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Vestel UX and UI Design Group Receives the Bronze A' Design Award for Drive Green Electric Vehicle Charger App in Interface, Interaction and User Experience Design

The international grand jury of the 2020 - 2021 A' Design Award & Competition recognizes Vestel UX and UI Design Group for interface, interaction and user experience design

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

COMO, Italy, April 23, 2021 /DesignNewswire/ Drive Green Electric Vehicle Charger App by Vestel UX and UI Design Group, designed for Vestel UX/UI Design Group, has been granted the Bronze A' Design Award in the Interface, Interaction and User Experience Design category, A' Design Award & Competition has announced. The award was conferred within the 2020 - 2021 A' Design Award & Competition and was determined through blind peer review by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members, who evaluated anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.

The Bronze A' Design Award Explained

The Bronze A' Design Award is given to outstanding designs that showcase a high degree of creativity and practicality. It recognizes the dedication and skill of designers who produce work that stands out for its thoughtful development and innovative use of materials and technology. These designs are acknowledged for their professional execution and potential to influence industry standards positively. Winning this award highlights the designer's ability to blend form and function effectively, offering solutions that enhance people's lives and wellbeing.

Regarding Drive Green Electric Vehicle Charger App

Drive Green is a mobile application for monitoring and controlling electric vehicle chargers. The application allows users to start and end a charging session without being near the vehicle. The charging status can be followed at any time through a simple interface, and the colours of a circular light display indicate states such as charging, waiting, paused and faulted. Light and dark interface themes are offered. Users can be given different roles for changing device settings, which improves security. Drive Green is available for iOS and Android phones.

About Vestel UX and UI Design Group

Vestel User Experience Group consists of user experience designers and visual communication designers. The group works under the Vestel which is a Turkish home and professional appliances manufacturing company. Vestel UX belongs to Electronics department and creates projects with IOT groups. UX group projects include mobile and TV applications & interfaces that work with Vestel devices such as smart home devices, smart watch, electric vehicle and battery.

Award Record

With this recognition, Vestel UX and UI Design Group is a winner of 6 A' Design Awards. All of the awards belong to the 2020 - 2021 edition of the A' Design Award & Competition.

About the A' Interface, Interaction and User Experience Design Award

The A' Interface Design Award is an international design competition recognizing good user interface designs by the best UI/UX designers worldwide. The competition is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to interface designers, interaction designers, user experience designers and digital product designers from all countries. Entries typically include websites, mobile applications, software interfaces, game interfaces, wearable interfaces and virtual reality interfaces. Awarded interface designs are published at https://dezigners.org/design-category/interface

About A' Design Award & Competition

A' Design Award & Competition is an international, juried design accolade organized annually since 2008. The competition is open to entries from all countries. The A' Design Award has a philanthropic mission to advance society through good design by recognizing and promoting superior products, projects and services that benefit society, and by creating a global awareness and appreciation for good design practices and principles. Entries are peer reviewed and anonymously evaluated by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members against predetermined criteria such as functionality, ergonomics, engineering, presentation, innovation, usability, sustainability and technology, with score normalization applied to remove biases. Awards are conferred at Platinum, Gold, Silver, Bronze and Iron levels. The A' Design Prize granted to eligible laureates includes the award trophy, the certificate of design excellence, the hardcover yearbook, a lifetime license to use the A' Design Award winner logo, exhibition of awarded works, an invitation to the gala night and award ceremony in Italy, inclusion in the World Design Rankings and Designer Rankings, and public relations and publicity services. Registration, the upload of a work and the preliminary score are free of charge, and Professional and Digital Edition laureates are not contractually obliged to pay further fees to claim the A' Design Prize. Further information is available at https://competition.adesignaward.com

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Fact Sheet

The Work

Project
Drive Green Electric Vehicle Charger App
Function
Electric Vehicle Charger App
Category
Interface, Interaction and User Experience Design
Discipline
Communication Design
Industry
Software
Colors
Ghost White, Black, Dark Slate Gray, Gainsboro and Dark Gray
Images
5
Client
Vestel UX/UI Design Group

The Recognition

Laureate
Vestel UX and UI Design Group
Country
Turkiye
Recognition
Bronze A' Design Award
Edition
2020 - 2021
Design ID
#121068

Credits

Team
İlayda Ürel Akboğa, Cemre Fidan Tüzün, Sultan Kaygın Sel and Vestel UX/UI Design Group
Image Credits
Main; Vestel UX/UI Design Group,Vestel Optional; Vestel UX/UI Design Group,Vestel Video: Vestel UX/UI Design Group,Vestel PDF: Vestel UX/UI Design Group,Vestel

Design Details

Unique Properties
Drive Green was designed to improve charging experience of electric vehicle users. It aims to offer electric vehicle users a more comfortable charging experience with functions such as starting / ending the charging process without needing to be near your vehicle. Drive Green provides to users who use clean energy with its easy and interactive use. It aims to help reducing environmental pollution and carbon emissions with an easy reach to electric vehicle chargers.
Inspiration
Drive Green is an electric vehicle charger application to track and control Vestel EVCs. It aims to provide a seamless experience throughout the entire charging process. The user can see and follow the charging status at any time. Drive Green gives current status feedback with an easy to use interface to make users up to date. For both private and public usage, Drive Green offers different options like free charging.
Research
Vestel UX Group do user researches and A/B testing according to appropriate user group for defining exact user needs and related project guidelines. UX Group, after creating user journey maps, combines them with suitable interfaces for create better user experiences for Vestel smart device’s users. While designing these interfaces, user research insights, emotional impacts, usage scenarios, various design architecture systems and actual design trends are considered.
Challenge
Drive Green informs the user in which state the vehicle is, thanks to the UI representation of the led circle on the device. Different colors of this circle stand for different charging states, such as charging, faulted, waiting, paused. Both dark and light UI are implemented for different preferences of the users.
Realization and Technology
App is available on the market for both iOS and Android users.
Operation and Interaction
Drive Green app also includes a service and system design which includes devices, users which have different use journeys maps, environment and the operators. Users can be assigned to different roles according to their authority to change and customize device settings. This feature improves security in the system. Compared to similar applications, DriveGreen's clear design and instant LED display animations increase user satisfaction. Its interactive and user-friendly interface creates a harmonic link between hardware and software design. Drive Green provides a higher standard experience with these features.
Project Duration and Location
Copyrights belong to Vestel, 2019.
Specifications
The application is designed for all Android, iOS smart phone sizes.
Keywords
electric vehicle charger, smart charge,

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