Nutri
A Case Study: Your Personal A.I. Nutritionist
Deliverables
3 Product Designers
August 2024
Prompt
Improving Usability through Emerging Technologies:
Technology is always evolving. Today, the most exciting advancements in tech are happening outside of our mobile phones. Over the last few years, hot button technologies like AR / VR, blockchain, voice technologies, internet of things, and AI have come in and out of focus - each lauded as the next revolutionary technology. Create a practical and useful applications using this technology.
My Contributions
The Problem
Research
7 people were interviewed from the ages of 22 - 55, where three identified as women, and four as men.
71% mentioned meal planning being tiresome or burden some.
Over half had dietary restrictions or cooked for someone with them.
Though all tech-savy, most did not use any form of technology other than looking up recipes on their phone.
Key insights
People want reliable, expert advice on specific goals.
Many people mentioned having or wanting a nutritionist, as well as desiring knowledge on how to hit their unique goals.
Meal planning is mentally taxing.
Whether its doing the math, avoiding allergies, or deciding on what to eat, meal planning took a mental toll on the majority of interviewees.
Personal customization on the fly.
Many mentioned having cravings or cheat days where they ignored restrictions, as well as their own trial-error recipes.
make meal planning less burdensome and more personalized to support individual health goals and dietary needs?
Solutioning
Persona
Ideation
After deciding on the two major functionalities, a personalized meal planner and a virtual nutritionist, I started sketching the initial flow.
I also came up with our mascot, Nutri!
Final Designs
Our final prototype incorporated a cohesive color palette, sans-serif typography, and a consistent grid system to create a modern, accessible interface. For our final branding we created:
Color Palette: A balanced mix of primary and secondary tones for readability and user guidance
Typography: DM Sans for headers and subheads
Grid System: Organized structure to support intuitive navigation
Component System: For uniform design amongst the team and pages.
I created the initial low=fidelity prototype in Balsamiq.
Usability Testing Feedback
Nutri was cute, but also a little in the way.
Wanted an easier way to get home or chat with Nutri.
Consistency in wording (dash versus home).
Having Nutri choose all of your meals was confusing.
Couple of UI fixes.
