmentation the restructure needed to address.

Inphonite information architecture diagram mapping navigation groups and feature relationships — 03
**Reworking the information architecture** — The supplied information architecture maps feature relationships and navigation groups before they are expressed in the updated interface.

Updated Inphonite dashboard with a persistent sidebar and visible account and credit usage information — 04
**The updated navigation system** — The dashboard and expanded sidebar show the persistent navigation, clearer grouping, account access, and visible credit usage in context.

Updated Inphonite sidebar with expandable navigation groups and consistent interaction states — 05

The outcome

A clearer, scalable navigation system for everyday Inphonite workflows.

The completed restructure made frequently used tools and reports faster to access while reducing navigation friction and bringing the interface into alignment with the design system.