Car IxD in the media - anyone know where it's being done?

Hi Leon,

I've worked in this space and would be happy to chat with you off list. :)

~Lisa

On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 4:16 PM, Leon Barnard <leonbarnard at gmail.com> wrote:

> The other day I saw a Ford Focus commercial featuring a User Interface
> Designer talking about the UI he designed for the dashboard console.
> First of all, I was excited to see IxD getting top billing in a car
> commercial. Secondly, I've been interested in Interaction Design for
> cars for a long time but have been unable to find out much about where
> this kind of design is being done. The commercial I saw painted the
> picture that Ford has their own UX team, although my feeling is that a
> lot of companies outsource this type of work to design firms. Anyone
> out there have experience designing interfaces for automobiles or know
> someone who does? I'd appreciate any info on this niche field, as I'd
> like to do this kind of work.
>
> Thanks in advance,
> - Leon Barnard, Interaction Designer
>
> By the way, I tried to find this commercial online to recall more
> about it, but I guess maybe it's not hip enough to get a lot of views
> and show up on Google or YouTube. If anyone has the link, I'd like to
> watch it again.
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Also, you might check out Volkswagen's Electronics Research Lab in
Palo Alto, California. Maybe a little engineering-centric but
interesting work. You can dig up a few of their presentations on
Google.

http://www.vwerl.com/

// jeff

Leon wrote:
> Secondly, I've been interested in Interaction Design
> for cars for a long time but have been unable to find
> out much about where this kind of design is being done.

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Just FYI, there will be an article about the Ford Sync interface (in
particular, whether it is less distracting than other earlier systems
and if not, what can be done about it) in the 7.4 issue of User
Experience magazine (from UPA).

The issue should be out in a few weeks. The theme is UX in
transportation--car, plane, ship, subway, bike.

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