— PROJECT NAME
Restaurant Allergy Checker
— ROLE
Interaction & Interface Design
— DATE
March-May, 2026
A mobile application to help users with allergies and other dietary restrictions find safe restaurants to go to. Involved a series of iterations starting from thumbnail analog sketches and screen designs, utilizing core design principles as well as heuristics to ensure a collaborative, intelligent design. Multiple flows were mapped out for distinct context scenarios, guiding user input and interaction. These paths were then expanded into high-fidelity Figma prototypes, utilizing layout grids and components to establish visual consistency.
Close to a Restaurant
If the user is near restaurants, the system will automatically perform an assessment of such establishments, and highlight those that are safe, based on the user’s specified needs.
Searching from Home
If the user opens the app while at home the system will prompt a search bar for the user to engage with, alongside a list of recently viewed restaurants with respective distances.
Iterations Considering Stakeholders
When designing a system with intelligent features to make a high-stakes decision, there was a clear balance that needed to be maintained between the system’s actions and a stakeholder input.
Thus, across iterations, system clarity and transparency was prioritized. In this case, the nuances of restaurant safety measures was added to the restaurant-detail page. Thus, the app’s stakeholders of allergic individuals and restaurant owners is greater balanced with context-specific recommendations.
