Qup
a collaborative music playlist app
Problem
Everyone has different music tastes. During gatherings, road trips, etc, one person ends up controlling the music and people end up being forced to listen to one person’s music collection.
Approach
A collaborative music playlist app that lets anyone in range add songs to a central playlist.
Design process
- Product strategy: writing user stories, researching competitors
- UX: app flow, wireframes
- UI: mood boards, mockups
- UX: app flow, wireframes
- UI: mood boards, mockups
The Team
Designers: Maple Kuo (myself) and Guilherme Schmitt
Developers: Matt Bridges, Mark Daigneault, Logan Wright, Colin Smith, Nick Brewer, Eve Asher
Developers: Matt Bridges, Mark Daigneault, Logan Wright, Colin Smith, Nick Brewer, Eve Asher
Music player
The main screen of the app that shows the currently playing song, who queued it, as well as the upcoming song.
Guest app flow
One of the first things we did was figure out how the user would use the app and what screens were needed.
Wireframe sketches
Some initial sketches for search and figuring out how to organize the information and how many results users wanted to see.
Mood board
To help brainstorm a visual direction, we collected visual inspiration based on adjectives we wanted to evoke.
Logo
Fun fact: the name “qup” was inspired by how users could queue up music to a central playlist.
Onboarding screens
A fun animation that explains how the app works in way that is informative and engaging.
Apple Watch
Qup is also available as a watch app! See the playlist queue right from your wrist. It was really interesting designing for a device that none of us had at the time and working within Apple’s HIG limitations.
