My Windshield, My Interface

Written By Dean Clancy

For the last decade, OEMs raced to bolt increasingly massive displays into dashboards like they were mounting flat-screen TVs at a Buffalo Wild Wings. Bigger. Wider. More apps. More layers. More menus. More distraction dressed up as innovation.

There are early signals that the pendulum may be swinging. Not toward less technology — toward better placement of it. The question worth sitting with: if information is going to live somewhere in the vehicle, is a center-mounted touchscreen actually the right surface?

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Dean Clancy

Since graduating from the University of Michigan, my professional and personal curiosities have led me to excel in applying creative, artistic, and technical methodologies to align with the ever-changing landscape of Human-Centered Product Design. My passion for designing tangible and engaging products has given me the opportunity to design products for Fortune 500 companies, Full-Service Agencies, State & Federal Municipalities, and generate over 200k direct consumer sales worldwide.

With a background in UI/UX Design, Architecture, Industrial Design, Strategic Branding, and Human-Centered Design - I find joy in challenging myself to further explore how we can utilize design as a way to solve daily problems with new and simplified solutions.

https://www.luckily-creative.com
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