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Refining the process of creating a meal

Refining the process of creating a meal

This project explores how Meal Planning can be made simpler, healthier, and more inclusive. The concept app offers quick, nutritious, and customisable recipes, paired with efficient ingredient tracking to help users save time, cut down on food waste, and meet their health goals. Designed with accessibility in mind, it adapts to diverse dietary needs and preferences, making the process of planning and cooking meals easier for everyone.

This project explores how Meal Planning can be made simpler, healthier, and more inclusive. The concept app offers quick, nutritious, and customisable recipes, paired with efficient ingredient tracking to help users save time, cut down on food waste, and meet their health goals. Designed with accessibility in mind, it adapts to diverse dietary needs and preferences, making the process of planning and cooking meals easier for everyone.

Challenge

Challenge

Meal Planing Conundrum

Meal Planing Conundrum

Many individuals struggle with the complex nature of planning meals, leading to food waste and difficulty managing diverse dietary needs. This project aims to propose a solution that solves these problems.

Many individuals struggle with the complex nature of planning meals, leading to food waste and difficulty managing diverse dietary needs. This project aims to propose a solution that solves these problems.

Approach

Approach

Double Diamond Process

Double Diamond Process

A clear structure for diverging to explore users’ needs, then converging on focused solutions. This iterative method ensures thorough research, rapid ideation, and user-validated results.

A clear structure for diverging to explore users’ needs, then converging on focused solutions. This iterative method ensures thorough research, rapid ideation, and user-validated results.

Role

Role

UX/UI & Visual designer

(Solo Course Work)

UX/UI & Visual designer

(Solo Course Work)

As the sole designer, I led user research, UI design, prototyping, usability studies, quality assurance, and overall project management to bring Meal Plan to life.

As the sole designer, I led user research, UI design, prototyping, usability studies, quality assurance, and overall project management to bring Meal Plan to life.

Timeline

Timeline

September 2022 ( one month)

September 2022 ( one month)

Week 1

Week 2

Week 3

Week 4

Week 5

Discover

Define

Develop

Deliver

The Story Of Meal Plan

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

Meal Plan is a concept designed to revolutionise how people approach meal planning by simplifying the process and promoting healthier eating habits.

Primary Goal

Simplify meal planning with an intuitive flow, access to healthy recipes, and detailed nutritional guidance.

Secondary Goal

Enhance engagement with personalised meal suggestions, social recipe sharing, and streamlined tools for organisation and nutritional support.

Third Goal

Reduce meal planning time, ensure 80% feature access in under 2 minutes, and achieve a 90% task completion rate.

Primary Goal

Simplify meal planning with an intuitive flow, access to healthy recipes, and detailed nutritional guidance.

Secondary Goal

Enhance engagement with personalised meal suggestions, social recipe sharing, and streamlined tools for organisation and nutritional support.

Third Goal

Reduce meal planning time, ensure 80% feature access in under 2 minutes, and achieve a 90% task completion rate.

Primary Goal

Simplify meal planning with an intuitive flow, access to healthy recipes, and detailed nutritional guidance.

Secondary Goal

Enhance engagement with personalised meal suggestions, social recipe sharing, and streamlined tools for organisation and nutritional support.

Third Goal

Reduce meal planning time, ensure 80% feature access in under 2 minutes, and achieve a 90% task completion rate.

Designing a Seamless Meal Planning Experience

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.

Designing a Seamless Meal Planning Experience

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.

Measuring the impact

10 users said they would use this app regularly

80%

User engagement rate

iOS 15

Adherence to iOS Apple human interface guidelines

AA

WCAG compatibility rating of AA

Relative Reduction in meal planning time 

Laying the foundation

Understanding the problem

Understanding the problem

In building the foundation for Meal Plan, I conducted research to explore the challenges of meal planning and the existing solutions available. This research included analysing market trends, user behaviour, relevant technologies, and UX/UI best practices to uncover gaps and opportunities that guided the project’s direction

In building the foundation for Meal Plan, I conducted research to explore the challenges of meal planning and the existing solutions available. This research included analysing market trends, user behaviour, relevant technologies, and UX/UI best practices to uncover gaps and opportunities that guided the project’s direction

Market Research

Students want to integrate seamlessly into campus life—both socially and academically, yet most existing platforms offer incomplete or short-term solutions However, scattered resources and limited ongoing guidance force them to juggle multiple channels or remain disconnected, resulting in lost information, anxiety, and difficulties forming meaningful peer networks.

