The cabin world is catching fresh breeze from every direction: software-defined UX, premium hardware controls making a comeback, materials turning into interfaces, and circularity moving from slideware to proto reality.
That’s why the DVN Köln Interior Workshop on 22 to 23 April won’t be a stage, but a wind tunnel! Bring what worked, what failed, and what you’d do (or what you wouldn’t) if you had one more SOP loop. Bring the prototypes that need brutal honesty.
Ferrari’s EV narrative quietly re-legitimizes tactile controls as a luxury differentiator in the cockpit. Munich reminds us that IMSE and printed electronics are no longer future tech, they’re tooling up for real programs. BMW keeps pushing seating circularity toward disassembly logic, while Mercedes dares to make textile feel like a first choice, not a fallback. Meanwhile, China is moving to standardize wide-angle zero-gravity seating because people are already using it in driving mode, whether that’s wise or not.
So, the winds are shifting. The smart move now is to stress-test decisions with the people who can industrialize them fast. Fon’t just passively read these signals, actively kick them around them with peers who can actually move the needle. This coming 22 and 23 April, the DVN Köln Interior Workshop is where we’ll put real interior decisions under the microscope: holistic cabin UX, seating, smart surfaces, cockpit/displays, and interior lighting. Come join in and participate! Contact Emilie Bonnet or Laurent Sérézat.
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