FixEat — Be the Better You

Design Process

The process began with defining the problem through an LXD lens — mapping the individual, social, and environmental barriers students face using existing research, then establishing that this was an ill-structured challenge requiring human-centered rather than purely instructional solutions. Two primary personas, Halima and Ian, were developed to anchor the design in lived experience: Halima navigating religious dietary restrictions and meal-planning gaps, Ian managing late retail shifts and a fast-food social environment. A third persona, Lucy, extended coverage to the budget-constrained freshman living on campus. Scenarios of use were then constructed for each persona, tracing specific pain points — late-night hunger, label decoding, finding culturally appropriate meals — into targeted interaction opportunities. Hand-drawn storyboards translated those scenarios into spatial and temporal flows before the design moved into information architecture, mapping a dual-interface structure serving both customers and vendors. Wireframes then evolved that architecture into detailed screen flows across six core experiences: meal logging and goal tracking, a generative Meal Maker tool, a community events calendar, a social newsfeed, educational discovery modules, and a self-regulation loop built around monthly check-ins, self-assessment, and a visual efficacy report.