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Patricio Morales

App mockup showing a vibrant food delivery interface on a smartphone
UX/UI Case Study

YummyRush: Food Delivery App

A conceptual food delivery app exploring how speed, clarity, and intuitive navigation can improve decision making in high pressure moments.

Role

Lead UX/UI Designer

Duration

3 Months (2023)

Tools

Figma, Miro, Prototyping

Project Type

End-to-End Mobile App

❌ The Challenge

Most food delivery apps flood users with unhealthy fast food options that are cheap, low quality, and repetitive. Users looking for quick but healthier, higher-quality, or more diverse meals feel frustrated by limited choices.

How might we create a frictionless ordering experience that provides real-time feedback while scaling to a growing restaurant catalog?

✅ The Solution

A food delivery concept focused on improving how users discover and order healthier, high-quality fast food. The experience prioritizes clarity, speed, and a less cluttered browsing flow across multiple cuisines.

  • Improving discovery of healthier fast food options without adding friction or decision fatigue
  • Structuring diverse cuisines in a way that stays simple, scannable, and easy to navigate
  • Streamlining the browsing experience so users can move from exploration to ordering faster
Digital dashboard interface with clean charts and graphs

User Insights (Conceptual Analysis)

Hidden fee concerns

Pain Point

Users often feel frustrated when additional fees only appear at the final checkout stage, creating a sense of loss of control and mistrust.

Suburban market gap

Market Gap

There is a clear opportunity for healthier food delivery options in suburban regions, where access and variety are often limited.

Visual preference

User Testing

Card-based layouts are generally more effective than text-heavy lists for helping users quickly compare and choose restaurants.

Design Evolution

Hand drawn pencil sketches of mobile app screens on paper
Early Sketches

Exploring card layouts and gesture-based navigation on paper.

Polished digital high fidelity mobile app design screens
Final Interface

The refined UI using the new brand system and optimized flows.

High-Fidelity UI

High fidelity wireframe of a mobile home screen UI design of a mobile product catalog High fidelity wireframe of a mobile home screen UI design of a mobile product catalog
Panoramic view of multiple app screens in a row

Key Learnings

Designing for clarity over complexity

One of the biggest takeaways was how quickly food delivery experiences can become overwhelming. Prioritizing simple navigation and reducing visual noise became essential to supporting faster decision-making.

Conceptual iteration and refinement

While this was a conceptual project, I explored multiple layout directions and refined flows by critically reviewing each version against usability principles and common UX patterns.