BBC iPlayer is a brilliant project from the BBC to bring their television and radio programs to a large amount of different devices, going from smartphones, to tablets to internet TV’s. Their UI is very consistent and well made. Every button has its function, you hardly get lost and you can always quickly find what you need. 

Recently they launched an iPhone version of their iPlayer, on which they now wrote a blog post on how they designed. I was very happy when I recognised some processes from IDEO’s and Hyper Island’s methodology. Stuff like “How might we…” questions, post-it notes, paper prototypes, … It’s nice knowing that these methodologies, which I use daily, help produce a great product like BBC’s iPlayer.

It’s very inspiring article, and a must read for anyone who wants to make good cross platform applications.