Responsive Website

My Roles:

  • UI/UX/Motion Designer

  • Product Designer

  • UX Researcher

  • Prototyping

  • Interaction Designer

  • IA Designer

Case Study:

Duration:

  • 2 months

Urban Market Grocery Store - Personal Project

Overview

AI assistant (Chefbot)

Problems

Solutions

Lack of control in item selection specifically for busy individuals and people with disability

New interactive shopping mode (Co-Shopping)

Environmental issues such as landfill waste

Compost program

Timely shopping list creation and population

Empathize

Conducted interviews with 10 SF-based online shoppers

Users Problems:

  • Limited control over store assistants' product selection

  • Receiving unsatisfactory items

Business Objectives:

  • Boost sales by innovative technology and reducing returns

  • Promote accessibility and inclusivity

  • Reduce food waste and promote sustainability

Goals:

  • Shop from home with complete control

How might we promote accessibility and inclusivity?

How might we enhance control & trust in remote shopping?

Define

Ideation

Competitive Audit:

Walmart, Target, Erewhon

Brainstormed Solutions:

Co-Shopping Mode: real-time collaboration between

  • Customer & store assistant

  • Family members during shopping

Prioritized features using the Impact/Effort matrix

Design

User Journey Mapping:

  • Identified key touchpoints & pain points

User Flows & Storyboards:

  • Visualized task flows (new shopping mode a.k.a. Co-Shopping)

Site Map:

  • Organized content logically to ensure a more intuitive user navigation experience.

Wireframes:

  • Low-fidelity sketches of different versions of key screens

Low-Fidelity Prototype:

  • Visualized core user flows, including Co-Shopping.

Homepage Evolution

Design System:

  • Created UI components ensuring consistency, brand conformity, and accessibility.

Design

Mockup Samples:

My Shopping Lists

Fresh Produce

Composting Program

Orders

Co-Shopping Order

Profile

Design

On laptop

On mobile

High-Fidelity Prototypes:

Built to be fully responsive across desktop and mobile.

  • Placing a co-shopping order for tomorrow, 10 am to 11 am.

Design

Key Features:

New Shopping Mode (Co-Shopping)

  • Shop live via chat or video call with store assistant or a family member.

  • Real-time list sharing and editing.

  • Ability to do shopping according to your preferences.

AI Assistant (Chefbot)

  • Shopping list management

  • Personalized recommendations

  • Recipe insight

  • Assisted shopping according to your diet, allergy, or taste.

Compost Program

  • Trade compost for store credit

  • Reduce landfill waste

  • Promote cultural impact on sustainability

Membership

  • Unlock perks, savings, and premium services

Design

Test & Iteration

Conducted 5 rounds of usability testing with iterative improvements

Based on the usability test results, users prefer having the option to choose their preferred delivery method during the online shopping process and the flexibility to change it at any time.

Before

After

Outcomes

The success of the design can be summarized as:

  • Improved control, accessibility, and satisfaction

  • Differentiated the product in a saturated market

  • Addressed real user pain points with scalable, tech-driven solutions

  • Aligned business goals with environmental responsibility

  • Conducting A/B testing to evaluate design effectiveness.

  • Collaborating with stakeholders to review and gather feedback on the design.

  • Preparing detailed documentation and assets for engineering handoff to ensure smooth implementation.

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