JONNY GARRILL

15 December 2010

ITUNES REDESIGN

I've spent a lot of time recently using iTunes, my last hobby was meticulously re-tagging my entire 20,000 song library. Over this time, I have come across a few niggling problems and possible improvements to the program so have decided to mock up an interface redesign.

The past few updates for iTunes have focused on new features like Ping & Books, and also tried to make iTunes a hub for music, movies & TV. My redesign tries to strip back some of the bulk and give a better music library browsing service.

The first part that needed redesigning was the top console, which looks out of place next to other OS X applications, with its frankly bizarre vertical 'signal buttons' and the outdated faux LCD central screen.

My design takes heavy influence from the current Quicktime player, dropping the fussy outlines around buttons, allowing a more streamlined and clearer arrangement.

For the list view, I decided to place more information next to the artwork of albums, leaving more space horizontally for variable data. The most obvious change from the regular iTunes is the revised genre tagging system, allowing for albums to be 'tagged' with multiple genres, thus enabling creation of more coherent playlists. The bottom toolbar has been completely removed, with the shuffle & repeat buttons relocated alongside other playback related buttons in the top section, and the remaining buttons sitting underneath the album artwork on the left hand side. The library information can be toggled on or off with the blue 'i' icon. Removing this bottom bar cleans the interface further, giving a less cluttered browsing experience.

In Coverflow, a button on the left toggles to hide/show the left menu, again giving more room for browsing. Also, the black top menu sits above the Coverflow much more comfortably than the old grey version.

A new playlist creation feature I decided to add takes inspiration from last.fm's Event Map. This view allows the user to choose one or multiple areas of the globe and hear a personalised playlist of bands originating from the selected cities. This is an easy way to create smart playlists that can quickly & easily capture a certain time in a certain part of the world. For example:

West Coast America / Hip-Hop / 1990-1999 - The definitive G-Funk playlist
North-West England / 1982-1992 - For a Madchester Rave.

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Labels: 2010, INTERFACE DESIGN, SELF INITIATED

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21 May 2010

BERLIN BOOK

A mini project compiling all the flyers collected on my trip to Berlin into a single book

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Labels: 2010, BOOK, SELF INITIATED

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12 March 2010

MAGIC CITY AMUSEMENTS

Part fifteen in a continuing series creating jingles for every independent shop on Rye Lane, SE15.

Labels: 2010, MUSIC, SELF INITIATED

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8 March 2010

THE LIL' WAYNE COUNTDOWN TO FREEDOM WALLCHART

Today Lil' Wayne got SENTENCED TO A YEAR IN PRISON. Count day the days to his release along with him using this handy wallchart, with rewards for every month Weezy survives.

RIGHT CLICK HERE AND 'SAVE LINK AS' TO DOWNLOAD AND MAKE YOUR OWN

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Labels: 2010, POSTER, SELF INITIATED

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3 March 2010

DANKE CHIEN

Just launched a collective blog I'm running with Sam. Not much there atm but updates every day, I promise.
Have a look around and comment and make suggestions and maybe be a guest author? please?

Labels: 2010, SAM TRIPP, SELF INITIATED, WEB

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26 February 2010

TOUCH II JEWELLERY

Part fourteen in a continuing series creating jingles for every independent shop on Rye Lane, SE15.

Labels: 2010, MUSIC, SELF INITIATED

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10 January 2010

WEBSITE 1.0

Hey kids, totally got a first draft of my website on an internet. Click HERE to check it out, and it would be kindof helpful if you could leave some comments below letting me know how you get on. THANKS CHAPS.

** EDIT **
Thanks for all your feedback guys, just went ahead and acquired JONNYGARRILL.COM. Update yr bookmarks.
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Labels: 2010, SELF INITIATED, WEB

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8 January 2010

NEVIN'S IRISH MEAT MARKET