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Multi-piece

The Melting Pot recipe app

A recipe app concept that starts with what’s in your pantry, including the logo, app icon, and high-fidelity mockups.

Role
UX/UI designer
Project
Concept project
Timeline
3 weeks
Tools
Figma, Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop
The Melting Pot logo

The problem

Most recipe apps start with the dish. Home cooks usually start with whatever is already in the fridge.

The goal

Develop a recipe app from concept to high-fidelity mockups, with an intuitive and enjoyable user experience.

My role

I designed the logo, app icon, and interface, through to the final mockups.

Pitch 1

Logo and look

I started with the name and built the brand around it: a terracotta pot filled with simple illustrated ingredients, with a warm, rounded serif wordmark. Earthy greens, clay, and cream carry through the whole app, and the pot doubles as the app icon.

The home screen gets straight to the point, asking what’s in your pantry, with popular recipes just below.

Home screen

Pitch 3

Explore and filter

For browsing, an explore page sorts recipes by category, and a slide-out filter narrows them by meal type or diet. A heart on every recipe saves it to favorites, one tap away in the bottom navigation.

Explore new recipes
Filter by meal type and diet

Results

A warm, consistent recipe app concept where finding dinner starts with what you already have.

Logo and app icon

A pot full of ingredients, with a warm serif wordmark

Ingredient search

Recipes matched to what’s in your pantry

Browse and save

Categories, filters for meal type and diet, and favorites

What I learned

The best feature is the one people already wish existed.

Have a project in mind?

Get in touch about a new brand, an upcoming campaign, or a role on your team. Tell me what you’re building.

emi.caulder@gmail.com