Expand Market Research

Market Research

Students want to integrate seamlessly into campus life—both socially and academically, yet most existing platforms offer incomplete or short-term solutions However, scattered resources and limited ongoing guidance force them to juggle multiple channels or remain disconnected, resulting in lost information, anxiety, and difficulties forming meaningful peer networks.

Expand Market Research

Market Research

Students want to integrate seamlessly into campus life—both socially and academically, yet most existing platforms offer incomplete or short-term solutions However, scattered resources and limited ongoing guidance force them to juggle multiple channels or remain disconnected, resulting in lost information, anxiety, and difficulties forming meaningful peer networks.

Expand Market Research

The Existing competition

Mealime

Offers a user-friendly interface and personalised meal plans, making it easy for users to get started. However, it lacks customisation options and community features like recipe creation and reviews. Meal Plan can capitalise on these gaps by offering more features and interactive recipe capabilities, enhancing user engagement and satisfaction.

Yummly

Stands out with excellent recipe customisation and smart kitchen integration. Despite these strengths, it shares common weaknesses like limited free features and app flexibility. Meal Plan can differentiate itself by providing comprehensive free features and ensuring accurate ingredient information, fostering trust and usability.

SideChef

Provides an extensive range of features, including meal planning, shopping lists, and device integration. However, it does not allow users to create their own recipes. Meal Plan can stand out by incorporating a creator mode and fostering stronger community engagement, making the platform more interactive and inclusive

Meeting the users

Many individuals face challenges in meal planning ranging from time constraints and dietary restrictions to budget concerns and family needs. These obstacles underscore the need for a solution that is both quick and efficient, yet highly customisable to accommodate diverse lifestyles and preferences.

Busy marketing manager juggling a hectic schedule and lactose intolerance. She plans roughly one meal per week and struggles with forgotten or expired ingredients. Sarah wants quick, healthy recipes and an app that suggests meals based on what she already has, reducing food waste.

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Busy marketing manager juggling a hectic schedule and lactose intolerance. She plans roughly one meal per week and struggles with forgotten or expired ingredients. Sarah wants quick, healthy recipes and an app that suggests meals based on what she already has, reducing food waste.

⏰ • 🚫🥛 • ♻️

Busy marketing manager juggling a hectic schedule and lactose intolerance. She plans roughly one meal per week and struggles with forgotten or expired ingredients. Sarah wants quick, healthy recipes and an app that suggests meals based on what she already has, reducing food waste.

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Deep Dive

Identifying the problem

Identifying the problem

Through a deeper exploration of user behaviours, motivations, and pain points, I uncovered key factors driving meal-planning challenges. These findings helped refine the initial assumptions and clarify the real needs behind the problem. The following sections detail the insights gained and how they informed our next steps.

Through a deeper exploration of user behaviours, motivations, and pain points, I uncovered key factors driving meal-planning challenges. These findings helped refine the initial assumptions and clarify the real needs behind the problem. The following sections detail the insights gained and how they informed our next steps.

Key Research Insights

Key Research Insights

Through research in the Discovery phase, I identified clear patterns around time management, recipe discovery, ingredient management, and dietary preferences. These recurring themes became the core challenges the solution needed to address, directly guiding design decisions and ensuring the final product was built around real user needs.

Time Management

Making quick and efficient meal planning tools is essential to their experience.

User Statements

Time Management

Making quick and efficient meal planning tools is essential to their experience.

User Statements

Time Management

Making quick and efficient meal planning tools is essential to their experience.

User Statements

 Ingredient related Issues

Forgetting items, ingredient availability, and finding substitutes often lead to frustration and food waste.

User Statements

 Ingredient related Issues

Forgetting items, ingredient availability, and finding substitutes often lead to frustration and food waste.

User Statements

 Ingredient related Issues

Forgetting items, ingredient availability, and finding substitutes often lead to frustration and food waste.

User Statements

Finding Recipes

Users face difficulties in discovering diverse, quick, and tailored recipes that meet specific needs.

User Statements

Finding Recipes

Users face difficulties in discovering diverse, quick, and tailored recipes that meet specific needs.

