Emeryville, CA 10.06 - 03.07 - Long overdue for a new user interface, Jambase hired Busse Design to restructure and redesign their site. A fully functional community site, Jambase brings live music information to its patrons. While completely interactive with user profiles, shows, articles, and tickets, none of the functionality was organized or intuitive for the user.

Busse began by deconstructing the whole site to get a better overall view of each page. The site map was developed and revised within a week. The document was an accurate portrayal of all the pages that the site would include, present and future.

Once all the pages and their flow within the site was established, Busse Design moved onto the layout and construction of each individual page. The UI wireframes established consistent navigation and content placement for each unique page throughout the site. A cleaner look and feel was created, incorporating the original color palette, bringing a fresh new feel to the site.

About Jambase
"Established in 1998, JamBase is the premiere location for live music & concert information on the web. JamBase contains a comprehensive tour date search engine a tens of thousands of performances by over 30,000 bands playing in over 50,000 venues around the world. More than just a database, JamBase has evolved into the community hub that each month connects over a half a million fans of improvisational music. With a grassroots network of over 200 contributing writers and photographers, JamBase serves up fresh and daily doses of concert reviews and previews, artist interviews, music news and more.

JamBase also functions as a music marketing and promotions company. To our clients in the music industry, JamBase provides targeted advertising and marketing campaigns that cut through the clutter of the Internet to reach dedicated fans of live music. JamBase works with the top concert promoters and record labels across the country including: Live Nation, House of Blues, AEG-Live, JAM Productions, Blue Note Records, Sony Music, and more. In addition to these marquee names, we work daily with the best independent concert promoters, venues, and record labels across the country."

For more information, please visit http://www.jambase.com.

About Busse Design USA
Busse Design USA Inc., founded in 1997, and Busse Design Ulm GmbH, founded in 1959, together form a full-service design agency. Busse Design USA provides a wide range of services for their clients —including user interface design, product design and development, branding and packaging design, and a wide range of usability testing services. Working from a human factors perspective, Busse Design USA combines compelling design with strong process methodologies that result in superior user experiences for both its clients and their customers and partners. Headquartered in a restored 1913 building in Emeryville, CA — home to one of the largest populations of artists studios in the San Francisco Bay Area — Busse Design USA employs accomplished designers, Human Computer Interaction specialists, information architects, as well as brand and marketing experts. More information about Busse Design USA can be found at http://www.bussedesign.com.