SkyGrid Ka Pūnaewele Hoʻokele Kaʻa Lewa by Milton Lopez and Henry Han

SkyGrid Ka Pūnaewele Hoʻokele Kaʻa Lewa by Milton Lopez and Henry Han is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award Keleawe in Hoʻolālā Kiʻi, Kiʻi Paʻi a me Kamaʻilio ʻIke Competition Category.

KeleaweKiʻi· 2021

SkyGrid Ka Pūnaewele Hoʻokele Kaʻa Lewa

by Milton Lopez and Henry Han

Client: SkyGrid

A' Design Award Keleawe Winner in Kiʻi Category

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The Design

About SkyGrid Ka Pūnaewele Hoʻokele Kaʻa Lewa

He SkyGrid kahi ʻāpana pili hana i hana ʻia no ka hoʻokele ʻana i nā kaʻa lewa hoʻokele ponoʻī. Hāʻawi kēia ʻāpana pili hana i nā luna hoʻokele lele i ke ala e hana, e hoʻolālā a e nānā pono ai i nā lele mai kahi pale ʻike hoʻokahi. Hoʻohui ʻia nā ʻikepili lele, kaiapuni a me ke kānāwai e hōʻike i kahi kiʻi piha o ka lewa i ka manawa maoli. Hōʻike pū ʻia nā kūlana wahi, nā kūlana kaʻa a me nā kūlana kānāwai, no laila hiki ke koho ʻia ke ala kūpono loa no kēlā me kēia hana. Ua hoʻolālā ʻia kēia no ka hoʻohana ʻana ma nā pale kamepiula kau a me nā tablet. Ua alakaʻi ʻia ke kau ʻana o ka pahu hōʻike e ka noiʻi me nā pailaka a me ka manaʻo hoʻi mai o ka poʻe hoʻohana.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Keleawe

Ua lanakila ka hoʻolālā SkyGrid Ka Pūnaewele Hoʻokele Kaʻa Lewa i ka A' Design Award Keleawe, he ʻike hoʻohanohano nui loa i hāʻawi ʻia i nā hoʻolālā kūʻokoʻa i ʻike ʻia ma o ka hana noʻeau, ka akamai a me ka makakoho. He mau hana mākaukau a hana noʻeau kupaianaha nā lanakila Keleawe e hōʻoia ana i ka ʻike nui, ka noʻonoʻo a me ka maʻalea o kā lākou poʻe hoʻolālā. Manaʻo ʻia ʻo ka hoʻolālā SkyGrid Ka Pūnaewele Hoʻokele Kaʻa Lewa he mea i mahalo nui ʻia, hoʻohiwahiwa ʻia a aloha ʻia, he ʻoihana a hou loa. ʻO kēia hoʻolālā i lanakila i ka A' Design Award Keleawe e hoʻohui ana i nā hana maikaʻi loa o ka hana noʻeau, ka ʻepekema, ka hoʻolālā a me ka ʻenehana, a maikaʻi no kona nānā ʻana i nā kikoʻī. Hoʻokō maikaʻi ka hoʻolālā SkyGrid Ka Pūnaewele Hoʻokele Kaʻa Lewa i nā pono, hoʻopā i ka makemake, hoʻohiwahiwa i nā manaʻo a huki i ka makemake e ʻike.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: Co-founded by Boeing and Austin-based AI company SparkCognition, SkyGrid aims to enable autonomous aerial traffic operations, by using AI to enable self-regulated aerial traffic. For flight operators, I created the product experience that enable seamless flight creations and management. In detail, the product provides flight, environmental, and regulatory data, to the user, to give a complete picture of the airspace.
Dimensions & Packaging: This product experience is meant to be used on desktops and tablets. For desktops, the standard dimension in the industry is 1920" x 1080". For tablets, sizes may vary. But a common tablet size is 1280" x 800".
Tags: aerial, ai, flight, drone, interface, user experience, interaction design
Production Technology: This product design included doing research on what a drone pilot would need while flying aerial vehicles. User feedbacks were also gathered with existing users of our product to get insights into what features our users appreciate, and where they have struggles, to improve our product experience.
Design Challenge: The hardest part was understanding what features should be the most prominent for a pilot, and which features does a pilot need to look at during a specific part of the flight creation and on-flight process.
Research: Several tools were used to obtain user feedbacks from our product users. We gathered user feedbacks daily from several channels, such as Apple app store reviews, Zendesk, Facebook, Youtube comments, etc. I grouped these feedbacks into categories, then consolidated them into a report. From the report, I understood what were the biggest concerns our users had, and what were they satisfied by. I then used these feedbacks to determine what were the priorities in improving product functions.
Inspiration: The product design was inspired by current software used by air traffic control staff. Looking at the air traffic control experience allowed me to understand what struggles the staff have. Video game dashboards were also examined to get inspirations on how to create the most efficient dashboard.
Project Duration: This project started in June 2019, in Austin, Texas, USA. The project is still ongoing.
Operation Flow: What makes SkyGrid a superb aerial operation product is its ability to give the pilot a complete picture of the airspace in real time, including area conditions, vehicle conditions, and regulatory statuses. The user is able to choose the most optimized route for a specific operation based on the complete aerial picture in detail and in real time.
Team Members: Chief designer: Milton Lopez
User experience designer: Henry Han