Heritage+

Overview

Heritage+ is a TV streaming app for live channels and catch-up, built on the MwareTV platform. The designs cover the full living-room experience: home, channels, the programme guide, programme details, the player and its channel list, the library with cloud recordings, search and settings.

My role

UX Designer. I designed the TV experience: how people move around the app with a remote, how each screen is structured, and what the app shows while it loads, fails or is missing content.

Design approach

• One rail for every destination. A single left-hand menu holds home, live TV, the guide, recordings, favourites and settings. The focused item is a filled gold tile, so it can be read from across the room.
• Live first. The home hero’s main action is “Watch Live”, and channels appear as a rail of round logos straight underneath.
• A guide built for scanning. The programme guide filters by date, list and genre, and the programme on now stands out with its artwork and the time left.
• Change channel without leaving playback. The player overlays a strip of upcoming programmes and a channel list grouped by category.
• States are designed, not left to chance. App loading, skeletons for home and the guide, a “connection lost / back online” banner, a rail that fails with a retry action, missing artwork, and very long titles each have their own screen.
• A palette of its own. Navy grounds with a gold accent, defined in a colour palette for the app.

Key responsibilities

• Information architecture and navigation of the TV app
• Remote control and focus behaviour
• Programme guide, player overlays and channel list
• Loading, empty, offline and error states
• Colour palette and visual consistency across screens