Client
Grabner Instruments
Agency
Peschkedesign
Team
M. & A. Peschke: PM
H. Lentz: Product Design, UX/UI
M. Obermayer: Design Engineering
H. Hackel: Visual Design
Credits
Images: Peschkedesign
Physical/digital product design to fuel an industry
For their updated range of petrochemical analysis devices, Grabner Instruments required both product and interface redesign. The new line's rugged precision features a restructured UI for streamlined workflows. Antimatter founder Heinrich Lentz contributed to the project while employed as lead product designer with Peschkedesign.
Client
Grabner Instruments
Team
M. & A. Peschke: PM
H. Lentz: Product Design, UX/UI
M. Obermayer: Design Engineering
H. Hackel: Visual Design
Agency
Peschkedesign
Credits
Images: Peschkedesign
Tasks
Design Research
Concept Development
Product Design
Design Engineering
UX Audit
Personas & User Journeys
Workflow Modeling & Information Architecture
UX/UI Design - Wireframes & Prototypes
Visual Design
Testing
UI Manual
Technologies
Injection Moulding
Sheet Metal
JavaFX
The challenge:
unifying a diverse product range
Grabner Instruments leads the market of portable, standardized test setups for laboratories and fast on-site tests. Improved usability and safety along with UI unification across the range should give a head start to the new "Vision" platform - and sharpen the brand profile through its physical/digital design language.
Product design:
centered on customer insights
Product design focused on USPs derived from customer insights: ruggedness in the field and a larger touchscreen. Various concepts were developed and prototyped. The selected modular casing, used for all models, offers improved usability and safety.
Design language:
rugged precision
Featuring a minimalist design language expressing sturdiness and precision, the device was developed in two color schemes following Grabner Instruments CI.
One casing for all device types
Injection-molded, fiber-reinforced parts were optimized for structural resistance in close collaboration with engineering. The system allows integration of modular hatches and vents for various types of analysis devices.
UX/UI development:
streamlined workflows
Two user personas were identified: the unskilled worker, easily overwhelmed; and the expert technician - requiring full parameter control between fast, repetitive cycles.
Restructured information architecture now enables users to quickly resolve standard tasks through intuitive step-by-step processes, with deeper functionality readily accessible when needed.
Visual design:
consistency across the range
Consistent interface elements and a unifying design language were established for all devices. UI design focusing on simplicity and precision was developed in two colour schemes for light/ dark environments.
Analysis cycle
During substance testing, the user is updated with current process information.
Results and details
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Fueling industry leadership through design
The redesigned product line combines ruggedness in the field with unprecedented ease of use - increasing customer satisfaction and reducing servicing costs. Restructured UI workflows contribute to the new platform's faster analysis cycles. Unifying the range, the global design language underscores industry leadership and bolsters market success.
1
unified
design system
UI
streamlined
workflows
10x
up to 10x faster
analysis cycles
certified
shockproof by EN and IEC standards
1
unified
design system
UI
streamlined
workflows
10x
up to 10x faster
analysis cycles
certified
shockproof by EN
and IEC standards
1
unified
design system
UI
streamlined
workflows
10x
up to 10x faster analysis cycles
certified
shockproof by EN and IEC standards
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