Summary

Find My Food is an app design concept aimed to help users find restaurants that serve food according to the users’ dietary preferences and allergy restrictions. Need to find a restaurant that serves gluten-free and peanut-free dishes that are also keto-friendly? FMF has you covered!

Roles & Responsibilities

As the sole designer, my responsibilities included the following: user research (survey, user interviews and competitive analysis), creating personas, an empathy map, a journey map, user flow, wireframing, mockups, prototyping, user testing and reiteration.

The Problem

Easily finding restaurants and menu items that are in line with people's diet restrictions and food allergies.

The Audience

Find My Food is aimed at working adults, parents and college students that have busy lifestyles, yet are health-conscious and have a moderate level of tech savviness.

The Solution

Making a healthy restaurant finder app that takes users' diet preferences and allergies into consideration to find the best restaurants that are compliant with the users' needs. These findings will be based on 1) public information from restaurants and 2) user reviews and ratings.

High Priority

“I want to easily find restaurants that serve dishes that are gluten-free and peanut-free so I can have a quick and safe meal after work.”

“I want to find restaurants that are compliant with my diet so when I go out to eat with friends, I can find something that will satisfy the entire group.”

Medium Priority

“I need to find restaurants that serve dishes for my child who’s on a special diet for nights I don’t have time to cook.”

“I need to find restaurants that serve dishes for my child who’s on a special diet so when the whole family goes out to eat, my child is not excluded.”

Low Priority

“I’m trying to eat according to my doctor’s orders and need to find restaurants that have tasty dishes so I can get an idea of what to cook at home.”

I’ve created a simple user flow that demonstrates the onboarding process and where users can navigate from the home screen.

Find My Food started out as an idea for one thing and ended up evolving into something more meaningful, based off of survey data and user interviewing. The idea for FMF to be a restaurant search engine that’s tailored by user preferences was completely collaborative and has helped me to realize that by talking to people and finding out their wants and needs is pivotal for good ideas and then bringing those ideas to life.

I used my knowledge of UX/UI design to do competitive research, make a survey, create meaningful personas, design user flows, a user journey, wireframes and a testable prototype.

So much was learned through user testing. I’ve learned that it helps tremendously to get fresh eyes on a project I’m working closely on as this helps to gain more perspective and to truly create user-centered design. The feedback I received helped me to create a UI that is consistent, visually appealing and accessible to all.

User testing demonstrated an 87.5% success rate in navigating through the app and completing the required tests. Feedback mostly came down to the visual design, of which I went back and made necessary changes (making buttons and titles consistent across the board, a more accessible color palette, and a few other minor details).

One of the biggest takeaways I took from this project is the attention to detail. It’s easy to focus on the macro-level of a project, creating a design on the level of M.V.P. But what separates good design from amateur work is the details. Moving forward, I’ll be paying special attention to the little details, putting integrity behind every project I’m working on.

To make Find My Food even better, I believe that more user testing should be done with the new prototype as well as further research. What separates FMF and apps like it is a greater ability to tailor one’s dining experience and a UI that is warm, inviting and easy to use.