Melting pot

Wageningen

• Historic town in Gelderland, spanning 32 km2

• Wageningen University of Life Sciences- Dutch public university

• City of Life Sciences and central city in Food Valley

• Food valley is largest food nutrition R&D cluster in the world

Challenges of new environment

• Lack of info on shops/ restaurants/ friends in the neighbourhood

• Transportation• Language barrier on products• Budget/ finances• No friends, no family• Weather- constant need for an umbrella!

Background and motivation

• Different food traditions- challenge to adapt to new environment

• Need for information on wide variety of food ingredients, restaurants

• Best prices and quality• Networking with people of different

backgrounds• Ease of access of android

Melting pot

Aim: Developing a platform for the students to communicate and exchange information with each other

As designers, we have created only a foundation of the app and it is completely customizable by the users enabling them to develop and improve it themselves

Melting Pot

Students

Network

Location of friends

Personal profile

RestaurantsLocation

Rating

Food StoresLocation

Rating

Merchants Personal Store(F/R)

It’s all communication!

The overview

The walkthrough..

The walkthrough..

• The primary functions of the app is displayed• This function available only for students• Merchants directly taken to the page of the store/restaurant

The walkthrough..

Profile page• Editable and customizable by the user• Top reviews, favourite places and food items all displayed• Option available to share or block location

The walkthrough..Ingredient console

The walkthrough..Ingredients pageIngredients search

The walkthrough..

Ingredients pageIngredients search

Stores pageStores search

The walkthrough..Diner console

The walkthrough..

Diner page

The walkthrough..

• QR code will be a main feature of the app• Shop specific QR codes will be made available in the vicinity of the shop• Easy access to all information and reviews of the app

The walkthrough..

Locations page

Coming up..

Chat window and friend circles

Looking back and looking on…

• Make the student’s kitchen and stay more homely

• Bring fellow students closer• Expand by adding

Chat function Resources to find Events/ parties Friend circles

Pradyumna M K

Qian Liu Siyu Li

Joao Figueira Dong Woo Kwak

Jan Godzimirski

Christos Panagopoulos