Velvet Skies Design - Client projects, Jazzed

Chris has a vast expertise in designing apps for the music sector which was very helpful when setting up Jazzed. He worked on some early concepts designs for us and also had a role in creating ideas and concepts of where we could go with the app. I would be happy to work with Chris again.

The library where Jazz content can be collected.

The Jazzed app revolves around three main sections, listen, watch and read.

Chris has a wide range of skills, from working on the detailed UX app flow to finalising the typography. He was confident working with our development team and his visual skills were really useful when creating visuals for our presentations.

The minimal now playing screen.

There is a very strong element of discovery within Jazzed. It's not just an app for those who already know everything there is to know about the genre but an app to help people with an loose interest discover artists similar to their tastes. This is achieved by and endless stream of related artist and linked playlists.

A small part of the Sketch UI toolkit.

Hero image showing Jazzed across a range of devices.

Jazzed

Jazz has found a home.

Jazzed was a great project to work on with a really dedicated and knowledgeable team. I was involved relatively early on and had the chance to create concept designs and really think how the app could be more than just a Spotify for Jazz. The initial concepts revolved around making use of the world of Jazz and enabling new fans of the genre to easily discover new artists based on their current tastes.

We used guerrilla testing of our initial prototype at The Old Duke Jazz bar in Bristol which really helped to focus the UX. The style of the app changed drastically from the concept work as the direction was aimed more towards a traditional magazine layout targetted and a sligly older demographic while still feeling fresh to the secondary persona of the early to mid 20's crowd.

Check out Jazzed on iOS.

ClientJazzed
DateFebruary 2020

Marlene

Dynaudio Music

Line Music

Jazzed

Jazzed