Home Automation

Touch screen Interface

for Aptus, filed under Interfaces

Aptus specializes in data logging, monitoring and robust automation systems for international market. We created an intuitive and efficient interface to control Aptus’s range of home automation applications, which include features like lighting, heating and security. 

Home Automation Interface

Discovery

In order to form an understanding of how people behave in the context of our client's business, we benchmarked similar systems and competitors. We studied different user and age groups, forming a list of clear use cases and potential journeys for our client's product.

We were happy to build such a simple yet efficient automation interface together with Nordkapp. These guys really rock!

Markku Peittola
Development Manager, Aptus

Elaboration

By analyzing and grouping the information gathered in the previous phase, we formed the basis for our information and user interface design. We produced rough sketches and paper prototypes to visualize and test our discoveries, and defined a base to start the visual design from.

Refinement

Combining rich functionality with good usability was an important requirement. To achieve this, we built a set of functional prototypes to test all features and different approaches. Afterwards, we defined the final interaction design for the UI and produced the final graphic assets.

Implementation

Aptus built the actual system in-house, based on our specification. The result was a rich interface system that has proven itself with several different demographics.