Thermal Sense
Thermal Sense Automobile Interface by Zeyuan Zhang and Xuechun Tao is a winner of the 2025 Bronze A' Design Award in Interface, Interaction and User Experience Design.
Thermal Sense is a Bronze A' Design Award winner, a much prestigious recognition granted to outstanding designs distinguished by creativity, ingenuity, and astuteness.
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As the demand for in car cameras grows to monitor drivers and enhance assisted driving systems, Thermal Sense introduces an innovative solution. Instead of using traditional cameras, it employs low resolution thermal sensors that capture heat signatures, effectively safeguarding privacy. This approach enables the detection of drowsiness, distractions, and the presence of children through advanced machine learning, all while maintaining data level privacy. By emphasizing both safety and privacy, Thermal Sense establishes a new standard in the industry.
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Thermal Sense by Zeyuan Zhang and Xuechun Tao
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Automobile Interface
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Interface, Interaction and User Experience Design Award Winner in 2025.
Bronze Winner
Thermal Sense Automobile Interface
Thermal Sense is a Bronze A' Design Award winner, a much prestigious recognition granted to outstanding designs distinguished by creativity, ingenuity, and astuteness. Bronze winners are amply skillful and strikingly creative artifacts that authenticate the vast experience, imagination, and resourcefulness of their designers. Thermal Sense is expected to be a highly-regarded, admired, and cherished object that is notably professional and innovative. This Bronze A' Design Award-winning design incorporates best practices in art, science, design, and technology, and is excellent for its attention to detail. Thermal Sense splendidly satisfies needs, touches desires, charms feelings, and appeals to curiosity.
Winner Designer
Zeyuan Zhang and Xuechun Tao
Zeyuan Zhang is a globally recognized user experience and product designer, as well as a scientific researcher, known for delivering user-centric solutions across healthcare, automotive, and fintech. With experience at Siemens Healthineers, BMW, and Citi, his portfolio exemplifies intuitive, high-impact design. Zeyuan has won top honors including the iF, Red Dot, IDA, and Muse Design Awards, and served as a jury member for major global competitions. Featured in Bloomberg and New York Weekly, he contributes to shaping the future of design through innovation, thought leadership, and a commitment to elevating user experience worldwide.
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Tick Design Labs (Shanghai)
Tick Design Labs Shanghai is an innovative design agency specializing in creating user experience design concepts and products. The agency focuses on integrating cutting-edge technology with user-centric design to develop solutions that address modern challenges in a practical and impactful manner.
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