Oceanvolt is a Finnish manufacturer of auxiliary electric motors for sailboats with a unique recharging feature. The motors are controlled using a touchscreen for which a legible dashboard interface was designed with the added aim of contributing to brand building.
What was quite a straightforward design task was complicated by a few factors. First, the touchscreen is shared between other applications, such as a navigation plotter, and the Oceanvolt dashboard had to adapt to different available spaces.
Second, the circumstances at sea can be challenging in terms of visibility. Lastly, the dashboard had to be able to accomodate also configurations with two motors instead of one.