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Bit of a background— at Nordkapp, we work with a fairly systematic process/framework which we apply to each project we do. SuomiTV was no exception—we started with a competitor analysis, which we then turned into some obvious opportunities and design drivers. After presenting the findings to our client, we proceeded to synthesize these findings into a high-level concept, which again was approved and designed into more granular and real world designs screen by screen.

After the workshop 1 it was already obvious we were designing a quite complex system with a very tight schedule. This naturally led us to implement the features into a very clear roadmap touching fairly many facets of the client’s business— and of course to deliver first concept documents and design assets to our agile partner, SBA, as soon as possible. Business as usual, and in a way we’ve handled quite a few projects recently. This whole project took about four weeks from start to finish. Not too much time in our hands, but still quite doable when designing a clear and concise service with clear drivers and all stakeholders working together seamlessly.

So, dear reader, I’m sure you can imagine our surprise a while ago when we received the information from Brightcove that we had indeed set a world record with this one. Our project had indeed been designed and implemented into a fully working system tapped into SuomiTV’s HD broadcast pipeline faster than anyone before. Quite impressive when talking about a platform which runs services for more than 1300 organizations all around the world.

Of course, things like this are more a byproduct of a successful project than anything else, and don’t hold that much of a value unless the main product itself is successful as well. But one thing is for sure— we are very happy and honored to work with partners like this, and especially with a client, Mikael, who trusts us his business and dares to take the leap with us. That is courage we are extremely grateful for.

What comes to the actual product, you can check the first public release at SuomiTV.fi/nettitv. We are currently working on quite a few aspects of the site and the business, but more about that later on. Meanwhile, please share us your thoughts and tell us what you think.

Our team that worked on the project consisted of Teppo (IxD lead), Petri (visual lead), Ilkka and myself. Teppo and Petri’s input spanned throughout the whole project, whereas I was responsible for the initial insight and high level concept, and Ilkka made sure our dialogue with Mikael + SBA was as seamless as possible.

Image credit bass_nroll on Flickr