FoodMory Food Journal
A social food journaling experience that turns everyday meals into shared memory
FoodMory is a mobile interaction design project that reimagines food journaling as a social, memory-driven experience. Instead of tracking calories or nutritional data, FoodMory focuses on emotional connection, shared experiences, and personal reflection through food.
Food is deeply emotional and social, yet most food-related apps reduce it to numbers, optimization, or performance.
Through early research, I identified three core gaps:
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People remember meals through moments,
not data -
Food memories are often shared socially,
but rarely archived meaningfully -
Existing food apps prioritize tracking over reflection and connection
As a result, users lacked a space to:
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Capture food as memory, not metrics
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See how food connects them to people, places, and time
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Share food experiences without social
pressure or performative posting
How might we design a food journaling experience that values memory, emotion, and human connection over optimization?
The opportunity was to create a system that:
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Treats food as a storytelling medium
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Encourages lightweight reflection rather than obligation
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Supports social connection without algorithmic pressure
FoodMory combines food and memory: a calm, intentional space where users log meals as moments rather than data points.
Each entry captures:
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What you ate
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Where you were
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Who you were with
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How it felt
Over time, FoodMory becomes a personal and social archive of everyday life, revealing patterns of connection rather than consumption.
Memory Over Metrics
Lightweight Reflection
Social Without Performance
Temporal Awareness
Emotional Clarity
Creating a FoodMory entry is intentionally minimal. Instead of long forms, users log meals through short prompts and optional tags, allowing reflection without friction.
Meals are visualized through a calendar interface, helping users see:
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Daily rhythms
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Emotional patterns
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Social frequency
This reframes food from isolated events into a temporal narrative.
Users can explore where and what their friends have eaten through a shared map, transforming food into a tool for discovery and connection. Rather than likes or comments, the interaction emphasizes quiet curiosity.
Subtle emotional tags allow users to reflect on how a meal felt without over-intellectualizing the experience. This supports long-term reflection while keeping interactions lightweight.
As an interaction designer, my focus was on:
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Reducing cognitive load across flows
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Designing progressive disclosure for optional reflection
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Creating clear interaction states without visual noise
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Maintaining emotional consistency across screens
All interactions were refined through iterative prototyping and usability testing, with particular attention to:
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Entry speed
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Navigation clarity
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Emotional tone of micro-interactions
FoodMory was designed with inclusive interaction principles:
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High contrast text and clear hierarchy
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Large tap targets and simple gestures
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WCAG-informed color choices
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Predictable navigation patterns
Accessibility was treated as a baseline design requirement, not a later addition.
FoodMory demonstrates how interaction design can shift everyday behaviors into reflective, emotionally meaningful experiences.
The final prototype delivers:
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A calm, non-performative food journaling experience
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A social system centered on curiosity rather than validation
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A scalable interaction framework adaptable to future features
This project strengthened my ability to:
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Translate abstract emotional goals into concrete interactions
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Balance personal reflection with
social design -
Design systems that prioritize long-term emotional value
FoodMory represents my approach to interaction design that is very human-centered, emotionally aware, and intentional in every interaction choice.