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Blip: Distraction-Free
Blip: Distraction-Free-December 2024
2024-02-19 EST 22:12:11

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I know we like to complain a lot about the increasing complexity of car center-screen UX and controls buried down in menus and all that, so enjoy the opposite extreme here, the dashboard of a mid ‘60s Renault R8 that seems to have one rectangular gauge cluster, two stalks, two vents, and a lot of nothing else. Good luck getting distracted!

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