Melon Loves Mustard
I explore how choosing a meal can become a playful interaction: pick ingredients, leave room for chance, then move into preparation.
Independent application demonstration, developed with AI coding tools. Not commissioned client work.
The problem or opportunity
Choosing what to eat can be a small, repetitive decision. I wanted to explore an interface that makes that choice more enjoyable, while still giving people control over the ingredients they include.
The concept & intended users
A playful food and meal randomisation application. The experience combines ingredient selection, random combinations and meal preparation in a distinctive visual identity, showing a more experimental side of my product work.
Design & development
I use the interaction as the starting point: what should be chosen deliberately, and where can randomness be useful? I bring together branding and interface design, using AI coding tools to help develop the behaviour and iterate on the experience.
Key functionality
The interface lets people include ingredient categories and choose ingredients. A prominent Randomise Meal action sits alongside dietary, locking and saved-meal controls. A separate Prepare meal mode presents the selected combination with grouped preparation steps.
Design decisions
Choosing ingredients and preparing the meal are separate modes, so the interface can focus on one task at a time. The combination remains visible as the context for both. Warm yellow accents distinguish choices and the main action against a dark interface, while the expressive wordmark gives the tool its own personality.
The result & next questions
The result is an interactive application that moves from ingredient choices to a preparation view. It demonstrates a more playful use of branding and interaction alongside my business-focused projects.
Questions to explore
- How much choice keeps randomisation enjoyable without making it feel unpredictable in the wrong way?
- How easily can someone move from choosing ingredients to preparing the meal?