User Statements

Finding Recipes

Users face difficulties in discovering diverse, quick, and tailored recipes that meet specific needs.

User Statements

Dietary Preferences and Restrictions

Meeting various dietary needs is complex and time-consuming, yet critical for user satisfaction.

User Statements

Dietary Preferences and Restrictions

Meeting various dietary needs is complex and time-consuming, yet critical for user satisfaction.

User Statements

Dietary Preferences and Restrictions

Meeting various dietary needs is complex and time-consuming, yet critical for user satisfaction.

User Statements

Users in focus

Users in focus

After identifying recurring pain points and themes, two user archetypes were developed a constant reminder of who I was designing for and what mattered most to them. By defining their motivations, goals, and constraints, I could make design choices that stayed grounded in real-world needs instead of assumptions.

woman taking a photo wearing black bubble jacket standing in front of white building

Elif Aksoy

Health Conscious Parent

I’ll help you get your project out of paper and design a unique solution for your company's website from scratch, with no templates and bolder outcomes! The final design is yours, from desktop to mobile so you can do whatever you want with it.


woman taking a photo wearing black bubble jacket standing in front of white building

Elif Aksoy

Health Conscious Parent

I’ll help you get your project out of paper and design a unique solution for your company's website from scratch, with no templates and bolder outcomes! The final design is yours, from desktop to mobile so you can do whatever you want with it.


woman taking a photo wearing black bubble jacket standing in front of white building

Elif Aksoy

Health Conscious Parent

I’ll help you get your project out of paper and design a unique solution for your company's website from scratch, with no templates and bolder outcomes! The final design is yours, from desktop to mobile so you can do whatever you want with it.


man in blue polo shirt standing during daytime

Ali Mustaafa

Fitness Enthusiast

I’ll help you get your project out of paper and design a unique solution for your company's website from scratch, with no templates and bolder outcomes! The final design is yours, from desktop to mobile so you can do whatever you want with it.


man in blue polo shirt standing during daytime

Ali Mustaafa

Fitness Enthusiast

I’ll help you get your project out of paper and design a unique solution for your company's website from scratch, with no templates and bolder outcomes! The final design is yours, from desktop to mobile so you can do whatever you want with it.


man in blue polo shirt standing during daytime

Ali Mustaafa

Fitness Enthusiast

I’ll help you get your project out of paper and design a unique solution for your company's website from scratch, with no templates and bolder outcomes! The final design is yours, from desktop to mobile so you can do whatever you want with it.


Mapping the cooking experience

Mapping the cooking experience

Mapping the cooking experience

Even though every user’s approach varies, five core stages that consistently shape meal planning. Users might not follow these steps in the exact same order, but they represent the key touch points where challenges and opportunities for improvement often arise.

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.

 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

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.

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.

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.

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Approaching the problem

Approaching the problem

Focusing on the diverse needs of the target users, translating their motivations and constraints into actionable design decisions. This approach ensured the final product not only addressed real pain points but also delivered a seamless experience that felt intuitive, inclusive, and genuinely helpful.

Focusing on the diverse needs of the target users, translating their motivations and constraints into actionable design decisions. This approach ensured the final product not only addressed real pain points but also delivered a seamless experience that felt intuitive, inclusive, and genuinely helpful.

Brainstorming

A mind map was created to quickly visualise the project’s scope and ensure that essential user needs such as quick, healthy meals remained front and centre. By mapping out key features like recipe suggestions, meal planning, and grocery lists, it became easier to spot connections between user needs, potential integrations (such as smart devices), and ethical considerations like privacy and inclusivity. This approach clarified the app’s primary objectives, identified potential pitfalls, and offered a structured path for subsequent design decisions.

User Centred Design Canvas

The User-Centered Design Canvas is a strategic tool used to keep the project’s focus on real user needs, motivations, and challenges throughout development. In this case, it helped align the “Meal Plan” app’s design with the diverse requirements of personas like Elif Aksoy (a health-conscious parent) and Ali Mustapha (a fitness enthusiast). By capturing user problems, motives, fears, and business objectives in one place, the canvas ensured a balanced approach that prioritized both user and business goals. It also integrated ethical considerations, accessibility, and user feedback mechanisms, providing a comprehensive roadmap for building a solution that not only meets user expectations but also stands on solid market and ethical foundations.

