Yango Maps

Move your way. How we raised Yango Maps’ awareness 70% in one of the world’s most complex metropolises.

What’s the truth?

For people seeking a new way to move around Dubai, Yango Maps offers a real-time way to ride: providing a door-to-door experience in a complex metropolis. But its brand had yet to place users at the centre of its 3,000km roadscapes.

How’d we turn it up?

In collaboration with the Yango Maps internal team, we built a dynamic design system and brand launch campaign based around the principle of realising someone’s ideal journey in real time. Live, liberated, and fit for an ever-changing urban environment.

We went all in on

Dubai awareness up 10x
+30% app usage since launch
54% brand consideration in Dubai
Yango Maps 'Move your way' billboard in English and Arabic beside a Dubai highway, showing a first-person road view
Long Yango Maps hoarding in front of the Dubai skyline: a man with a 'Navigate life' headline, the blue Yango Maps logo panel and an SUV with Arabic headline

"We're so grateful to HOW+HOW for precisely pinpointing the ideal brand identity concept for our product. We were impressed by the freedom of thought, depth of immersion, and the attentive approach to our project the team had.  "The studio devised a vibrant and striking approach, taking into account the local nuances of our launch, which enabled us to make a noticeable debut and stand out amidst the vibrant and diverse backdrop of Dubai."

Elena Makarova, Lead Producer, Yango Maps
Yango Maps ‘Flawless Maps’ billboard featuring a red car

Road-ready typographic treatments inspired by lane markings, multi-level interchanges, and tunnels give navigation some acceleration.

The words 'Move your way' in English and Arabic, in white type distorted into perspective, on a bright blue background.

First person perspectives and real world indicators place the audience directly within Yango Maps’ highly detailed routes.

The headline 'Find your flow' in bold white on bright blue, with a Download app button and copy about live traffic directions and lane guidance.

Proof of the truth

10x
prompted awareness in Dubai
30%
increase in app usage since launch
38%
increase in searches year on year
54%
brand consideration in Dubai

Credits

Senior Designer
Avi Bamra
Design Director
Luke Scott
Senior Digital Designer
Hannah Leggett
Production Manager
Joana Jardim
Client Services
Romy Lazzara
Associate Creative Director
Christian Beck
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