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Mixed Reality: The Future of Automotive UX Prototyping

March, 2024

The Problem With Digital Instrument Clusters and How to Design a Better One

January, 2024

The 8 Guidelines for Good Automotive UX Design

December, 2023

A Guide to Prototyping Automotive Interfaces

September, 2023

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The Rise of Touch Screens in Cars Explained

March, 2021

The Citroën Ami and the Future of Urban Transportation

October, 2020

Mercedes vs Lucid: Different Views on Luxury UI Design

November, 2020

In-Car Climate Control Design: How It Has Gone Backwards and How to Fix It

February, 2023

Projects

Mixed Reality: The Future of Automotive UX Prototyping

March, 2024

Can mixed reality make it easier to test and iterate on automotive user interfaces?

The Problem With Digital Instrument Clusters and How to Design a Better One

January, 2024

Most new cars today have digital instrument clusters. Although the lack of physical constraints should be a benefit, most carmakers use it to add unnecessary complexity. Is it possible to design a digital instrument cluster that is better than its analog counterpart?

In-Car Climate Control Design: How It Has Gone Backwards and How to Fix It

February, 2023

In the last couple of years, the design of in-car climate controls has gone backward. I look at why this happened and propose a different way to design climate controls.

The Process Behind the Touch Interaction Concept

May, 2020

A behind the scenes look at the design of the new touch concept

A New Concept for Usable Touch Interaction in Cars

April, 2020

A design concept exploring how to improve touch interfaces in cars

Bringing the Coolest Car of the Carrera Panamericana to Life

September, 2019

Restoring an amazing picture from the 1953 Carrera Panamericana

Designing A New UX Concept to Reduce Driver Distraction

June, 2019

is it possible to create a modern interaction model that allows the flexibility of touch screens but does not cause driver distraction?

Research

The 8 Guidelines for Good Automotive UX Design

December, 2023

Over the past years, I have been trying to capture the essence of automotive UX design into fundamental guidelines. These are intended for designers within the car industry, providing a framework to inform their design choices.

A Guide to Prototyping Automotive Interfaces

September, 2023

Good design is not a function of talent, but number of iterations. Here's my guide to prototyping automotive interfaces

The Role of Cognitive Load in Automotive UX Design

May, 2023

Cognitive load is a term that is often thrown around in the context of automotive UX design. But what is it and how does it impact driving safety and automotive UX design?