Mathieu

Just had two articles about Orbit published on the @BBCRD blog.

The first one about the technical details of how we organised the music so it could be discovered organically: https://www.bbc.co.uk/rd/articles/2025-03-orbit-music-discovery-organise-analysis/

And the second one about the philosophy behind the UI and UX design to give users agency in their discovery process: https://www.bbc.co.uk/rd/articles/2025-03-orbit-music-discovery-design/

Organising music for organic discovery

Details on how we organised thousands of tracks to build a music discovery service that lets you find your next favourite song from BBC Introducing acts.

Mar 28, 2025 at 3:06pmIceCubesApp
Show thread0x96EAMay 14, 2025
@mathieuloutre stumbled on to https://ateliertriay.github.io/bricolage/ and then found out about BBC Orbit. Both are amazing. It is very inspiring! 💪
Bricolage Grotesque — Free & Open Source Variable Font

An expressive variable font that blends iconic French and British designs across three axes: weight, width, and optical size. It visually expresses what it feels like when you cannot be what you were and yet you can never truly be anybody else.

Show threadMathieuMay 14, 2025
@0x96EA thank you very much! 🙏