Potential Solutions

Potential Solutions

Potential Solutions

From the research, it became clear that meal planning fails when it’s too complex, too generic, or too time consuming. The best solution needed to reduce friction, adapt to different lifestyles, and turn planning into something people could actually stick with.

Meal Plan is a personalised app that does exactly that, simplifying how people choose recipes, track ingredients, and organise their meals. By fitting around diverse routines and diets, it helps users waste less, eat better, and plan with confidence.

Nutritional Information Display

Detailed nutritional information for each recipe.

Extra information from community

Read articles related to health, foods, and other product reviews

Auto-Generated Grocery Lists

Ability to create shopping lists based on selected recipes and meal plans.

Weekly Meal Planning

Customisable meal plans that fit users' schedules and dietary goals.

Step-by-Step Cooking Tutorials

Interactive guides and video tutorials for cooking recipes.

Connect to iot

Link the app to your compatible home devices and control from the app

Ingredient Tracking and Expiration Reminders

Track pantry items and receive alerts for expiring ingredients.

Personalised Recipe Suggestions

Based on user preferences, dietary restrictions, and available ingredients.

Nutritional Information Display

Detailed nutritional information for each recipe.

Extra information from community

Read articles related to health, foods, and other product reviews

Auto-Generated Grocery Lists

Ability to create shopping lists based on selected recipes and meal plans.

Weekly Meal Planning

Customisable meal plans that fit users' schedules and dietary goals.

Step-by-Step Cooking Tutorials

Interactive guides and video tutorials for cooking recipes.

Connect to iot

Link the app to your compatible home devices and control from the app

Ingredient Tracking and Expiration Reminders

Track pantry items and receive alerts for expiring ingredients.

Personalised Recipe Suggestions

Based on user preferences, dietary restrictions, and available ingredients.

Story Boarding

These visual narratives help understand how Meal Plan can integrates seamlessly into daily routines and special occasions, making it a practical and versatile tool.

This flow explores a solution where a user uses the app to quickly cook a meal

This flow shows Elif planing an event and using the app to make a meal

Solution

Bringing the vision to life

Bringing the vision to life

The solution is a personalised meal planning app that adapts to users’ routines, dietary needs, and goals. It streamlines choosing recipes, managing ingredients, and planning ahead. Helping people cook more, waste less, and eat well without adding stress to their day.

The solution is a personalised meal planning app that adapts to users’ routines, dietary needs, and goals. It streamlines choosing recipes, managing ingredients, and planning ahead. Helping people cook more, waste less, and eat well without adding stress to their day.

The solution is a personalised meal planning app that adapts to users’ routines, dietary needs, and goals. It streamlines choosing recipes, managing ingredients, and planning ahead. Helping people cook more, waste less, and eat well without adding stress to their day.

Onboarding

Users are guided through a three step onboarding process. This onboarding process educates users about the app’s value proposition, sets expectations, and ensures a smooth user experience.

Users are guided through a three step onboarding process. This onboarding process educates users about the app’s value proposition, sets expectations, and ensures a smooth user experience.

Splash screen

Onboarding process

Onboarding process

Onboarding process

Sign In / Log in

Sign in / Log in

Onboarding

Users are guided through a three-step onboarding process. This onboarding process educates users about the app’s value proposition, sets expectations, and ensures a smooth user experience.

Cooking Skills

Favourite Cuisine

Dietary restrictions

Favourite Cuisine

Ingredient restriction

Creating a Meal Plan

Meal plan generation is one of the core features of the app. On the Home page, users can access a Meal Plan page that displays plans for the current and past weeks. Weekly meal plans can be generated and customised, and there's an option to create mood-based plans. The app also offers AI-generated randomised meal plans for variety.

Meal plan generation is one of the core features of the app. On the Home page, users can access a Meal Plan page that displays plans for the current and past weeks. Weekly meal plans can be generated and customised, and there's an option to create mood-based plans. The app also offers AI-generated randomised meal plans for variety.

Home

Plan

Search

Add meal

Add plan

Auto generate

Random

Select template

Searching with filters

The search bar allows users to find meals by searching for specific dishes or applying filters based on ingredients, cuisines, cooking time (under 30 minutes), dietary needs, and calorie count.

The search bar allows users to find meals by searching for specific dishes or applying filters based on ingredients, cuisines, cooking time (under 30 minutes), dietary needs, and calorie count.

