7 days to build, limited budget, scalable architecture and one of the biggest boy bands in the world? Sure! Let’s go, JLS!

This one was a fun build, Facebook threw up a few API surprises and ‘Send Dialogue’ plagued this project all the way through.

We used Soundcloud to power the jukebox interface, via the playlist API. Users have the option to login with Facebook to create their own playlists Jukebox, or just continue to listen to the album as it is.

We put sharing at the heart of this, users can post their jukebox with up to 3 friends, and add a message to send with it. There’s an option to post it to their wall too.

We added a splash of identity by having the user’s Facebook profile picture as the artwork on their customised Jukebox.

This was a massive front end challenge too. For a young audience we wanted to keep the interface clean, all above the fold and bold, with the user journey seamless. We used overlay sliders for a lot of the UX. I think it paid off

Here’s some images from pre production.

My rubbish first sketch of the Jukebox (ha ha), working out how to make a interface make sense and not clunky…

Sexy buttons… Super sexy buttons… I really can’t stress how important buttons are to me.

Cute icon to go along with the app

And another awesome one which didn’t make it (WORLD EXCLUSIVE)

And there we go. One of my favourite apps so far. Check it out here. Was stressful but it came out super slick, kudos to my ninjas who made it happen.