Porsche EV Design System

ROLE

UX Motion Designer

Date

March 2025 - June 2025

Duration

10 weeks

Tools used

Figma,
ProtoPie,
Adobe Substance 3D &
After Effects

My Focus

Motion design and
Research & System design

My role
Where I started, Where I headed

At the beginning of the project, I focused on UX research and system design development. I helped conduct competitive audits, synthesize stakeholder goals, and explore early interaction flows. These initial stages gave me a strong understanding of the user personas, emotional triggers, and brand values that would eventually guide my motion design work.


As we transitioned into wireframing and high-fidelity prototyping, I took on a specialized role as the team’s UX Motion Designer. I’ve always been fascinated by how subtle animations and microinteractions can transform static screens into responsive, emotionally resonant experiences, especially in high-performance contexts like Porsche. This project gave me the opportunity to dive deeper into motion as a communication tool, not just an aesthetic layer.


To prepare for this role, I began sharpening my Figma animation skills and took on the challenge of learning ProtoPie, a tool few UX designers specialize in, but one that allowed me to prototype realistic motion, transitions, and conditional behaviors with high fidelity. I also began exploring Adobe Substance 3D & After Effects for cinematic motion studies that aligned with Porsche’s design language.


As our motion direction evolved, I helped define the tempo, feel, and transitions of the system; how modes shift, how feedback is delivered, and how motion supports not just usability, but emotion. My contributions played a key role in shaping how the Porsche EV UI feels: deliberate, precise, and alive.

Process & Methodology

  1. Research & Discovery
    Understanding the EV user and Porsche’s evolving role in their journey.

A. Defining Research Objectives

Problem

Porsche’s transition to EVs brings unique challenges: balancing heritage and driving emotion with modern, connected experiences. Our team needed a focused set of research questions to guide both primary and secondary research. our goal was to:

  • Identify trends, patterns, and gaps in automotive UI design (EV and non-EV).

  • Understand luxury EV buyer psychology and their expectations for personalization, performance, and sustainability.

  • Map competitive landscapes across automotive and adjacent industries.

  • Extract pain points and opportunity areas from real users.

Process

  • Co-created 4 of 8 core research questions with Bruna, targeting:

    1. Innovation patterns in premium EV interfaces.

    2. Comparisons to current EVs in personalization, connectivity, and performance.

    3. Priorities for personalization, charging, and driver-assist features.

    4. Common UI elements that align with Porsche’s brand values.


  • Organized these questions into the FigJam workspace, ensuring alignment with planned interviews, surveys, and competitive analysis.

Outcome

  • These became the foundation for our interview script, survey questions, and benchmarking criteria, ensuring every research activity directly addressed Porsche’s strategic needs.

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B. Primary Research – Interviews & Surveys

UX Mining

Reddit

Problem

We needed to uncover both emotional drivers and practical concerns influencing luxury EV adoption.

Process

  • Co-designed interview scripts to explore EV adoption barriers, personalization preferences, and charging behaviors.

  • Helped recruit participants, including Porsche owners and EV-curious luxury car buyers.

  • Led survey synthesis for 100+ responses, clustering data into thematic categories:

    • Driving emotion and heritage

    • Sustainability and performance balance

    • Digital vs. physical control preferences

    • Charging accessibility and anxiety

  • Highlighted key findings:

    • Loss of engine sound impacts emotional connection

    • Charging speed/availability is a top concern

    • Personalization should enhance, not overwhelm

Outcome

  • Identified 3 core adoption drivers:

    1. Maintain emotional connection to driving.

    2. Deliver meaningful personalization without distraction.

    3. Reduce charging anxiety through transparency and integration.

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C. Secondary Research – Competitive Analysis

Problem

To design a Porsche-specific EV experience, we needed to benchmark competitors’ infotainment and UI ecosystems.

Process

  • worked on competitive analysis looking into Tesla, Lucid, Rivian, Mercedes, BMW, Audi, Hyundai, Volkswagen & Xiaomi.

  • My focus:

    • Mapping infotainment architectures (menu depth, category naming, quick-access functions).

    • Noting visual + interaction patterns in typography, iconography, and state indicators.

    • Identifying motion & animation cues used in high-end EVs (Tesla, Lucid, BMW i, Mercedes EQ).

Outcome

  • Discovered common EV UX pitfalls:

    • Inconsistent location of charging tools.

    • Overloaded personalization menus.

    • Weak feedback cues (visual/haptic) in some brands.

  • Identified opportunities for Porsche to unify and brand system states through motion and multimodal feedback.

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