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New portfolio site: jonnygarrill.com
New blog site: blog.jonnygarrill.com.
Thanks for being so understanding.

Labels: WEB, WRITING

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which looks out of place next to other OS X applications, with its frankly bizarre vertical 'signal buttons' and the outdated faux LCD central screen.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

Some bits from my final project at CSM. Click HERE for more content









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Labels: 2010, BA3, CSM

Artwork for Rhythm's debut album 'Attitude & The Eyebrows. Click HERE for more content








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Labels: 2010, CD COVER, REAL WORLD

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

Another unused flyer, this time for London's hippest nights happening at the Roundhouse the third week of March.





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Labels: 2010, FLYER

Sat outside Rough Trade East for five hours today to get my hands on the new Blur single. Ended up spending £37 on 36 slices of vinyl. not bad, eh? Pics of me sitting outside Rough Trade and with my vinyl after the jump.





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Labels: MUSIC, WRITING

So a year ago, I started this blog by posting THIS AWESOME POST. Since then I've made over 60 posts, and had over 1000 visits from every continent in the world (Although only one from Africa, come on Africa, get with it). So, um thanks for looking at my blog.
x x x

Labels: WRITING

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

Labels: 2010, MUSIC, SELF INITIATED

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

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

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

Labels: 2010, MUSIC, SELF INITIATED

Made a new blog to put up all things Final Major Project related, just so I don't swamp the important things on this blog, like my jingles and four year old work.

Labels: 2010, BA3, CSM, WEB

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

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

Labels: 2010, MUSIC, SELF INITIATED

Back to work.

Labels: WITH THANKS TO, WRITING

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Lists of my favourite stuff music related stuff of the year, because everyone else is doing it, and peeps need to know. Click HERE to continue reading.

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JANUARY / T.I. - Dead And Gone
FEBRUARY / The Maccabees - No Kind Words
MARCH / The Horrors - Seas Within A Sea
APRIL / Health - Die Slow
MAY / Dizzee Rascal - Bonkers (Club Mix)
JUNE / The Very Best - Warm Heart Of Africa
JULY / Veronica Falls - Found Love In A Graveyard
AUGUST / Beyoncé - Sweet Dreams
SEPTEMBER / Ash - True Love 1980
OCTOBER / Shakira - She Wolf
NOVEMBER / Wetdog - Lower Leg
DECEMBER / Yeasayer - Ambling Alp

Click HERE for MANDATORY SPOTIFY PLAYLIST.

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Cheryl Cole - 3 Words (Although BLINK 182 did it better)






Charlotte Gainsbourg - Heaven Can Wait






Grizzly Bear - Two Weeks






Health - Die Slow






Ramona Falls - I Say Fever






Yeasayer - Ambling Alp

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The Rakes (316)
Hands On Heads (127)
Gentle Friendly (117) (According to their WIKI)
Teen Sheikhs (87) (According to their MYSPACE)
Dartz (74)
Favour For Sailors (72)
Mika Miko (29)

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Let's Wrestle – In The Court Of The Wrestling Let's

The Victorian English Gentlemens Club - Love On An Oil Rig

Mariachi El Bronx - Mariachi El Bronx

The Very Best - Warm Heart Of Africa

Hands On Heads - Tough Fun

HEALTH - Get Color

Gentle Friendly - Ride Slow

Danger Mouse & Sparklehorse - Dark Night Of The Soul

The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart - The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart

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WEEK 1/ Animal Collective - My Girls
WEEK 2/ Jaguar Love - Highways Of Gold
WEEK 3/ Au - rr vs. d
WEEK 4/ Passion Pit - Sleepyhead
WEEK 5/ Errors - Cutlery Drawer
WEEK 6/ Amadou & Mariam - Sabali
WEEK 7/ Peter Broderick - Below It
WEEK 8/ Electricity In Our Homes - Silver Medal In Gymnastics
WEEK 9/ Official Secrets Act - So Tomorrow
WEEK 10/ The Maccabees - No Kind Words
WEEK 11/ Hatcham Social - Murder In The Dark
WEEK 12/ T.I. - Dead And Gone
WEEK 13/ Graffiti Island - Head Hunters
WEEK 14/ Dananananaykroyd - The Greater Than Symbol And The Hash
WEEK 15/ Elle Milano - Catch The Magic
WEEK 16/ The Premarital Sect - Snuff Scene
WEEK 17/ Health - Die Slow
WEEK 18/ HTRK - Ha
WEEK 19/ Think About Life - Sweet Sixteen
WEEK 20/ Let's Wrestle - Song For Old People
WEEK 21/ Peepholes - My Traps
WEEK 22/ Bauhaus - Bela Lugosi's Dead
WEEK 23/ Vivian Girls - Where Do You Run To?
WEEK 24/ Crystal Stilts - Departure
WEEK 25/ Swanton Bombs - Perhaps I Thought You'd Never Change
WEEK 26/ Stellastarr* - Graffiti Eyes
WEEK 27/ Kalev - Undoing
WEEK 28/ The Chills - Pink Frost
WEEK 29/ Not Cool - Wonderful Beasts
WEEK 30/ Teen Sheikhs - All Wrong
WEEK 31/ The Very Best - Warm Heart Of Africa
WEEK 32/ Stained Glass Heroes - Stationary
WEEK 33/ Entrepreneurs - Wasted Floozies
WEEK 34/ Trash Kit - Fame
WEEK 35/ The Victorian English Gentlemens Club - Parrot
WEEK 36/ Karen O And The Kids - All Is Love
WEEK 37/ Pens - High In The Cinema
WEEK 38/ Ash - True Love 1980
WEEK 39/ Tubelord - Propeller
WEEK 40/ Wetdog - Lower Leg
WEEK 41/ Julian Casablancas - River Of Brakelights
WEEK 42/ BEAK> - I Know
WEEK 43/ Yeasayer - Ambling Alp
WEEK 44/ LCD Soundsystem - Bye Bye Bayou
WEEK 45/ Fair Ohs - Summer Lake
WEEK 46/ Talulah Gosh - Talulah Gosh
WEEK 47/ Late Of The Pier - Blueberry
WEEK 48/ These New Puritans - We Want War
WEEK 49/ Liars - Scissor
WEEK 50/ Los Campesinos - Romance Is Boring
WEEK 51/ Good Shoes - Under Control
WEEK 52/ The Modern Lovers - Roadrunner

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Labels: 2009, LISTS, MUSIC, WRITING

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

Labels: 2009, MUSIC, SELF INITIATED

Finally got round to uploading the last of my sketchbook from foundation onto TRNSMT.BLOGSPOT.COM.

Labels: 2006, 2007, CAMBERWELL, FOUNDATION, ILLUSTRATION, WEB

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

Labels: 2009, MUSIC, SELF INITIATED