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Role

Product Designer

UI/UX Designer

UI/UX Designer

Design Research

Product Designer

Design Research

UI/UX Designer

Design Research

Team

Individual Project

Individual Project

Timeline

Summer 2025 - Spring 2026

Summer 2025 - Spring 2026

Design Solution

NBHD (Neighborhood) is a digital branding toolkit that empowers small businesses to create and share engaging content for their local communities. Through guided tools and educational resources, the platform helps business owners understand branding systems and collaborate more effectively with professional designers when they are ready to grow their brand. This will result in more effective marketing strategies and improved long-term success for small businesses.

Phase 01

Project Frame

Excessive food waste in the cincinnati is driven by a lack of consumer awareness and widespread misunderstandings of food lifetime, leading to the premature disposal of still-edible food.

The Problem

There is a lack of effective systems in place for managing food waste within the home, making it difficult for people to take meaningful action. Without the proper guidance and education, households have become one of the largest contributors to food waste in landfills.

Our Solution

“Less waste, more taste” is a design campaign that raises awareness about food waste and prevention for the average household, providing them with actionable tips and tools to decrease waste.

Our Intended Project Outcomes

Phase 02

Our Approach to Data Collection
Research Methods + Insights

Phase 03

Final Proposal
Proposal Intended Outcomes

Phase 04

Conclusion
Next Steps
Key Takeaways


  • Research drives design decisions. Data and insights uncover opportunities we couldn’t achieve through intuition alone.

  • This project reinforced the importance of deeply understanding a client’s real-world challenges. Without research and empathy, it’s impossible to design solutions that truly address their needs.

Project Highlights
DAAPWorks Display
Testing
Exploring Cincinnati
Poster Draft
In-Class Testing

Watching real people interact with the prototype for the first time always reveals what no amount of self-reviewing ever could, especially for a design research project

Prototype Testing

Every mark and note taken during testing directly shaped the next iteration of the design

Prototype Display

The full prototype system laid out together. Seeing every piece of the project as one cohesive set made all the work feel worth it

Research Interviews

Yes, we actually asked people to take pictures of their fridges and explain their food use habits

Let's work together!

Let's work together!