# VUZZ

By Munawar Khel / Day One Technologies / 2017–22 / 2 min read

Published at https://munawarkhel.com/work/day1-technologies/vuzz/

Pitch, not delivered.

VUZZ is a social network where the post is a **voice recording rather than text**.

- Company: Day One Technologies
- Timeline: November 2017 – April 2022
- Platform: Mobile (iOS); direction also carried into Sketch
- Category: Social audio, creator platform
- Status: Pitch, not delivered
- Tools: Sketch

## The proposition

VUZZ is a social network where the post is a **voice recording rather than text**. Users publish short audio, follow other voices, and browse a global feed. The distinguishing idea in the redesign is **discovery by country**: the primary feed is called World, every user carries a city and a flag, and the filter is a list of nations, so the product is framed as listening to what people sound like somewhere else.

## Design direction

Fully dark mode, near-black grounds with a bright mint and teal accent used for actions and the contextual toolbar. Waveforms are treated as a primary graphic element, running full width beneath posts, so audio is visible as well as audible. Presented on a mint background in the composite, which sets the accent colour as the brand signature.

## What was designed

- **World feed**, a list of voices with avatar, name, city, and engagement stats (duration, likes, replies, plays), with verified badges
- **Contextual action bar** appearing as a floating mint pill over a selected post, carrying reply, boost, download, share, and report or delete
- **Profile** with avatar, country flag, handle and tagline, follower and play statistics across five metrics, a bio, an external link, and the user's posts with waveforms
- **Country and region browser**, a searchable list beginning with Following and World then continuing through nations with flag icons, used as the main discovery filter
- **Record screen**, a live waveform against a timeline scrubber with elapsed time and a prominent red record and pause control
- Playback and post detail with caption, location attribution, and engagement counts

## What it demonstrates

Audio-first interface design, which is unusual in the set: waveform as a core UI component, recording and playback controls, and a contextual action pattern that keeps a dense dark feed uncluttered. Also a clear example of redesign work, taking an existing product and re-expressing it with a sharper organising idea.