A music player for Samsung Smart TVs that turns an idle TV into a skeuomorphic music system. Winner of an iF Design Award 2020.
- 12 Mar 2019, Samsung India
- Samsung Smart TVs
- iF Design Award 2020, Apps/Software
- Samsung Design Delhi
- India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, Nepal (2023 models)
Tune Station is a music player built into Samsung Smart TVs for the Indian market. It turns the screen into a virtual music system, with skeuomorphic speakers, a waveform display and a playlist panel, in selectable skins that run from dark modern to wood and rose-gold retro. The aim was for a TV to earn its place in the living room even when no one is watching, and to stand out on the shop floor.
Samsung India first announced it on 12 March 2019 and made it a headline feature of the Unbox Magic Smart TV series that April. Designed by Samsung Design Delhi, it won an iF Design Award 2020 in the Apps/Software category.
What I did
- As lead UI developer, I built the UI for Tune Station; the visual design came from Samsung Design Delhi.
- I built its retro music-system interface for Samsung's Tizen TVs, shipping in March 2019.