Podcast: In an exclusive podcast for Just Auto, we hear from lead designer at Frank Stephenson Design – Euan McPherson – about design projects, inspirations and where automotive design is heading.
Frankie Youd December 17, 2025
In an exclusive podcast interview, the lead designer at Frank Stephenson Design – Euan McPherson – told Just Auto that car users are increasingly yearning for features and ‘older aspects’ of car design such as physical controls on the dashboard rather than touchscreens.
There is “a definite return to driver engagement and tactility,” he told Just Auto.
“We have had years of everything being controlled by a touchscreen and there has been a lot of negative feedback from the end-users. There are some cars we’ve tested where you have to press three buttons on the touchscreen just to turn the audio volume up. So we are seeing a return to physical controls.”