For years, our industry operated on the idea that a modern interior first has to impress. Is that necessarily true? I think not.
I believe the cockpit of tomorrow will not be judged by the size of its displays, but by its ability to organize information, comfort, and interaction with intelligence. Real modernity is no longer about the ‘wow’ effect, but about usage logic so well resolved that it almost disappears.
The subject now meets circularity: it’s no longer sufficient that a coherent interior be readable, elegant, and well layered; it must also be engineered through its materials, dismantlability, and industrial second life. This creates a new discipline in which cockpit, trim, and HMI teams are forced to speak one language.
We are entering a far more interesting phase – and a far more demanding one – wherein a vehicle’s intelligence is visible in its cognitive architecture and in the technical honesty of its components.
And in my view, that is very good news for our industry.
This is just one of the many topics we’ll discuss at the DVN Interior Köln event. Come and participate! Contact Emilie Bonnet or Laurent Sérézat.
Take care,
