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The Turn Signal is my personal blog about automotive UX design and covers topics from in-vehicle UX design to research and general trends in the car industry
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A UX Review of Peugeot’s New Interior: When Design Ambition Meets Software Reality
Does Peugeot's software match the excellent hardware?
The Subtle Art of Designing Physical Controls for Cars
Prototyping a concept for simpler, physical climate controls
Why Do New Cars Have Speed Limit Warnings, and Do They Work?
New cars have one feature that's infuriating: a beep when exceeding the speed limit. Why are carmakers adding this and does it actually work?
How We Designed a White-Label In-Car Infotainment System
Over the past two years, we created an infotainment system as a product, here is a look inside our design process.
Apple's Risky Bet on CarPlay
What is Apple's strategy with CarPlay?
Mixed Reality: The Future of Automotive UX Prototyping
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
Is it possible to design a digital instrument cluster that is better than its analog counterpart?
The 8 Guidelines for Good Automotive UX Design
The essence of automotive UX design turned into 8 fundamental guidelines aimed at designers in the car industry
A Guide to Prototyping Automotive Interfaces
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
What is cognitive load and how does it impact driving safety and automotive UX design?
In-Car Climate Control Design: How It Has Gone Backwards and How to Fix It
Why has the design of in-car climate controls gone backward, and is there a better way to design them?
How Apple and Google Are Taking Over the In-Car User Experience
Apple and Google are taking over the car industry. How did we get here and what's next?
Guidelines for Designing an In-Car Voice Assistant
A collection of guidelines for designing in-car voice assistants
Is Voice Interaction a Solution to Driver Distraction?
Diving into the research behind in-car voice interaction
Driving a Porsche Taycan for a Week, a UX review
My thoughts on the UX design after spending a week with the Taycan
Swiping vs Tapping, What is Less Distracting to Drivers?
Is it possible to make touch interaction as easy as with a physical control?
Is Gesture Interaction a Valid Alternative To Touch Interaction in Cars?
Are air gestures a valid alternative to existing interaction modes or is it just a gimmick?
The Struggle to Find Out How Cars Manage Your Personal Data
The incredible difficulty of finding out what happens with your data
The eHMI: How Autonomous Cars Will Communicate With the Outside World
A lot of communication happens between drivers and other road users. How will self-driving cars handle this?
The Rise of Touch Screens in Cars Explained
Are touch screens in cars really that bad?
Take-Over Moments: The Hardest Design Problem of Semi-Autonomous Cars
Diving into the research behind the hardest design problem in autonomous cars
Mercedes vs Lucid: Different Views on Luxury UI Design
Exploring the UI design of two different luxury car brands
The Citroën Ami and the Future of Urban Transportation
Is the Citroën Ami a clever new transportation method or standing in the way of progress?
The State of UX Design of Chinese Car Brands
An in-depth look at the booming Chinese car industry and its UX design trends
The Process Behind the Touch Interaction Concept
A behind the scenes look at the design of the new touch concept
A New Concept for Usable Touch Interaction in Cars
A design concept exploring how to improve touch interfaces in cars
How Waymo Uses Design to Create Trust in Driverless Cars
How Waymo Uses Design to Create Trust in Driverless Cars
An in-depth look at the UX Design of the Porsche Taycan
An in-depth look at the UX Design of the Porsche Taycan
Bringing the Coolest Car of the Carrera Panamericana to Life
Restoring an amazing picture from the 1953 Carrera Panamericana
Designing A New UX Concept to Reduce Driver Distraction
is it possible to create a modern interaction model that allows the flexibility of touch screens but does not cause driver distraction?
Overcoming Automotive Overconsumption Through Design
Is it really necessary to buy a new car every couple of years or do car companies make us believe that?
Why Car Companies Need More Interaction Designers
Why Car Companies Need More Interaction Designers