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Honda Connect

The Next Gen Honda Connect an advanced technology platform designed to enhance comfort, convenience, safety, security and peace of mind for Honda owners.

Project Overview

The Next Gen Honda Connect an advanced technology platform designed to enhance comfort, convenience, safety, security and peace of mind for Honda owners.

Platform

iOS & Android Mobile App

Industry

Automotive Technology

Project Overview

Honda Connect is designed to transform the car ownership experience by providing real-time vehicle monitoring and control through a connected mobile application. The platform enables users to track car location, monitor vehicle health, and access critical information updated every 3 minutes.

Key Features

  • Live car tracking & location
  • Fuel status monitoring
  • Seat belt & parking brake status
  • Odometer reading
  • AC & speed monitoring
  • Malfunction light alerts
  • Battery voltage tracking
  • Engine coolant & interior temperature

Project Objectives

Enhance

User journey and experience

Elevate

Customer satisfaction

Improve

User adoption rates

My Role

As the design lead, I facilitated the entire design process from research to final implementation.

Workshop Facilitation

Led design thinking workshops with stakeholders and users to define product vision and requirements

Design System

Created comprehensive design system and UI designs from concept through development

User Testing

Conducted testing sessions with clients and end-users throughout the design process

Design Process

A comprehensive approach combining user research, design thinking, and iterative testing.

Requirements Gathering

  • User research
  • 9 stakeholder interviews
  • Secondary research report
  • 14 user interviews across 3 cities
  • Deep insights into user mindset
  • Digital behavior analysis
  • Usage pattern mapping

Design Language

  • Creation & validation of personas
  • Prioritization of key journeys
  • Research findings & analytics
  • Clickable prototypes
  • Honda design language integration

Develop and Test

  • Usability testing sessions
  • Addressing pain points
  • Feedback collection
  • Design iterations
  • Comprehensive design system

Workshop Activity & Personas

I created personas to understand typical users' needs and desires, which in turn helped build a more usable product.

Ideation

Crazy 8's and Sketching

We used the Crazy 8's fast sketching method to generate eight distinct ideas in eight minutes, encouraging rapid ideation and creative problem-solving.

Wireframe & Prototype

Created low-fidelity wireframes to validate user flows and information architecture before moving to high-fidelity designs.

Design System

Created 3D car models with multiple eagle-view perspectives, making different vehicle states clear and viewable for users such as trunk open, door open/close, horn activation, and light blinking.

Honda Car 3D Design Model

Color Palette

All stakeholders and participants in the design thinking workshop voted for a darker theme to enhance focus and reduce eye strain during night driving.

Iconography

Partially filled icons with fixed stroke size maintained consistency across the app, ensuring clear visual communication.

Design Challenge

Problem

Most car owners had more than one car. In one scenario, a user mentioned that one car was specifically used to pick and drop their children from school. The user wanted to track the car route and receive alerts if the vehicle traveled beyond the expected route.

Solution

Provided an option for users to create a custom Geofence for their car. If the vehicle crosses the geofence boundary, the registered owner receives an instant notification through the app, providing peace of mind and enhanced security.

Visual Outcome

Final designs featuring both light and dark themes for optimal user experience in different lighting conditions.

Key Learnings

User-Centered Innovation

Real user insights led to innovative features like custom Geofencing, demonstrating how listening to user needs can drive meaningful product enhancements beyond initial requirements.

Design System Value

Creating a comprehensive design system with 3D car models and consistent iconography ensured scalability and maintained visual consistency across all touchpoints of the application.

Workshop Facilitation

Facilitating design thinking workshops with diverse stakeholders helped align business goals with user needs, resulting in a product that satisfied both objectives.

Theme Flexibility

Providing both light and dark themes addressed different user contexts and preferences, particularly important for automotive applications used in varying lighting conditions.