January 20th, 2007
The Epic Records redesign was challenging since it was set up to collect a large amount of disparate content from various sources such as XML and proprietary content systems, and display them all on pages that made sense from both a user and marketing perspective. Using lots of little Flash bits, feeds and includes did the trick.
live project link (content may differ)
Category: Web
July 26th, 2003
The redesign of the Sony Music site was the start of an effort to align all of the record labels’ individual online presences under one common UI/wireframe. Content format was also matched from site to site, allowing one core group to efficiently manage updates from disparate marketing sources.
Setting up this system created immediately visible efficiencies in content management once it was rolled out to other label sites: standardized album cover thumbnail sizes and feature image sizes allowed for quick image cutting. Copy editing sped up due to succinct messaging with text character limits. Feature modules across all labels enjoyed the benefit of eachothers’ technology upgrades.
Update(June 2007): While the site continued to exist and was updated after SONY BMG was formed (from a corporate perspective, it shouldn’t have), the domain has been redirected as of late.
Category: Web