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Atom

Industry

electric vehicle · the car’s digital interfaces

Duration

78 wks

Team

not published

Disciplines

Design · Content · Consumer

Task

Eighteen months of art direction: the car’s digital interfaces, the HUD and the steering wheel display, product logic, video and demo materials — then the design implementation.

Result

The visual and UX logic of the car’s key interfaces is in place. The AR HUD and the yoke with a touch display are part of an HMI concept with no equivalent on the mass market. Design, engineering and production worked as one chain.

How it went

How it went78 wks

078 wks

  1. stage 1 · 16 wks

    The car’s interfaces

    Design

    Task

    UX/UI for the key screens: driver and passenger interaction scenarios, navigation logic, visual architecture, interface behaviour across contexts.

    Result

    The visual and UX logic of the car’s key interfaces is in place.

  2. stage 2 · 16 wks

    AR HUD and the wheel display

    Design

    Task

    The Head-Up Display interface: data structure, information priorities, visual patterns, legibility in motion. Work at the junction of design, engineering and safety — within the environment’s limits and the driver’s attention. A yoke with a built-in touch screen.

    Result

    The AR HUD shows speed, range, route and notifications on the windscreen; with the wheel display and the voice assistant it forms Atom’s HMI concept.

  3. stage 3 · 12 wks

    Scenarios and product logic

    Design

    Task

    User scenarios, system states and new car functions — from concept to materials for development and testing.

    Result

    Development and testing received finished scenarios and states, not ideas.

  4. stage 4 · 14 wks

    Video and demo materials

    ContentDesign

    Task

    Video from script to production: storyboards, visual style, production control. Presentations for demo days, investors and internal teams.

    Result

    A set of video and presentation materials for the product’s launch and growth.

  5. stage 5 · 20 wks

    Design implementation

    DesignDevelopment

    Task

    Take the design through implementation with engineering: the link between design, development and production teams.

    Result

    The design implemented; design, engineering and production worked as one chain.

Showroom11

01HUD, the in-wheel app, driver and passenger mobile apps, the passenger display
02The yoke: a 3D turntable from the prototype
03A yoke-shaped wheel with a built-in screen — nothing like it on the mass market
04Wheel-display screens: navigation, media, climate, vehicle state
05The quick-access panel on the wheel display
06RTOS and VA: the HUD status strip and the widget set
07HUD widgets: navigation, media, distance, notifications
08A driver’s hand on the wheel’s touch display inside the cabin
09Atom Delivery — the car-based delivery software product
10Atom Delivery mobile screens: orders, map, route sheet, warehouse
11Atom: up to 500 km range, 149 hp, 20⁠–⁠80% charge in ≈ 25 min

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