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Article 21

Sneak peek at Orchestrate web site

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26 January 2009 | Category: Design

Mike (mikekus) and I (ryancarson) have been working really hard on the design for the front-end site for Orchestrate, Andy Wright's new web app. We've been brought in to design the 'public' site that explains what the application does and (hopefully) gets you to sign up to try it out.

The web app was already beautifully designed by Jon Hicks and been coded in Rails. I can’t wait to see how the application does in the wild as it’s going to be perfect for a certain niche.

I think it’s really coming together and we’re very excited about unveiling it – hopefully late this week. Here’s a sneak peek. What do you think it does?

Orchestrate Map

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  • http://counterknowledge.com/ Milo Yiannopoulos

    Um… is it software for local government?

  • http://www.flockey.com James McDonald

    That looks amazing man! Good job guys :) can’t wait to see the full thing.

  • http://www.geirfreysson.com Geir

    I like the combo of nice graphics and easy to read speech bubbles. Very nice.

  • http://blog.renaissancecms.com Rob Chant

    Not sure what it’s for, but all those roads can’t possibly be good for local air quality ;).

  • http://jessevlasveld.nl Jesse Vlasveld

    It looks like a planner/calender or something for a person who owns, and/or rents out several properties. Like a maintenance scheduler of some sorts.

    Whatever it exactly is, it sure looks hot!

  • http://www.simpleweb-online.com/ Tom

    I suspect it’s some sort of reminder system for Health and Safety compliance across an organisation?

    Nice idea and very squidgy design :)

  • http://www.dizzytree.com BradM

    Looks like it has to do with scheduling.

  • http://www.twitter.com/bwass Benno Wasserstein

    Beautiful graphics and awesome attention to detail. Can’t say I’ve seen too many water sampling plants in my time, but that looks to be an exceptionally good looking one.

    One thing – not sure about the commas after the timespan in the annotation bubbles?

  • http://filipsalomonsson.com/ Filip Salomonsson

    I’m going to go ahead and guess that is does what it says on the website. :-)

  • Melissa Leon

    I agree with Jeese. It looks like it could be used for someone who owns or does maintenance on buildings. Whatever it is it looks nice.

  • http://carsonified.com Ryan

    Good guessing folks. Keep it up! :)

  • http://twitter.com/jaygreasley Jay Greasley

    Some kind of facilities management app. Or environmental reporting ??
    Good exposure, whatever it is, so money well spent I’d say :-)

  • Bryan Karloff

    I imagine that it inflates your ego to monstrous levels, Ryan.

    It appears to be very effective.

  • http://www.supereightstudio.com Matt Hamm

    It looks like it keeps track of your upcoming schedule in the guise of a visual calendar/map?

  • http://www.vividlime.com Mark Walmsley

    A very comely, collective, corporate concrete collateral compliance calendar and collaboration thingie?

  • http://www.clearjanuary.com Mark Caudell

    From the current webiste:
    “Orchestrate is a powerful web based scheduling application. Accessible from any Internet connected computer, Orchestrate helps you manage all aspects of your client contracts including tasks, locations and people. It is easy to use, and particularly suitable for Service and Maintenance professionals.”

  • http://greenpatsa.com Ade St. John-Bee

    Orchestrate is a powerful web based scheduling application. Accessible from any Internet connected computer, Orchestrate helps you manage all aspects of your client contracts including tasks, locations and people. It is easy to use, and particularly suitable for Service and Maintenance professionals…

    There’s my guess.

    Seriously though it looks great. Would be very interested in seeing it finished from an HCI point of view.

  • http://greenpasta.com Ade St. John-Bee

    Sorry, didn’t see the above post already going with my *joke*

  • http://www.scottnelle.com/ Scott Nelle

    I see somebody already spoiled all the fun by tracking down the website, but my guess was going to be a scheduler that sends SMS and email notifications at specific times. Or a 2d pixel-art-ish virtual world game, which I think would be cool. :-)

  • http://blog.gb-studio.tv Grant

    Sim City in web app form? I kid, but that would be awesome.

    Nice work on the design/illustration.

  • A Nonny

    Not knocking it Ryan, but some of these comments – aren’t you afraid of stalkers?

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