Somerset West, Western Cape, South Africa
DezignzaPortfolio piece  ·  Medical equipment website  ·  2026
Medical equipment  ·  Johannesburg, South Africa

Built for those who look closer.

Essilor Instruments South Africa sells screening, refraction, workshop and fitting equipment to optometrists, ophthalmologists and labs. They needed a catalogue that explains 35 instruments clearly, gates the medical content, and turns interest into a quote request. We designed and built it as a custom WordPress block theme.

Custom WordPress block themeCatalogue mode, no pricesQuote listProfessionals gatePOPIASEO and AI files
Role
Brand-led UX, design, build and SEO
Live
28/10/2026 · essilorinstruments.co.za
Platform
WordPress 7, PHP 8.4, 26 custom blocks
Status
Live, client team edits products in the back end
essilorinstruments.co.za
The Essilor Instruments South Africa home page: a deep blue hero reading Eye care equipment, installed and supported in South Africa, beside a photograph of a patient at a WAM 800 wavefront analyzer.
The same home page on a phone, built for one-handed use.
The brief

A catalogue,
not a shop.

Every Essilor sale starts with a conversation. The old website was a brochure with no easy way to ask. The new one had to explain each instrument in plain words, keep prices out, and make asking for a quote the obvious next step.

01

Explain 35 instruments

Each one gets its own page: what it does, who it is for, the key specs and a downloadable brochure.

02

Respect the medical context

Pages describe medical devices, so visitors confirm they are eye care professionals before they read on.

03

Make every enquiry count

One short form, sent to the right people and answered within a working day. No cart, no checkout.

In numbers
essilorinstruments.co.za · Live 28/10/2026
35

instruments, each with its own page

5

solution families, from screening to dry eye

26

custom blocks, no page builder

50

pages sent to Bing on launch day

Colour and type

Clinical, calm, unmistakably Essilor.

Deep blue carries the brand, sky blue marks what to do next, and plenty of white keeps clinical content easy to scan.

Navy#001A72
Navy deep#010E3D
Accent#005EA8
Bright#0086D6
Sky#9FD3FF
Tint#E7F1FB
Ink#0B1430
Aa
Noto Sans
Regular · Medium · Bold · Black
IBM Plex Mono
Sphere +1.25 D   Cyl −0.75   Axis 180°

For specs, codes and small labels, so numbers read like an instrument display.

The catalogue

Thirty-five instruments,
easy to compare.

Filter by category or the problem you are solving, read each instrument in plain words, and add what you like to a quote list. Prices stay out; the right specialist sends them.

essilorinstruments.co.za/products
The products page: a category sidebar with counts next to Screening, Refraction, Optical Workshop, Digital Fitting and Dry Eye, and a grid of instrument cards each with a View details link and an Add to quote button.
01

Two ways to filter

By category, or by the problem you are solving, such as dry eye or glaucoma screening.

02

A quote list, not a cart

Add as many instruments as you like. Essilor replies with pricing, delivery and finance.

03

Plain words first

Short summaries on the card, full specs and brochures one click deeper.

Mobile and the gate

Medical content,
handled with care.

Most visits start on a phone in a practice. Pages are built for thumbs first, and every medical device page asks visitors to confirm they are eye care professionals before they read on.

Remembers the visitorOne confirmation, then straight through on every page.
Medical device noticeA plain-language page that explains who the equipment is for.
POPIA on every formConsent is asked once, in words people understand.
A phone showing the professionals gate: a card reading For eye care professionals, with a button to confirm you are a healthcare professional before the device page loads.
A phone showing the APH 550 auto-phoropter product page, with feature chips for the touch screen, exam-data import and custom protocols, and Enquire and Book a demo buttons.
The enquiry

One form. The right people.
A copy for you.

Talk to us

Tell us what you need

Quote, demonstration, service or consumables? A few details and the right specialist comes back to you.

  • A reply within one working day
  • Sent to the whole instruments team
  • A copy lands in your own inbox
essilorinstruments.co.za/contact
The contact page: cards for calling, emailing and visiting, beside a Tell us what you need form with chips for a quote, a demonstration, finance, a brochure, service or consumables.
The emails
  Branded, readable on a phone, and answered with one tap.
Essilor Instruments
For the team

New website request

Reply straight to this email to answer. Please reply within one working day.

Request
A quote or information
Name
Ricardi Test
Practice
Dezignza
Province
Western Cape

Sent from the contact form. Entries are also kept in the website.

Essilor Instruments
A copy for the visitor

Thank you, Ricardi

Our team will reply within one working day. Here is a copy of what you sent us.

Request
A quote or information
Name
Ricardi Test
Practice
Dezignza
Province
Western Cape

If you did not send this request, you can ignore this email.

Search and AI

Found by people
and by machines.

The site was built to be found from day one, by Google, by Bing and by the AI assistants that now answer buying questions.

TitlesA clear title and description on every page
SchemaProduct, FAQ and organisation data for rich results
AI filesSitemap, robots and an llms.txt for AI search
IndexNowBing hears about every change within seconds
SharingA branded 1200 × 630 image for every page
AnalyticsSwitched on only after the visitor agrees
Essilor Instruments South Africa · Eye care equipmentESSILORINSTRUMENTS.CO.ZA
essilorinstruments.co.zaEssilor Instruments South Africa | Eye care equipment

Essilor South Africa sells Essilor Instruments equipment to optometrists, ophthalmologists and labs, with local installation, training and support.

Live since 28/10/2026

essilorinstruments.co.za

Designed, built and launched by Dezignza: brand-led UX, a custom WordPress theme, email, search and launch support.

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