Soundbox. Turn your Playlist Into your Funlist

(Music App Experience & Branding)

A startup approached me with an idea to create a new way to enjoy and organize the music already on your phone. They had a rough interface concept, and I came on board to bring the experience to life visually.

Approach

I designed the visual face of the app, focusing on how users interact with their playlists to make the experience feel fresh and intuitive.

Early concepts

• Beyond the product, I also helped shape the brand, co-developing the app’s name, logo, and overall marketing look and feel.

• Coming from an industrial design background, even early in my UX career I relied on low-fidelity prototypes to work through problems and test ideas. In this case, I used a lo-fi blockout to validate the visual clarity of the solution.

Final Output

The result was a clean, engaging experience that made rediscovering your own music library easy and fun.

Storyboard of app funtionality

Detailed callouts and interactions explanations

Takeaways

With the tools and experience I’ve gained since, there are a few things I’d approach differently if I tackled this project again:

• Increase touch target sizes and ensure all interactions and constrast meet accessibility standards.

• Build a simple, functional prototype to test key interactions early on.

• Do a full Jobs to be Done analysis to better understand user goals and uncover missing features.

• Define and explore core features like Favorites and Playlist creation, which were overlooked in early stages.