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bean buddy

Services

Product Design

UX Research

Year

2024

collaborators

Clarissa Kim, Joycelin Lau, MacKenzie York, Samin Prisila

Bean Buddy, in collaboration with a coffee vending bicycle, reimagines the future of interaction and experience with mobile coffee service.

What is the future of mobile food and drink service?

Background　＋　Research

We conducted background research to understand the state of

current campus coffeeshops and the how students, faculty, and

visitors interact with them.

We conducted background research to understand the state of current campus coffeeshops and the how students, faculty, and visitors interact with them.

We then interviewed over 30 people at coffeeshops and the
Grant Park Farmers Market to understand customer preferences
and mindsets when purchasing coffee or food from mobile vendors.
We gathered our results and interview quotes into affinity maps and
spreadsheets to come up with personas and a user journey.

We then interviewed over 30 people at coffeeshops and the Grant Park Farmers Market to understand customer preferences and mindsets when purchasing coffee or food from mobile vendors.

We gathered our results and interview quotes into affinity maps and spreadsheets to come up with personas and a user journey.

Insights + Design statements

Ideation + Concept Development

Testing

After deciding on and revising our concept, we moved onto
concept testing. We simulated the main functions of our cup
sleeve and gathered feedback to better understand how we
can design the sleeve and its interface.

We tested four main stages: navigation, charging and
payment, barista interaction, and icon perception.

After deciding on and revising our concept, we moved onto concept testing. We simulated the main functions of our cup sleeve and gathered feedback to better understand how we can design the sleeve and its interface.

We tested four main stages: navigation, charging and payment, barista interaction, and icon perception.

During the user testing, we conducted a walkthrough and
post-interview gaining further insights about improving our
design moving forward.

We created new design statements to use as guidelines
while redesigning and improving our concept.

Final design

Bean Buddy is the coffee companion designed to elevate
your daily brew experience. Inspired by the charm of early
2000s games, our innovative cup sleeve brings nostalgia
and functionality together.

Designed in collaboration with a coffee bike, its ability to
navigate to wherever the coffee bike is located and interact
with neighboring cup sleeves, Bean Buddy ensures every
sip is a delightful journey.

Bean Buddy is the coffee companion designed to elevate your daily brew experience. Inspired by the charm of early 2000s games, our innovative cup sleeve brings nostalgia
and functionality together.

Designed in collaboration with a coffee bike, its ability to navigate to wherever the coffee bike is located and interact with neighboring cup sleeves, Bean Buddy ensures every sip is a delightful journey.

Bean Buddy is comprised of a silicone cup sleeve with
an embedded touch screen e-ink display, an NFC radio
to connect to your phones GPS, and a battery that utilizes
magnetic wireless charging. We anticipate that this
technology will be available in the next 3 years.

The silicone is heat resistant, water resistant, and durable.
The silicone we chose is also very stretchy and has a high
friction coefficient allowing it to fit various cup sizes. The
water resistance allows the cup sleeve to be easily wiped
off in cases of condensation and spillage.

The touch screen e-ink display is used to display and
customize your bean buddy as well as facilitate all the
functions of the bean buddy and the magnetic wireless
charging.

Bean Buddy is comprised of a silicone cup sleeve with an embedded touch screen e-ink display, an NFC radio to connect to your phones GPS, and a battery that utilizes magnetic wireless charging. We anticipate that this technology will be available in the next 3 years.

The silicone is heat resistant, water resistant, and durable. The silicone we chose is also very stretchy and has a high friction coefficient allowing it to fit various cup sizes. The
water resistance allows the cup sleeve to be easily wiped off in cases of condensation and spillage.

The touch screen e-ink display is used to display and customize your bean buddy as well as facilitate all the functions of the bean buddy and the magnetic wireless charging.

This bar is placed on the front of the counter. When a user
places their sleeve onto the bar, the Bean Buddy display
charges while they wait for their drink.

Payment is also conducted through the Bean Buddy and
coffee bar. The Bean Buddy screen is slightly elevated
and angled to make glancing down during payment a
seamless process.

The bar moves your sleeve down the counter to give you
and those in line a sense of how close you are to getting
your drink, and, when you get to the far right of the cart,
you’ve already created space for the next person in line.

This bar is placed on the front of the counter. When a user places their sleeve onto the bar, the Bean Buddy display charges while they wait for their drink.

Payment is also conducted through the Bean Buddy and coffee bar. The Bean Buddy screen is slightly elevated and angled to make glancing down during payment a seamless process.

The bar moves your sleeve down the counter to give you and those in line a sense of how close you are to getting your drink, and, when you get to the far right of the cart, you’ve already created space for the next person in line.

Bean Buddy comes down to community, and where

Bean Buddy bikes, community follows! The bike, paired

with the Bean Buddies, is a mobile vessel for community

and connection.

Bean Buddy comes down to community, and where Bean Buddy bikes, community follows! The bike, paired with the Bean Buddies, is a mobile vessel for community and connection.