SushiCraft
Food-ordering app tackling food accessibility challenges through Google UX Design Certificate.
Project Overview
👫 Who?
- Designed for university students with busy schedules and individuals with dietary constraints (like me!).
- Independently developed through the Google UX Design Certificate course.
User persona:
💡 What?
- Food-customization app for a fictional sushi restaurant, designed to make ordering more accessible to users with food restrictions or preferences.
- I completed user research (interviews, creating personas, problem statements), user-journey mapping, paper and digital wireframes, and a low-fidelity Figma prototype.
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Some upcoming refinements will include:
- Usability studies
- High-fidelity mockups
Problem Statement:
Emma is a university student intern who needs access to quick, customizable food options because she has wants to impress her coworkers and has busy school/work schedule and doesn’t have time to cook home meals.
🕰 When?
June 2024
Began Google UX Design Certificate
July 2024
Completed user research, persona, journey-mapping
August 2024
Paper and digital wireframes, creating a low-fiedlity prototype on Figma
Ongoing
Usability testing, accessibility features, high-difelity prototype
📍 Where?
- Entirely self-directed development on Coursera (remote).
- Prototypes were created and tested virtually with Northwestern student participants via Figma and remote usability sessions.
❓ Why?
- To solve the problem that anyone with dietary constraints faces, offering them quick customizable meal options.
- To improve food accessibility by letting users tailor sushi orders around allergies, preferences, and budget.
Learning Takeaways
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I learned how to center food accessibility and customization in UX, especially for users with specific food needs.
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Working independently helped me build confidence in carrying a product from research to prototyping.
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I realized how essential iteration is—not every feature is worth keeping, but every round of feedback brings clarity.