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
Context & Design Challenge
luxury × sustainability × tech
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
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:
Innovation patterns in premium EV interfaces.
Comparisons to current EVs in personalization, connectivity, and performance.
Priorities for personalization, charging, and driver-assist features.
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
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:
Maintain emotional connection to driving.
Deliver meaningful personalization without distraction.
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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This story’s still unfolding. Let’s talk about what’s next.
