CONiQ, the new weighing control unit from Schenck Process for industrial weighing applications, has received its first award: the red dot design award 2019 for interface design.
CONiQ was developed in an iterative human-centred design process alongside Custom Interaction.
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Starting with field observations, detailed data about current usage with the predecessor weighing device, as well as user needs, were collected. The analysis of those data were transformed into first drafts of the CONiQ user interface. User feedback from early UX-tests and interviews was what developed those first drafts into wireframes and ‘click-dummies’.
In every iteration user feedback was gathered and integrated in the next version of the user interface. The visual design was developed and integrated into the user interface in parallel. The result is an easy-to-understand, easy-to-operate, popular interface design.
Peter Groll, Chief Technology Officer Schenck Process Group, said: “This is really a breakthrough for Schenck Process to be recognised as a company having significant capabilities in designing excellent user interfaces.”
Over a period of several days, experts had intensively reviewed, discussed and evaluated a total of 8,697 international award contributions in order to ultimately reward the best, including CONiQ.
Professor Dr Peter Zec, founder and CEO of the Red Dot Award, said: “I want to congratulate the laureates sincerely on their distinction, which both bears testimony to their convincing performance and highlights their quality and design leadership. Anyone who succeeds in such a strong and international bunch of competitors deserves to be proud of themselves and of their achievements.”
