Refining the process of creating a meal

This project aims to streamline meal planning for users by offering quick, healthy, and customisable recipes, efficient ingredient tracking, and more. It helps users save time, reduce food waste, and achieve health goals while accommodating diverse dietary needs and preferences.

Challenge

Many individuals struggle with the time-consuming and complex nature of meal planning, which leads to food waste and difficulty in managing diverse dietary needs.

Approach

Approach

Double diamond Process

Double diamond Process

A short Paragraph about why Double diamond was chosen and why it works for this explaining more on the timeline

A short Paragraph about why Double diamond was chosen and why it works for this explaining more on the timeline

Role

Role

UX/UI & Visual designer

(Solo Passion project)

UX/UI & Visual designer

(Solo Passion project)

User research, UI/UX design, prototyping, user testing, quality assurance, and project management.

User research, UI/UX design, prototyping, user testing, quality assurance, and project management.

Timeline

Timeline

September 2022 ( one month)

September 2022 ( one month)

The story of Meal Plan

A startup aiming to revolutionise the way users make meals by simplifying and enhancing the meal planning experience.

A startup aiming to revolutionise the way users make meals by simplifying and enhancing the meal planning experience.

A startup aiming to revolutionise the way users make meals by simplifying and enhancing the meal planning experience.

Reason behind the project

Reason behind the project

Reason behind the project

From a personal passion for healthy eating and a desire to make meal planning more accessible and less stressful for everyone.

From a personal passion for healthy eating and a desire to make meal planning more accessible and less stressful for everyone.

From a personal passion for healthy eating and a desire to make meal planning more accessible and less stressful for everyone.

Primary Goal

Simplify meal planning with an intuitive flow, access to healthy recipes, and detailed nutritional information to support informed dietary choices.


Secondary Goal

Enhance engagement with personalised meal suggestions, recipe sharing, and features that streamline saving, organising, and supporting nutritional health.

Project Objectives

The project aims to simplify meal planning, by creating a reduction in meal planning time, ensuring 80% feature access in under 2 minutes, with a 90% task completion rate.

Journey of cooking a meal

Make meal Plan

Buying Groceries

Cook Meal

Serve meal

Refrigerate & Store

Updated problem statement

 People want to eat healthily and save time, but the complexity of meal planning due to diverse dietary needs and schedules makes it overwhelming. They often resort to unhealthy takeout or repetitive meals because leading to poor eating habits and food waste.

User specific goals

In creating user goals section, I developed distinct personas to illustrate diverse use cases, highlighting how this project could addresses each different unique needs and goals.

Final Solution

Discover

Plan

Shopping

Cook

Kitchen

Community

Explore a variety of recipes with a search bar that lets users filter by ingredients, cuisine, cooking time, dietary preferences, and calorie count, tailoring results to their unique needs.

Meeting Priject goals

Meeting Priject goals

Meeting Priject goals

Final Note

This project represents a comprehensive exploration into solving real user pain points around meal planning through thoughtful, user-centered design. By combining extensive research, innovative features, and a focus on inclusivity, the “Meal Plan” app showcases the potential for creating meaningful user experiences. While the app has successfully met its goals, there remain exciting opportunities for further refinement and development. These improvements will ensure the app not only meets the evolving needs of its users but also thrives in a competitive marketplace.

This project represents a comprehensive exploration into solving real user pain points around meal planning through thoughtful, user-centered design. By combining extensive research, innovative features, and a focus on inclusivity, the “Meal Plan” app showcases the potential for creating meaningful user experiences. While the app has successfully met its goals, there remain exciting opportunities for further refinement and development. These improvements will ensure the app not only meets the evolving needs of its users but also thrives in a competitive marketplace.

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Anthony Akintola

I'm available

Let's Connect

Feel free to contact me if having any questions. I'm available for new projects or just for chatting.

Anthony Akintola

I'm available

Let's Connect

Feel free to contact me if having any questions. I'm available for new projects or just for chatting.

Anthony Akintola