Food waste is a major global problem with far-reaching environmental, health and financial effects. In the United States, food waste is known to be the single most common material landfilled and incinerated. The average American family of four alone throws out $1500 in wasted food per year and when accounted annually sums up to a great value of $161 billion.
Fridgemate is a fresh food app that monitors fridge items in order to reduce waste and encourage individuals to live a healthier lifestyle through suggested hearty recipes. By providing options on recipes through existing ingredients, or the randomization option that generates a decision, users are capable of getting more autonomy and efficiency out of their busy kitchen habits. besides understanding what is in store users are also guided with budget collaboration that simplify the grocery trip planning and hassle. At the end of each month, users will be able to track the progress in improving key areas such as food waste, meals cooked, and money saved.
Design System
and Prototype
and Prototype
User Flows
- Check product inventory and expiry status in fridge.
- Find recipes using existing ingredients, or choose randomize option.
- Create budget, and view profile.
Flow 1
Check product inventory and expiry status in fridge.
Flow 2.1
Find recipes using existing ingredients.
Flow 2.2
Find recipes with choose random option.
Flow 3
Create budget, and view profile.
Visual
Development
The visual development process consists of exploration in mood boards, followed with design boards. Mood boards and design boards help establish the component sheet which makes up the visual system and language of the user interface.
User Journey Map
Three personas have been developed representative of the type of users using the fridge app. The design personas have distinct goals and frustrations which are important considerations that will guide the building of features and sections of the app.
