Ideated, designed, and tested an app designed to help a diverse audience save both money and waste by organizing their grocery shopping process.
Problem:
How can I design a user-friendly and aesthetically pleasing fridge management application that supports users in tracking the freshness of their inventory, keeping an eye on budget management, and finding recipes they can make with what they have? Additionally, how could this application be designed to track and reduce the food waste a user is generating?
From Left to Right: Lists, My Fridge, and Home
Lists: This feature allows users to create grocery lists for when they go shopping. On this page, they have the ability to quickly create new lists depending on their needs. For example, they could make a separate shopping list for a pizza night.
My Fridge: The fridge page acts as a digital fridge for users, allowing them to see what items are in their fridge, as well as the quantity and expiration date. The organization of the list prioritizes the foods that are soon to expire. Users can also filter the items in their fridge by categories like Dairy and Fruits. Users can add new items to their fridge via this page by clicking the “Add Item” button, allowing them to enter information like the item’s name, expiration date, category, quantity, and the ability to mark the item as a favorite. Users can also see more information about each item by clicking on them. They are then given information on how to store, prepare, and preserve the item properly, as well as suggested recipes using the food.
Home: The home page is the landing page for FoodPro, and provides users with an overview of soon-to-expire foods, a budget summary, and food waste tracking at the bottom. It also provides users with shortcut buttons to quickly add an item to their fridge, view/edit their shopping list, and preview suggested recipes.
In the inventory scanner feature, you can individually scan items, or add them in bulk by scanning a receipt. This is a way allow users to quickly add new items so that maintaining an updated inventory does not become more of a pain than it’s worth.
Next Steps
As for next steps for the app, I ideated on a community engagement feature that would provide users with information about local food banks/food drive events in their area. This was not yet implemented because I had changed the scope of my project to creating change within individual households rather than the community, focusing more on an individual's food waste brought about by expiration dates and food management. However, if put in to production, this is a way to make the app have a larger community engagement and save food waste in more areas.
I also considered adding a social aspect to the app for suggested recipes and meals. This could increase user engagement in the app and gamify the everyday use of the app, making users more likely to incorporate it into their regular habits.
Ideated, designed, and tested an app designed to help a diverse audience save both money and waste by organizing their grocery shopping process.
How can I design a user-friendly and aesthetically pleasing fridge management application that supports users in tracking the freshness of their inventory, keeping an eye on budget management, and finding recipes they can make with what they have? Additionally, how could this application be designed to track and reduce the food waste a user is generating?
Problem:
From Left to Right: Lists, My Fridge, and Home
Lists: This feature allows users to create grocery lists for when they go shopping. On this page, they have the ability to quickly create new lists depending on their needs. For example, they could make a separate shopping list for a pizza night.
My Fridge: The fridge page acts as a digital fridge for users, allowing them to see what items are in their fridge, as well as the quantity and expiration date. The organization of the list prioritizes the foods that are soon to expire. Users can also filter the items in their fridge by categories like Dairy and Fruits. Users can add new items to their fridge via this page by clicking the “Add Item” button, allowing them to enter information like the item’s name, expiration date, category, quantity, and the ability to mark the item as a favorite. Users can also see more information about each item by clicking on them. They are then given information on how to store, prepare, and preserve the item properly, as well as suggested recipes using the food.
Home: The home page is the landing page for FoodPro, and provides users with an overview of soon-to-expire foods, a budget summary, and food waste tracking at the bottom. It also provides users with shortcut buttons to quickly add an item to their fridge, view/edit their shopping list, and preview suggested recipes.
In the inventory scanner feature, you can individually scan items, or add them in bulk by scanning a receipt. This is a way allow users to quickly add new items so that maintaining an updated inventory does not become more of a pain than it’s worth.
Next Steps
As for next steps for the app, I ideated on a community engagement feature that would provide users with information about local food banks/food drive events in their area. This was not yet implemented because I had changed the scope of my project to creating change within individual households rather than the community, focusing more on an individual's food waste brought about by expiration dates and food management. However, if put in to production, this is a way to make the app have a larger community engagement and save food waste in more areas.
I also considered adding a social aspect to the app for suggested recipes and meals. This could increase user engagement in the app and gamify the everyday use of the app, making users more likely to incorporate it into their regular habits.
Ideated, designed, and tested an app designed to help a diverse audience save both money and waste by organizing their grocery shopping process.
Problem:
How can I design a user-friendly and aesthetically pleasing fridge management application that supports users in tracking the freshness of their inventory, keeping an eye on budget management, and finding recipes they can make with what they have? Additionally, how could this application be designed to track and reduce the food waste a user is generating?
From Left to Right: Lists, My Fridge, and Home
Lists: This feature allows users to create grocery lists for when they go shopping. On this page, they have the ability to quickly create new lists depending on their needs. For example, they could make a separate shopping list for a pizza night.
My Fridge: The fridge page acts as a digital fridge for users, allowing them to see what items are in their fridge, as well as the quantity and expiration date. The organization of the list prioritizes the foods that are soon to expire. Users can also filter the items in their fridge by categories like Dairy and Fruits. Users can add new items to their fridge via this page by clicking the “Add Item” button, allowing them to enter information like the item’s name, expiration date, category, quantity, and the ability to mark the item as a favorite. Users can also see more information about each item by clicking on them. They are then given information on how to store, prepare, and preserve the item properly, as well as suggested recipes using the food.
Home: The home page is the landing page for FoodPro, and provides users with an overview of soon-to-expire foods, a budget summary, and food waste tracking at the bottom. It also provides users with shortcut buttons to quickly add an item to their fridge, view/edit their shopping list, and preview suggested recipes.
In the inventory scanner feature, you can individually scan items, or add them in bulk by scanning a receipt. This is a way allow users to quickly add new items so that maintaining an updated inventory does not become more of a pain than it’s worth.
Next Steps
As for next steps for the app, I ideated on a community engagement feature that would provide users with information about local food banks/food drive events in their area. This was not yet implemented because I had changed the scope of my project to creating change within individual households rather than the community, focusing more on an individual's food waste brought about by expiration dates and food management. However, if put in to production, this is a way to make the app have a larger community engagement and save food waste in more areas.
I also considered adding a social aspect to the app for suggested recipes and meals. This could increase user engagement in the app and gamify the everyday use of the app, making users more likely to incorporate it into their regular habits.