jhaudio.com

28-07-2011

roles: creative direction, design, development, user experience

A website as loud as the product it showcases.

Jerry Harvey is a man with a mission, "... design the best audio on the planet and get it to the masses." He does just that with his venture Jerry Harvey Audio where, along with a team of audio masterminds, he engineers custom in-ear monitors(IEMs). These little bad-boys provide enhanced audio quality demanded by musicians, sound engineers, and audiophiles alike and when they say custom they mean it. Each IEM is built of an impression of the consumer's ear on top of an assortment of coloring and artwork options to make the look and feel 110% personalized. With a mission of "Hear no Evil" JHA is out to do good in the world by making it sound better.

live url

This website was originally built using HTML/PHP/CMS and was converted into a theme for the Drupal Content Management System to allow scalability and flexibility for Jerry Harvey Audio.

User Exp. and Sitemap

Content List/Outline. This outline displayed the four key levels of user involvement in the site. The site was divided into four levels, introduction, investigation, engagement, and user-backend.

Experience map. This outline attempted visualize the user's actual experience or natural flow through the site verses the strict organization of the sitemap.

Original sitemap visualizing the organization and structure of the site

Home Page

original wireframe of the home page

Home page featuring Mike Shinoba of Linkin Park

screenshot of the home page featuring Mike Shinoba of Linkin Park and his JH16s

custom IEM designer

original IEM designer wireframe

The IEM designer allows the user to pick and choose the custom options of their IEMs. As an answer to how to calm the nerves of consumers buying such a high-end product without having the ability to see it before they make the purchase. This application featured in the website was extensively outlined, designed and developed for Jerry Harvey Audio built in HTML/CSS/PHP with special function scripting in Javascript and ActionScript 3.