Quiero Vivir Sano

The product

Quiero Vivir Sano is a social program to create healthy habits.

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Project duration

December 2022

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The problem

The people wants to create healthy habits, specially healthy food habits but find themselves without the time or knowledge to do so.

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The goal

To allow for more people to have access to healthy recipes, from simple to complex food dishes. They can also have a register of personal goals and achievements.

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My role

UX designer, designing the app and the responsive web design from conception to delivery.

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Responsibilities:

Conducting interviews, paper and digital wireframing, low and high-fidelity prototyping, conducting usability studies, and iterating on designs.

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User research

Summary

I conducted interviews to understand the needs of the users I am designing for. I identified that the lack of nutritional information left the users with doubts of what where the nourisment benefits for their body.

The investigation showed that the users needed metrics to know things like how many calories has each recipe or the time needed to prepare a dish in order to manage their time.

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Persona 1: Gabriel

Problem statement

Gabriel is an engineer that needs to find healthy recipes in a fast and easy way because he wants to conduct himself in a healthy life.

Competitive audit

Findings resulted in inspiring ideas to the creation of the website QVS.

Ideation

Crazy Eights

Digital wireframes

Itiretion on the homepage and a second version was made.

Low-fidelity prototype

You can find the lo-fi prototype here.

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Usability study

Parameters

_{Study type}

Unmoderated usability study

_Location

México, remote

_Participants

5 participants

_Length

10 minutes

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Findings

After conduction the unmoderated usability test the following findings stand out.

_{Back button}

It was found that the users could not come back to the previous screen easily.

_{Food combinations}

Users wanted to know how to combine diferent ingredients to obtain maximun nutritional benefit.

_{personalized options}

Users wanted to have the option to get personalized portions per family member.

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Mockups

After conducting the usability study it was added to the principal menu, submenus for a better search of information within the app.

High-fidelity prototype

You can test the hi-fi prototype here.

Accessibility considerations

I used hierarchical text to assure a clear visibility.

There was a use of icons with text to make the navigation easier.

I made sure to use Alt text in images for screen readers.

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Responsive Design

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Takeaways

Impact: 

The users thought that both the App and the Responsive Webpage design are easy to navigate and satisfy their needs.

What I learned:

I learned that when you conduct a great initial research, the easier it gets to tackle the problems and needs of the users from the beginning stage of the design.