Building in public — 2026
Zero to motion-complete, in public.
Lumen is a conceptual EV charging app for the UK market — and a deliberate stress test of my full production range. Every stage is being built in public: research and static design in Figma, motion prototyped in GSAP, and the final case study shipped as code on this domain, not as a video export.
The problem is trust, not plugs
01 — Why this
The UK's public charging network has grown fast, but the experience layer hasn't kept up: unreliable availability data, opaque pricing per network, and range anxiety that's really information anxiety. Lumen's thesis is that a charging app should behave like a co-driver — plan the route, hold the charger, and tell you the true cost before you commit.
Most portfolio concepts stop at static screens. This one is designed to prove motion and code, because that's the work I'm selling.
Built like a real product, staged like a race weekend
02 — The pipeline
S1 — Static design. Research, flows, and the full UI system in Figma. Complete
S2 — Motion. Key interactions — route drawing, charge-state transitions, the live charging screen — prototyped in GSAP as real, inspectable code. In progress
S3 — Case study. The full write-up ships on this page, with embedded live motion instead of screen recordings. Up next
Want the finished study the day it lands?
03 — Follow it
I'm documenting the build as it happens. If you're hiring and want to see how I work mid-project — messy decisions included — get in touch and I'll walk you through the current state.
Archive — 2022