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Services honed through deep collaboration with world-class interdisciplinary teams include interaction design, visual interface design, future vision work, purposeful strategy, and brand expression.


Services Approach

Designbivouac collaborates in several ways, providing experienced design advisory services, focused workshops, and complete creative leadership integration with teams and team sourcing. Any engagement can be structured to meet your needs.


Client Perspective

I cannot stress enough the fact that we learned a lot of methodology and cultural aspects through the fruitful and enjoyable cooperation with you and your team. You helped us lay the foundations to what we have achieved so far. Thank you very much again for that support.
— Stefan Maurer, Head of Strategy, Product Planning & Business Development Mercedes-Benz Vans
 

PLASTIC LOGIC
QUE PROREADER

 
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Interaction Design


PERSPECTIVE


Interaction design lies at the core of Designbivouac’s offering. Whether designing a streamlined application flow for a device or app or architecting intuitive interfaces for enterprise-scale software, bringing clarity and a bit of delight to each interaction drives designbivoauc’s digital and physical product work.


METHODS & DELIVERABLES


User flow and use case creation

Explore frameworks and models for interaction

Define hardware and software user touchpoints

Information architecting of user interface
(Interface layering, zoning, and user flow)

User interface/experience prototyping

Liaise/guide developers for UI implementation
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Interface usability assessment

User Interface Prototypes


RELATED PROJECTS


Plastic Logic QUE ProReader

Toyota Robotics BLAID Device


Representative Clients

 

MERCEDES-BENZ
S-CLASS INSTRUMENT CLUSTER CONCEPTS

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Visual Interface Design


PERSPECTIVE


Designbivouac is well-positioned to create the visual aspects of user interfaces. Aesthetic sensibilities for typography, iconography, grid structures, color, motion, transitions, and depth cues are all components of designbivouac’s work.


METHODS & DELIVERABLES


Visual interface design exploration to support usability and information hierarchy
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Typography selection

Icon creation

Definition of interface animation and transitions

User interface visual brand alignment


RELATED PROJECTS


Mercedes-Benz S-Class UI Exploration

ClearMotion Vehicle Demonstrator UI


Representative Clients

 

DESIGNBIVOUAC
FUTUREPROOF: POSTCARDS FROM THE FUTURE SERIES

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Future Vision Work


PERSPECTIVE


Whether looking a decade ahead to anticipate future consumer products or visualizing our future mobility ecosystem, designbivouac applies a human and planet-centric approach. We plot probable, plausible, possible, and preferable futures across a future cone framework. Near-term, mid-term, and long-term timeframes are considered when envisioning future product and service opportunities.


METHODS & DELIVERABLES


System-scale issue identification

Ethnography pattern analysis

Persistent needs review

Technology forecasting
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Future artifact creation

Future storytelling and visualization


RELATED PROJECTS


IDEO Future of Automobility Series

Futureproof: Postcards from the Future


Representative Clients

 

MERCEDES-BENZ VANS
SILICON VALLEY INNOVATION LAB

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Purposeful Strategies


PERSPECTIVE


Designbivouac develops purposeful strategies in close collaboration with world-class collaborators and clients. User desirability, technical feasibility, business viability, and company capabilities are all considered when establishing an actionable purpose strategy. This guides all design efforts, ensuring offerings resonate with consumers and align fully with a company’s capabilities and culture.


METHODS & DELIVERABLES


Management system audit

Capabilities audit
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Competitive landscape analysis

Leadership prioritization alignment

Purpose-fit strategy creation

Identification of pilot projects


RELATED PROJECTS


Mercedes-Benz Future of Vans

Caterpillar Digital Strategy


Representative Clients

 

FERRARI
VEHICLE ACCESS PROJECT

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Brand Expression


PERSPECTIVE


Brand Expression is at its best when there is a deeper understanding of customers beyond market segmentation. This comes from spending time with users in context. Aligning experiences to brand enthusiasts' needs is a natural outcome of collaborating with designbivouac.


METHODS & DELIVERABLES


User shadowing

Customer aspiration analysis
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Brand attribute analysis

Brand expression guides

Branded experience visualizations

Branded experience build-outs


RELATED PROJECTS


Hyundai Health and Mobility CES

Ferrari Vehicle Access Experience


Representative Clients


From innovation projects to retained design guidance, designbivouac is here to serve you. Get in touch to learn more about designbivouac’s services and approach.