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

Two user personas were identified: the unskilled worker, easily overwhelmed; and the expert technician - requiring full parameter control between fast, repetitive cycles.

Streamlined workflows for all users

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

Numeric results are displayed along comparative graphs. Further details may be extended and collapsed as needed.

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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