Community Articles

Users can request articles on specific topics, including kitchen appliances, or read content from various sources, such as blogs, magazines, and journalist reviews. They can also submit their own articles for publication, subject to moderation.

Users can request articles on specific topics, including kitchen appliances, or read content from various sources, such as blogs, magazines, and journalist reviews. They can also submit their own articles for publication, subject to moderation.

Write article

Community

Explore Articles

Select articles

Read

Submit for review

Published

Shopping List

Users can create shopping lists by searching for ingredients or by directly generating them from meal plans or saved recipes. While shopping, they can check off items and delete those that are already in their pantry or ‘Home Store’ to avoid unnecessary purchases.

Users can create shopping lists by searching for ingredients or by directly generating them from meal plans or saved recipes. While shopping, they can check off items and delete those that are already in their pantry or ‘Home Store’ to avoid unnecessary purchases.

Shopping

Add to shopping List

Search

Select ingredient

Add

Select item

Add to pantry

Select Storage location

Delete

Confirm delete

Checking up with your kitchen

The app features a Home Store and Kitchen section. In the Home Store, users can create virtual spaces to track their pantry items. This helps them stay organised and avoid unnecessary purchases. Users can also connect and monitor their supported home appliances, assigning custom names to devices like storage boxes and freezers.

The app features a Home Store and Kitchen section. In the Home Store, users can create virtual spaces to track their pantry items. This helps them stay organised and avoid unnecessary purchases. Users can also connect and monitor their supported home appliances, assigning custom names to devices like storage boxes and freezers.

Finding a recipe

When selecting a recipe, users can view its cooking time, nutritional information per serving, and adjust ingredient quantities based on the number of people they're serving. The app checks recipe ingredients against the user's Home Store, highlighting missing items that can be added individually or collectively to the shopping list. Users can also read reviews from other users and discover related recipes.

When selecting a recipe, users can view its cooking time, nutritional information per serving, and adjust ingredient quantities based on the number of people they're serving. The app checks recipe ingredients against the user's Home Store, highlighting missing items that can be added individually or collectively to the shopping list. Users can also read reviews from other users and discover related recipes.

Following a recipe

The app provides step-by-step instructions for recipes, accompanied by a voice assistant for hands-free navigation while cooking. Users can set timers as needed and receive suggestions for serving the completed meal. After cooking, they can share their experience by adding reviews and photos."

Measuring the impact

After all iterations for the project an informal test was conducted on ten users with a Figma prototype in an uncontrolled environment with different circumstances as well as a check with the project requirements

Adherence to Apple human interface guidelines for iOS 15

In testing for accessibility the final prototype was tested with the ally contrast checker plugin on Figma

WCAG compatibility of AA

In testing for accessibility the final prototype was tested with the ally contrast checker plugin on Figma

Excellent Completion Rate

one of the result was the people that used the app were able to understand the flow of the app and were able to navigate the app well

8 users said they would use this app regularly

10 users were given the prototype to use without instructions but explanation on the use of the app to use it how it will fit into their daily lives and 8 of them said they would use it regularly if it worked as explained

User engagement rate of 80%

8 out of the 10 users proposed the main reason they would be using the app is because of the features and flow of using the app while the design of the app was considered to be clean and easy to understand

Relative Reduction in meal planning time 

Compared to the normal way most users use in preparing a meal if this app is used properly it show a potential to act as a personal kitchen assistant and reduce the time it takes in creating a meal either if its a single mal or a weeks plan

Future

Creating Meal Plan 1.0

Creating Meal Plan 1.0

While this project achieved its initial goals, the next step is turning the concept into a full product. To stand out in a competitive market, Meal Plan 1.0 would focus on enhancing personalisation, strengthening community features, and integrating with grocery and fitness services. These additions would not only elevate the app’s value but also create a more sustainable, habit forming experience for users.

While this project achieved its initial goals, the next step is turning the concept into a full product. To stand out in a competitive market, Meal Plan 1.0 would focus on enhancing personalisation, strengthening community features, and integrating with grocery and fitness services. These additions would not only elevate the app’s value but also create a more sustainable, habit forming experience for users.

Looking ahead, these concepts explore how Meal Plan could evolve into version 1.0. Each feature pushes the app beyond its core functions to deliver more value, stronger engagement, and long-term impact.

