Kate Styer
OVERVIEW
Souper is an app that teaches you how to cook without a recipe through sensory modality tips
DURATION
10 weeks
COLLABORATORS
Solo project
MY ROLE
Concept and prototype development, UX research, UX design, created wireframes and prototypes
ADVISORS
John Leonard, frog
Josh Musick, United Technologies
CHALLENGE
Design a screen-based experience that teaches someone something in a series of steps
PROTOTYPING
RESEARCH & SYNTHESIS
We began our research by looking at who has type 2 diabetes and how they receive treatment for it. We learned that type 2 diabetes is often caused by obesity, stemming from poor eating habits, lack of exercise and genetics. One of the biggest insights we gleaned was that treatment for diabetes is driven by major behavioral changes, especially when it comes to eating.
We also discovered that the prevalence of type 2 diabetes is increasing among one group of Americans in particular: millennials. In the last two years, the number of millennials with diabetes increased by 4%, which was the largest increase of any age group.