Redefining Search Spotify
Using multi-modal inputs to create a more creative search experience.
"Search Reimagined" The search box is a piece of UI that became part of our standard digital lexicon over 20 years ago. Be creative in re-thinking how users could interact with a search experience.

How might we redesign the search UI for multi-modal inputs?
Locating where to search

We had brainstorming session with all of the students bouncing back and forth ideas, for our concepts on how we could apply our knowledge of search now to craft a new dynamic experience. I eventually landed on trying to design a creative, artistic and emotive way to search for music on Spotify

How might we redefine our search for music, to allow a users creativity guide their search experience?

With my idea set, I began crafting a flow for how a user could, using a mix method of image recognition and AI to, find new music based on the users abstract drawing.

Having another group session we went though how our work was progressing. I got excellent feedback in exploring how we could enhance using ai to find album covers based on art. By using your phone's camera, so people could find music through their world around them. I then continued on to craft two more flows using the camera as the main focus to search for music.

Defining who we are

After creating a low fidelity click-thru prototype to get the general feel of the flow of these interactions. I moved my content into Protopie where I was able to make high-fidelity interactions for each instance for drawing, capturing through camera and scanning to search.

After creating a low fidelity click-thru prototype to get the general feel of the flow of these interactions. I moved my content into Protopie where I was able to make high-fidelity interactions for each instance for drawing, capturing through camera and scanning to search. One of the main advantages of ProtoPie is its ability to create prototypes with advanced interactions that closely simulate the behavior of a real application. The tool offers a range of features that allow designers to create sophisticated animations and interactions, such as multi-touch gestures, device sensors, and conditional logic. Which helped me complete all of my ambitious flows.

Prototyped video