Play my Favourites
The starting point of the design was a nod towards Google, with a clear search facility next to the BBC logo, reflecting openness and the great variety of content to be found.
Second, I wanted to come up with a dual live/local, player/personalise approach. To be both family friendly and very Web 2.0, I eventually chose Play and Favourites, where both have various [edit] buttons to select preferred content.
Continuing the use of pairs, the bbc.co.uk site channels have been simplified in groups, TV/Radio news/sport, youth/community. The many microsite links have been replaced with destinations and topics, almost a tagging approach.
Crucially, there are also regions assigned to editorial content that the BBC team can also add, including the Top Destinations and BBC team favourites.
Hopefully a funky yet practical design!
Whilst it would take quite a bit of time/money, it would be nice to see the BBC's many sites to break away from the chains of a table-like layout, and use a fresher more fluid style, to compliment the quality content.
- 26 May 2006 15:47
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