Buick Concept Car： Sanctuary-Carnival
UX&UI Design, 2021
Young people in modern society are under great pressure in life, and the companionship of pets has become our way of decompression. The culture of "cat sucking" has gradually emerged. However, in daily life, we can always find many stray cats around us, and a large part of them are abandoned artificially. Out of pity, people spontaneously feed them on the side of the road, leading to an increasing number of stray cats. Excessive survival in the wild has led to the death of many organisms and the destruction of the ecology.
Based on the status quo, let the car become a mobile carrier and cleverly divide the car into two separate spaces for cats and people, which can provide shelter and habitat for cats and clean and feed cats. Multiple vehicles are scattered all over the country to form a powerful connected system. Passengers can control the switch at the connection to decide whether to play with the cat. While protecting these cats, it also protects the ecology of the world.
Playwright
Painpoint
Getting bacterial infections from stray cats
PERSONA 1
"I love animals, but I never have one. I always volunteer at animal shelters to spend time with stray cats. I may adopt one in the future, but for now, I'll try to help whichever way I can."
Jackie
25 years old
Hunting birds, endangering the ecology
PERSONA 2
Mimi is always curious and always looking for food. We found Mimi under a car but could not get her out. Mimi followed us for a while when we pretended to leave.
Mimi
3 years old
Painpoint
Be frozen to death and starved to death
Stray cat
Cats hide under the car, bringing danger
Storyboard & Journey Map
Intermedia Study
We analyzed two groups of users (cats and humans) by defining their needs and exploring the possible interactions among cats, human beings, and the car.
Laser Cat Toy
The laser toy located at the rear of the car will draw the stary cats' attention.
Cat Entrance
Cats then will be attracted into the car and pass the sanitizing system. Their health data is then uploaded and stored in the cloud.
Co-existence
The car is not only a medium for human-cat interactions. It meets the needs of both parties.
Cats on the climber
Human and cats play in the car
Cats drinking in the car
Auto mode
Driving mode
Through the rotation of the seat and the deformation of the steering wheel, the car can switch between manual driving mode and automatic driving mode. Humans may easily play with cats in auto mode while not driving.
The steering wheel switches forms under different modes. In the automatic driving mode, the steering wheel is stored under the IP so the drivers have more room to play with cats.
Foldable Steering Wheel
Interior Design Top View
NFC (near field communication) System
The car is designed to utilize the NFC system for human users to conveniently get information about stray cats. When someone gets close to the vehicle and waives their phone to it, the app will pop up. Every app user can see the information of inside cats when they walk towards a car. In the future, people may be able to adopt cats from the app.
Interactive Design
Convertible Climber
The cat climber adopts a mobile structure with different layers/steps for cats to enjoy their stay. Human users can control roof movements with their hand gestures.
Ceiling Light Effect
Through different dynamic gestures that let the rood up and down, the ceiling light would be turned on simultaneously, with soft white color, adding the atmosphere inside.
Sound-Sensing System
The sound-sensing system would detect the presence of cats, and the climbers on the side would be auto to turn on.
OLED & Smart Leather
The OLED display is hidden behind the steering wheel. After the steering wheel The OLED display is hidden behind the steering wheel. After the steering wheel fold, the screen will show ultimately. On the side, they are smart leather that it may not display if not used. But it jumps all of the remind information. , the screen will show completely. On the side, they are smart leather that it may not show if not used. But it jumps all of the remind information.
Cat's mark "Memory"
As the cat stays in the same place for a while, essential on the principle of temperature induction, the floor shows a small and bright pattern of the cat pas to present them. After they leave the car, the design will be glowing, which will disappear until the next time the new "visitor" comes in, and the marks refresh, giving the impression to the user.
UI Design
The inside OLED display and smart leather show all the cat's information that comes into the car. They connect to WiFI and can share all the information with all the app users and car owners. The display screen can show and search the places of stray cats, which come to car previous, when you close to them. This system could be easy to be monitored, if someone decides to adopt stray cats. At the same time, as the cats come into the car, the system will remind the car owner on the screen, and it will show the cat health dimension diagram.
Dashboard display
