Minterior – Minimal dashboard & UX

MINTERIOR is a passion project I did for myself exploring the combination of my skills in UI Design, Animation and Industrial Design. It means "Minimal Interior" and seeks to address the ever increasing flood of features in modern car cockpits. The current dominance of touch controls and screens is leading to more driver distraction and is depriving people of the haptic feedback that is key for an intuitive and safe interaction with the vehicle's controls. Apart from undeniable safety benefits it's just more fun to turn a physical dial or push a hardware button than it is to swipe your finger on a slick glass surface.

I sought to find a good balance between touch screens and haptic controls, e.g. the HVAC unit features dials with small screens inside them. Another example are the physical buttons on the steering wheel that enable the driver to "feel" the function rather than having to look at it. Above all I wanted the UI to show only the most relevant information and offer the right amount of controls for each situation.