  • Improve Onboarding Process

    Develop a more comprehensive onboarding process to help new users understand the app’s features quickly.

    Include interactive tutorials, guided tours, and contextual help tips to ensure users can navigate the app with ease and make full use of its capabilities from the start.

  • Focus on Accessibility

    Enhance the app's accessibility to ensure it is usable by a wider audience, including those with disabilities.

     Implement features such as voice control, text-to-speech, adjustable font sizes, and high-contrast modes. Conduct accessibility testing to identify and address any barriers.

  • Incorporate Gamification Elements

    Add gamification elements to make meal planning more engaging and fun.

    Introduce features such as achievement badges, challenges, and rewards for users who regularly use the app, try new recipes, or reduce food waste. This can increase user engagement and retention.


  • Expand Integration with Other Services

    Increase integration with other health and lifestyle services to provide a more holistic user experience.

    Integrate with popular fitness trackers, grocery delivery services, and health apps. This will allow users to sync their meal plans with their fitness routines and streamline grocery shopping.

  • Utilise User Feedback for Continuous Improvement

    Establish a robust system for collecting and analysing user feedback to guide continuous improvements.

    Regularly update the app based on user suggestions and feedback. This can be done through in-app surveys, feedback forms, and beta testing programs.

  • Enhance Community Features

    Strengthen community features to foster a supportive and interactive user environment.

    Develop forums, recipe sharing, and user-generated content sections. Encourage users to share their meal planning tips, success stories, and favourite recipes with the community.

  • Implement Advanced Nutritional Analysis

    Provide more detailed nutritional analysis and health insights.

    Include features that allow users to track their macronutrient and micronutrient intake, monitor their progress towards health goals, and receive personalised dietary advice.

  • Focus on Data Privacy and Security

    Ensure that user data is handled with the utmost care, focusing on privacy and security.

     Implement robust data encryption, clear privacy policies, and user consent mechanisms. Regularly update security protocols to protect user information.

  • Optimise for Different Devices

    Ensure the app performs optimally across various devices and platforms.

    Test and refine the app for different screen sizes and operating systems. Consider developing a web version of the app for users who prefer accessing it from their computers.

  • Enhance Personalisation Features

    Increase personalisation in the app to cater to individual user preferences and dietary needs.

    Implement more sophisticated algorithms to suggest recipes based on users' past behaviour, health goals, and seasonal availability of ingredients. This could involve machine learning techniques to better understand and predict user preferences.

  • Future App Testing

    Test with diverse users, platforms, and real-life situations.

    This expanded testing will help identify any usability challenges, performance issues, and opportunities for enhancement, ensuring the app meets the diverse needs of users in multiple contexts, including different dietary restrictions, accessibility requirements, and device compatibility.

  • Updating with content for the app

    Regularly updating recipes, articles, and health-related content.

    Consistently adding fresh recipes, seasonal meal ideas, and nutrition tips will keep users engaged, making the app a valuable, up-to-date resource that evolves with user preferences and trends. Incorporating user-generated content, such as reviews and shared recipes, can further enhance engagement.

These directions would transform Meal Plan from a helpful app into a daily companion — supporting healthier eating habits while reducing waste and making meal planning a shared, enjoyable experience.

Final Note

Meal Plan was more than a design exercise, it was a chance to grow as a designer. By working solo, I learned to balance multiple roles and discovered how research driven insights and careful documentation can transform a broad problem into a focused, meaningful solution. The process showed me that personalisation isn’t just a feature, it’s a key to creating accessible and engaging experiences. What I’m most proud of is how this concept matured into something that could genuinely compete with existing solutions, proving to myself that thoughtful design can create impact even in complex, competitive spaces. These lessons will stay with me, guiding how I approach future challenges with both rigor and empathy.

Meal Plan was more than a design exercise, it was a chance to grow as a designer. By working solo, I learned to balance multiple roles and discovered how research driven insights and careful documentation can transform a broad problem into a focused, meaningful solution. The process showed me that personalisation isn’t just a feature, it’s a key to creating accessible and engaging experiences. What I’m most proud of is how this concept matured into something that could genuinely compete with existing solutions, proving to myself that thoughtful design can create impact even in complex, competitive spaces. These lessons will stay with me, guiding how I approach future challenges with both rigor and empathy.

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Anthony Akintola

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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