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UX for vehicle interfaces

Note: This case study describes my conceptual approach and mental model. Visual content is abstracted and contains no company-specific data, screens, internal features, or proprietary solutions. It describes work from several projects spanning multiple years. All images are AI generated.

Project Type

UX Design,
Concept

Tools

Figma,
Protopie,
Jira

Year

2022 - 2026

Car interior with multiple transparent digital displays showing a foggy forest road.

I contributed to the conceptual development of multi-layered information and control functions. The goal was to create concepts for a system that combines multiple displays, interaction modalities, brands, and drivetrain types in a highly complex, regulated environment. Where functions have to work simultaneously, context-appropriately, and user-centered.

In-Car Functions
Instead of naming individual functions, the content is grouped into thematic cluster.

  • Information display and prioritization

    • Multiple information areas across different displays

    • Situation-dependent display with relevant data

  • Drivetrain and configuration variants

    • Consideration of different system configurations and drive train types

    • Consistent information logic for different usage contexts

  • Warning and feedback systems

    • Design of context-sensitive warnings and feedback mechanisms

    • Ensuring legal and ergonomic standards

  • Comfort and scenario functions

    • Mapping of various comfort and usage scenarios

    • Orchestration of multiple functions that support personalized or situational requirements

Roles

  • Structured multiple information and comfort functions conceptually

  • Coordinated and communicated decisions across interdisciplinary teams and with management

  • Considered evolving regulatory, ergonomic, and technical constraints

  • Prioritized content through iterative refinement

  • Applied established UX, ergonomic, and HMI guidelines throughout conceptual work

Challenges

  • Development of a universal concept for different contexts

  • Balancing regulatory constrains with user needs

  • Transforming complex data into user-centered concepts

  • Representing diverse stakeholder perspectives

  • Maintaining consistency across a large system with many contributors

Results

  • Ensured a consistent information logic for multiple functions, displays, modalities, cultures across displays, and interaction levels

  • Enabled global user-centered experience in a complex, regulated environment

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