Meli is a seamless system that uses AI and AR technology to improve home cooks experiences with intuitive cooking and leftover prevention. The core values of Meli lie in solving the current issues of food waste in the industry.
Time Frame
10 weeks
Team Members
Gabriel Vizarrondo
Isabela Munoz
Luke Lobotsky
Nico Zafarna
My Role
Project Manager
UI Design / Visual
The Problem
1/3 of all food produced gets wasted and 3.5 pounds of food per person is wasted at home every week. People all over the world are starving, while here in the United States and other countries, food is being underutilized.
Our Hypothesis
Going into our research we expected to hear most people say that they don’t like to waste food, but they waste it. We are aware that people may say that they care about food waste when in reality their tendencies may show otherwise. With groceries and restaurants we knew that regulations and corporate influences would make things difficult for acquiring information.
Research
Research Insights
Cooking for portions of 1 or 2 people is extremely hard to do efficiently
Our users recognize their food waste but have limited options for solving them
Users need to reference recipes and communication efficiently
Poor planning leads to a temporary solution and double waste
Time and money are top of mind when deciding on saving or even consuming food
Now we have to ask:
How might we create a convenient, rewarding, and informative system to maintain leftovers for the user?
From our research we concluded our target Audience:
Introducing Meli
Meli consists of a seamless system that intuitively interacts with each other to promote and sustain a healthy and efficient grocery to plate process. With a smart kitchen device and digital platform, we guide the user through the process of acquiring groceries and cooking their meals.
Features
Onboarding
Onboarding takes you through the meli app showing you app tips, helps you pair with your own meli device and pick your preferred foods!
Recipe Browsing
Browsing takes you through curated lists of recipes based on categories and your set preferences. While browsing on this home screen you can save recipes you’ll want to make.
Saved Recipes & Delivery
On this screen you can review your saved recipes and add needed ingredients to your cart. You choose your portion size so meli can adjust the recipe to your needs. meli can then deliver your correctly portioned groceries to you.
Recipe
On the recipe page you can get a deeper look at the recipe you’re going to be making with meli; ingredients, description and, pictures.
Cook with Meli
Time to put down your phone and start cooking with meli! Your assistant will guide you through your recipe step by step with AI and AR projections. Once you are done snap a picture and share it to all your friends.
Smart Kitchen Device
Portion Control
Projections
GIF instruction sequencing
Measuring
Real-time voice assistance
AR projections
If you have any questions about Melinas please contact me!