Hungry Wolverines

Help the students at the University of Michigan eat happily and healthily.

UI/UX design | Game design

Timeline: Three Months
Location: University of Michigan
My Role: Interaction Designer
Target Audience: UM Students
Tools: Adobe XD, Illustrator

Background

To eat yummy and healthy foods, many students are searching dining hall menus for the right foods, and track their diet. It is nice that UM, like most US dining halls, offer different foods every day so that students can have a balanced diet. However, to find out where yummy foods are offered, hungry wolverines need to manually visit the menu website each day to access the menu information, which can be effortful for busy students. At the same time, diet tracking is also a difficult task to keep carrying on.

Problem

Competitive analysis

Analyze and build upon the menu services of different colleges.

Personas

Interviewed students at the UM and synthesized to 3 personas.

Persona No.1
Morning Haze
Rainy Day

Students are saying ......

  1. They want to get notified when their favorite foods are offered. None of them was willing to search the online menus.
  2. They would love an easier way of recording their diet other than writing down everything themselves.
  3. Sharing the photos of foods before eating is a ritual!
  4. Some of them want professional advice on diet.

Dining hall manager is saying ......

  1. They want to help students eat healthier and enjoy their favorites.
  2. They want to reduce food waste.

Design Ideas

Wild ideas on how to help students eat happily and healthily.

  1. Regarding campus dining, there is a variety of needs from both students and dining hall manager.
  2. I meet those needs by designing a mobile APP called Hungry Wolverines.
  3. Its key feature is to notify users about their favorite foods, while also help students track diet and share food photos in an easy manner.
  4. Meanwhile, students' preferences and comments on foods will be sent to dining halls to improve their service and reduce food waste.

Paper Prototype Testing

I use paper prototype to test the key tasks and interactions within Hungry Wolverines

More Ongoing...