Top (i-phone) Chef

A conceptual design by Shubha Bhat

Design Challenge: Use social media to encourage healthy behaviors that impact weight 

Time Frame: 4 weeks

Top (i-phone) Chef

Persuasive Purpose: To teach anyone how to make healthy meals on a budget through an interactive competition that can be played anywhere, anytime.  Industrial Design:

User Description

Top (i-phone) Chef targets iphone users who:  • are already at-home experts but....

o want "Top Chef" status among friendso don't have a way of displaying their recipeso need a little creative challenge to stay on their game

• want to cook but...o don't know any/many recipeso need others to push themo are on a budgeto don't know how to choose healthy options

• are bored and need to fidget on a gadget

Storyboard of user experienceShubha gets app and invites her friends to compete in a Top (i-phone) Chef challenge as individuals or teams.

  Teams are presented with the cooking challenge and must decide which ingredients to use, portion size and price.

  At the end of pre-determined time limit, teams submit their recipes to the i-phone judge, which determines which team made the healthiest meal on a budget, using an algorithm    The winning team gets points, yippie! See expansion section for further ideas

  

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Prototype

Top (i-phone) Chef provides a series of prompts to select. Algorithm is then calculated

Features and Functionality

- Interactive game- Competitors are given a challenge - Teams with healthiest, cheapest meal get points

Justifications for Design

- Social Pressure to play- Incentives to choose healthy options- Intrinsic lesson in the game- Uses a popular TV show to gain popularity- Encourages social interaction

Results of User Testing

To be tested....

Shortcomings of Design

• requires knowledge of meal preparation algorithms• prices may change• did not do market research on what is already out there• need to make the game fun/challenging enough but not too

hard

Expansion- What else is possible?

• Begin with limited ingredients/recipes, then allow users to input their own ingredients/recipes to create a huge, search-able, rank-able virtual cookbook on, for example, Facebook

• Connect to Google calendar and spreadsheets to schedule potlucks and assign friends to different dishes from the cookbook

• Connect to local grocery stores, markets, restaurants to get discounts based on the number of points earned

Next Steps in Design Process

1. Start building the prototypeo I'm behind on this!!! I'll catch up once I finish my exam on

Monday. o Create recipe algorithmo Create facebook app

2. Check in with industry mentor.o I don't have one yet

3. Learn Google optimizer to run tests

Summary

Top (i-phone) Chef aims to improve nutrition and eating choices through a fun interactive game.