Aditi Chalisgaonkar
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MacroWave - student project at CMU

MacroWave

CHALLENGE

To design for millennials in the kitchen

 

MY CONTRIBUTIONS

User Research - Concept Generation - Prototyping - Testing - Journey Mapping - Concept Presentation

 

USER RESEARCH

To make this wide-open problem understandable, we conducted extensive user research and narrowed in on young middle-income millennials

Some user research methods we used:

  • Interview
  • Contextual inquiry
  • Secondary research
  • Competitor analysis

INSIGHTS

 

CONCEPT GENERATION

We used our insights to drive brainstorm sessions, and used affinity mapping to converge to our final solution

 

CONCEPT

A device that takes in packets of fresh ingredients, and can be controlled from anywhere by a mobile app to prepare a hot meal

 

PROTOTYPING AND TESTING

We tested our idea on target customers and were met with enthusiasm and positive feedback. We iterated the form factor based on suggestions

 

FINAL PRODUCT

MacroWave with its mobile app