Sky Ar Aviation Companion by Huma Dulgeroglu Is Granted the Silver A' Design Award in Interface, Interaction and User Experience Design

Huma Dulgeroglu honored for interface, interaction and user experience design by the international grand jury of the 2025 - 2026 A' Design Award & Competition

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COMO, Italy, April 30, 2026 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has announced that Sky Ar Aviation Companion by Huma Dulgeroglu, designed for Aselsan Ags, has been granted the Silver A' Design Award in the Interface, Interaction and User Experience Design category. The recognition forms part of the 2025 - 2026 A' Design Award & Competition and was reached through blind peer review by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members, who evaluated anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.

What the Silver A' Design Award Means

The Silver A' Design Award celebrates top-tier designs that embody excellence and innovation. This award acknowledges creations that are not only aesthetically pleasing but also highly functional, reflecting the designer's deep understanding and skill. Silver A' Design Award recipients are recognized for their contribution to raising industry standards and advancing the practice of design. Their work often incorporates original innovations and elicits a strong emotional response, making a notable impact on the improvement of everyday life.

More About Sky Ar Aviation Companion

Sky Ar is an augmented reality flight software developed for pilots of legacy aircraft. Sky Ar projects essential flight data into the line of sight of the pilot through augmented reality glasses, reducing head down time. A companion tablet application supports flight planning, data synchronisation and configuration before departure. Overlays are customised by flight phase, so only relevant terrain, weather or notice information is shown. The system uses personal devices, so no physical cockpit modification is required.

About Huma Dulgeroglu

UX/UI professional at ASELSAN and PhD researcher at Middle East Technical University, specializes in high-stakes digital interfaces. Her practice integrates behavioral modeling and empirical research to develop avionics and mission-critical systems. This data-driven methodology focuses on cognitive ergonomics and operational safety within complex technology environments. The designer’s methodology prioritizes data-driven design, utilizing behavioral modeling and empirical research to inform interface architecture.

Award Record

With this recognition, Huma Dulgeroglu is a winner of 1 A' Design Award.

About the A' Interface, Interaction and User Experience Design Award

The A' Interface Design Award is an international design competition recognizing good user interface designs by the best UI/UX designers worldwide. The competition is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to interface designers, interaction designers, user experience designers and digital product designers from all countries. Entries typically include websites, mobile applications, software interfaces, game interfaces, wearable interfaces and virtual reality interfaces. Awarded interface designs are published at https://desingers.org/design-category/interface

About A' Design Award & Competition

A' Design Award & Competition is an international, juried design accolade organized annually since 2008. The competition is open to entries from all countries. The A' Design Award has a philanthropic mission to advance society through good design by recognizing and promoting superior products, projects and services that benefit society, and by creating a global awareness and appreciation for good design practices and principles. Entries are peer reviewed and anonymously evaluated by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members against predetermined criteria such as functionality, ergonomics, engineering, presentation, innovation, usability, sustainability and technology, with score normalization applied to remove biases. Awards are conferred at Platinum, Gold, Silver, Bronze and Iron levels. The A' Design Prize granted to eligible laureates includes the award trophy, the certificate of design excellence, the hardcover yearbook, a lifetime license to use the A' Design Award winner logo, exhibition of awarded works, an invitation to the gala night and award ceremony in Italy, inclusion in the World Design Rankings and Designer Rankings, and public relations and publicity services. Registration, the upload of a work and the preliminary score are free of charge, and Professional and Digital Edition laureates are not contractually obliged to pay further fees to claim the A' Design Prize. Further information is available at https://competition.adesignaward.com

Press Resources

Winner Page: https://desingers.org/180531
A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/180531
Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!180531
Laureate Profile: https://desingers.org/d/379207

Media Contact

Giulia Ferrari, Press Office
Designers.Org
Via Leone Leoni 32, 22100 Como, Italy
press@designers.org
+39 031 4491953

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Fact Sheet

The Work

Project: Sky Ar Aviation Companion
Function: Aviation Companion
Category: Interface, Interaction and User Experience Design
Discipline: Communication Design
Industry: Software
Colors: Black, Light Slate Gray, Gainsboro, Silver and Gray
Images: 5
Client: Aselsan Ags

The Recognition

Laureate: Huma Dulgeroglu
Country: Turkiye
Recognition: Silver A' Design Award
Edition: 2025 - 2026
Design ID: #180531

Credits

Team: Bilgesu Yildiz and Busra Yeliz Karaoglu Balci
Image Credits: AI creation tools used for image creations.

Design Details

Unique Properties: Sky Ar is an augmented reality flight software that enhances pilot situational awareness. Using a Bring Your Own Device (Byod) approach, it provides a non invasive digital layer without physical cockpit retrofits, reducing cost and material waste. The system projects essential flight data into the line of sight of pilot and allows flight planning and Ar configuration through a companion tablet application.
Inspiration: The idea behind Sky Ar was born from pilot insights. Many operators of legacy aircraft bring personal tablets into the cockpit at their own risk to improve situational awareness, often using multiple apps for weather, terrain, and navigation data. Pilots highlight challenges in low visibility conditions and the high cost of modern awareness systems, which lead to risky flights or material waste from retrofits.
Research: The design research behind Sky Ar was applied and human-centered, aiming to improve pilot situational awareness cost-effectively. Through interviews, observations, surveys, and cockpit simulations with legacy aircraft pilots, we identified risks of low visibility and costly retrofits. Testing Ar devices showed that a Byod approach delivers safer, clearer experiences while extending the usability of legacy aircraft, making aviation more sustainable and efficient.
Challenge: The hardest part of this design activity was finding solution to legacy aircraft improvement that can enhance awareness during flight while minimizing material waste. The challenge was not only technological, but systemic: redefining how advanced awareness tools can be delivered without physically altering the aircraft itself.
Realization and Technology: Inspired by real habits of pilots, it transforms familiar workflows into Ar enhanced usability across multiple device types. On ground tablet control allows full setup before flight, enabling hands free use in the air for both gesture capable and incapable devices. Embracing the Byod principle minimizes material waste from retrofits while expanding accessibility. Sky Ar understands its users, offering a seamless, intelligent experience that makes advanced technology feel effortless.
Operation and Interaction: Sky Ar ensures usability through an intuitive tablet workflow and hands free Ar operation, helping pilots stay focused on flight. The interface structures planning, data sync and analysis into clear stages to reduce cognitive load. Ar overlays are customized by flight phase, showing only relevant data such as terrain, Notam or weather. This reduces head down time and supports continuous visual focus on the external environment.
Project Duration and Location: Project Duration: 1 Year Project Location: Turkiye
Specifications: Sky Ar is a software platform integrating a tablet app with Ar glasses. The tablet enables flight planning, data sync, and analysis, while Ar overlays project real time information into the view of pilot. The system supports customizable layers by flight phase, lightweight Byod integration, secure data handling, and optimized low latency rendering for clarity in challenging visibility conditions.
Keywords: ar, aviation map, artificial reality, byod, ar glasses, interface, user experience, no-hand usage, user interface