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christopher p. cacho
Product Design for a Meal Planning Application
Meal Perfect
Zeitcode
2024
Meal Perfect helps families who struggle with limited time for meal planning by offering an app that suggests healthy recipes tailored to their dietary preferences and budget. The app also utilizes the ingredients already available in their pantry to assist with grocery purchases.
Research
I researched meal-planning methods and tested various apps. After exploring different approaches, I created user flows to inform the design direction.
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Research
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User Flows
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Testing
Design
I designed the application's logo, which helped establish its overall visual design. Additionally, I created mobile prototypes to gather user feedback. Based on this feedback, I made several changes to enhance user navigation and interaction with the design. We designed a desktop, tablet, and phone versons of the application design.
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Visual Design
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User Experience Design
Development
A prototype and design system were created for development, but we never proceeded with the actual application development.
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Prototype
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Design System
Challenges
A lot of people I interviewed never meal planned before or have tried multiple times and found no benefit.
There were simple applications with similar ideas, but we could've improved it.
Outcomes
The direction of the application was a great idea. I felt we could've improved what other apps were currently doing.
I was very motivated to do this project because I was going through diet changes and felt the app would of been a great help.
Screens
Account Setup
The account setup asks for dietary restrictions and food allergies early to provide recipe recommendations once the setup is complete.
Account Setup
Household information is asked to also inform what kind of recipe recommendations to offer.
current meal plan
The primary screen of the app is the current meal plan, where you can review upcoming meals, their recipes, and past recipes.
Recipe Recommendations
Recommendations are given in the meal plan screens and through notifications.
notifications
Notifications include updates to your meal plan, a link to the current recipe, and shopping or delivery updates.
Edit Meal Plan
A starting suggested meal plan for the upcoming week is based on favorite recipes, household information, and what else you have in your pantry.
Shopping List
Review the current week's meal plan shopping list.
all visual design work
ePMO Project Tracker
manage project progress
ePMO Idea Tracker
create and evaluate project ideas
CapEx Suite
keep track of project financials
Mergers and Acquisitions
evaluate possible entities
meal perfect
healthy family meal planning
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