48 Hour UXDC Hackathon Project - First Place Award Winner
2020
Overview
During my first hackathon event, the organizers asked teams to design a quick and efficient approach to food logging for pregnant mothers who have gestational diabetes - all within 48 hours.
Role
App Design
UI/UX Design
Prototyping
The Challenge
Pregnant women with gestational diabetes are usually between the ages of 25 – 40 years old. They are required to log their meals every day and share the information (photos and/or text) with their doctors and care teams. Currently, women are having trouble with logging their meals with challenges such as forgetting, finding the process cumbersome, or not motivated to log.
Our challenge was to create innovative designs and concepts that make the actual logging process quick and easy as well as clever ways to motivate mothers to log their food intake, such as rewards or positive feedback.
The Approach
After researching numerous articles, creating personas and engaging with forums, my team and I knew one thing for sure - the whole experience needed to calming & free of judgement. This approach is not only seen in our visual design styles but also incorporated in the onboarding experience - where we creatively set up each for success in digestible ways.
We also set up the platform so it would engage, reward, and serve as a valuable resource for mothers while they use the app.
View the Presentation
After many, many tries, my team and I were able to dilute all of our research, design thinking & learnings into a 5 minute presentation.