More than a
Vending Machine
How to design a multi-sensory experience for joyful and
healthy eating?
Keywords:
Sensory Map, Multi-sensory Design, Materials Exploration, Prototype
Role:
UX Designer, Materials Researcher
Timeline:
2021, 10 Weeks
Professors:
Geke Ludden
Team members:
Claudia Libbi, Hao Qi, Léa Texie, Omar Martinez Gasca
About:
Food choices greatly affect our daily lives, influencing our energy throughout the day and regulating our overall health. Efforts to change our eating behaviour sometimes focus on the negative elements of such activity, like restrictions and measuring calories. This project takes a different approach to the influence on such behaviour, focusing on positive and joyful aspects of healthy eating, and rewarding those who chose this type of food. We showed a physical model with a sensory map to show our concept.
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Food choices greatly affect our daily lives, influencing our energy throughout the day and regulating our overall health. Efforts to change our eating behaviour sometimes focus on the negative elements of such activity, like restrictions and measuring calories. This project takes a different approach to the influence on such behaviour, focusing on positive and joyful aspects of healthy eating, and rewarding those who chose this type of food. We showed a physical model with a sensory map to show our concept.
Design Assignment
Design a food (choice) or eating experience that supports
people to make healthier choices by the influence of and
interaction between multiple senses. Our goal is to implement the
characteristics of a joyful expression found in the research phase.
Target group
Meso level
For the implementation of the experience would occur at the cafeteria or canteen of a university. This means that it is aimed at students, teachers and staff that attend these places looking to have a meal.
For the implementation of the experience would occur at the cafeteria or canteen of a university. This means that it is aimed at students, teachers and staff that attend these places looking to have a meal.
