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OrderEd

A redesign of Georgia Tech’s mobile food ordering app that makes grabbing a meal between classes quick and effortless.

OrderEd app screens on two phones with the line Tap in, Yellow Jackets
Role
UX/UI designer
Duration
2 weeks
Platform
iOS mobile app
Tools
Figma, Dribbble

Overview

Project overview

Georgia Tech’s mobile ordering app turned a quick, everyday task into a frustrating one, with cluttered screens and confusing navigation. In two weeks, I redesigned the experience into a clean, guided flow that takes students from browsing to checkout in four simple steps.

Problem

What needed solving

Georgia Tech’s mobile food ordering app suffered from poor UI design and unclear navigation, making a simple task unnecessarily frustrating. Inconsistent layouts, confusing flows, and formatting issues reduced usability and created friction in a high-frequency experience.

This project focuses on redesigning the app to deliver a cleaner interface and a more intuitive, streamlined ordering process.

Design challengeHow might we make ordering food on campus feel as quick and effortless as it should, for students rushing between classes?

Process

How it came together

01Looking for inspiration

I studied popular food delivery apps and Dribbble concepts to see how the best ordering experiences handle browsing, menus, and checkout. I paid attention to a few patterns that kept coming up:

  • Food-first visuals: large photos that make choosing feel easy.
  • Scannable browsing: restaurants in a quick horizontal row, with menu items in clear cards below.
  • Short checkout: one review screen before paying.
Food delivery app concept in green and white with cart, item detail and order tracking screens
HomeChef app concept with food video, recipe and review screens
Margin and Mill restaurant app concept with warm cream tones and large food photography

References: food app concepts from Dribbble, collected for layout and flow patterns. Not my work.

02Prototyping the flow

Next, I wireframed the full journey in grayscale, so I could focus on structure before style.

  • Onboarding: students pick their campus, then set fitness goals and dietary restrictions, so the app can recommend food that fits them.
  • Browse: a search bar and a curved carousel of campus restaurants, with item cards showing prep time.
  • Item detail: nutrition (protein, carbs, fats), customizations, and available deals in one place.
  • Checkout: a single “Looks good?” review screen with payment options.
Low-fidelity wireframes of the full flow: welcome, campus selection, fitness goals, dietary restrictions, home, item detail and checkout
Starred key screens: home, home with cart, item detail and checkout
The key screens I carried forward into high fidelity.

03Adding color and an app icon

For the visual identity, I chose a warm orange-to-gold gradient, a nod to Georgia Tech’s gold and the Yellow Jackets. I explored icon directions from a simple shopping bag to a hand-drawn bee carrying food, keeping the campus spirit front and center.

App icon explorations: a shopping bag on an orange gradient, and a bee carrying a burger or fries
Final OrderEd app icon: a hand-drawn bee carrying a burger on an orange-to-gold gradient

Icon explorations, and the final bee icon carrying a burger.

High-fidelity screens: home, item detail, search, Kaldi’s Coffee menu and checkout
High-fidelity screens with real campus restaurants and menu photos.

Final design

Tap in, Yellow Jackets.

The final design turns ordering into a guided, four-step flow built around how students actually eat on campus.

Personal from the startCampus, fitness goals, and dietary needs shape what students see first.
Every campus spot in one placeChick-fil-A, Panda Express, Blue Donkey, Kaldi’s Coffee and more, one tap away.
Nutrition up frontProtein, carbs, and fats on every item, next to customizations and deals.
Checkout in one screenReview the order and pay with Apple Pay or Dining Dollars.

What’s next

If I kept going

Next, I’d run usability tests with Georgia Tech students and compare how long ordering takes in the current app versus OrderEd. I’d also add order tracking, so students know exactly when their food is ready.