Needs Statement

An especially personalized gift for clients to establish a friendly, understanding relationship with clients. The gift is ideally quick to create and send to employees, as the user is busy and has several clients. The gift should convey a good-spirited, creative nature.

Idea generation

User completes a quiz with information about the recipient’s lifestyle, likes, dislikes, and aesthetic preferences. A package of donuts to suit their needs is automatically generated based on results.
User can pick from several themed packages, input dietary preferences, and choose flavour profiles for their recipient. Themed packages are then modified according to diet and flavours, and sent to recipient’s address.
A drawing interface allows user to draw or upload images to be printed onto the donut in edible ink.
User enters a message and a preview of character-shaped donuts that spell their message is displayed. The user can then customize with colours, toppings, flavours. Once completed, a box of donuts that spells out the custom message are made and delivered to the recipient.

Final Design Choice

Description

Bigfoot Donut Dispatch is a customizable gift delivery app serving freshly made donuts that tell your recipient exactly what you’re thinking. After inputting a message, you are shown a preview of an edible donut display that can be sent to a friend, family member, or client who you want to show some appreciation.

Fig. 1: Message input and preview:

The user is prompted to input a message they’d like realized as an assortment of donuts. They are then given the options of sending the assortment as displayed, or adding further customizations to cater more closely to their recipient.

Fig. 2: Customizations

The user is shown several options to customize their donut assortment, including colours, flavours, dietary preferences, and size. After clicking on an option, the user can input their preferences and return to the customization screen. After the donuts are customized to their liking, they can continue to the order finalization screen by pressing ‘All Done!’

Fig. 3: Colour customizatons

Figure three shows colour selection as one customization option. A preview shows the current selected option. Highlighted is the selected donut, and below are options to change the colour of the icing and sprinkles. As each donut is customized, the preview updates to show the user the final product.

Fig. 4: Finalize order

The user is prompted to input the recipient’s delivery address. A drop-down menu with available delivery times and dates allows the user to choose a time that works best for the recipient. Finally, a payment option is inputted and the order can be completed.