Bridging the gaps through the love of food to strengthen the community by celebrating diversity, embracing your culture, and providing a safe space for curiosity.

noms

The mobile app, noms was co-created during the Design at UCI 2023, You Belong Here, a designathon dedicated to community and inclusivity. This project was completed over the course of 36 hours! 

OVERVIEW

UX Designer

ROLE

TIMELINE

March 2023

TOOLS

Figma

TEAMMATES

Ariane Ochoa

Interface Design, Experience Design
User Research, Wireframing, Prototyping

EVENT

SKILLS

How might we innovate new ways for individuals to experience community, online or in-person?

THE PROBLEM

Tackling the Neighborhood Community Crisis

Since the pandemic, fostering neighborly relationships has become a more daunting and challenging task to accomplish.

THE RESEARCH

Through a conducted survey, we found that people are hesitant to reach out to their neighbors.

Respondents aged 18-25 exhibited the highest hesitancy rate at 72%, while those aged 40 and above had a comparatively lower hesitancy rate of 56%, suggesting a potential generational difference in neighborly interactions.

OUR SOLUTION

Bridging the Gaps
Through The Love of Food

Strengthening Community by: Celebrating diversity
Embracing your culture
Providing a safe space for curiosity

Plates that unite, flavors that ignite: building community through diverse cuisine.

REIMAGINING THE RECIPE SHARING EXPERIENCE

recipe cards

recipe forums

Creating a Seamless User Flow

High Fidelity Prototypes

Homepage

View Recipe

Recipe Pages

Search Map

Your Neighborhood

Finished Prototype

What We Learned

At the end of finishing this project, I noticed a great improvement in my UI design skills and knowledge, as opposed to my last designathon. I felt much more confident going into this, but realized that creating a perfect project is much less attainable in 36 hours. We were very satisfied with the overall design and vision we had for the app, but it was evident that we fell short in conducting user research and narrowing down the problems we were trying to resolve. In hindsight, I would spend much less time in the design process and prioritize problem solving and user research.