Product Case · AI · F&B

ALAIN — MAKING A MVP
AI-ASSIST DINING APP

Role Product Designer, Visual Designer
Duration May 2025 — June 2025
Alain — AI dining recommendation app hero screens
Overview

Alain is an AI dining recommendation app for a food-tech startup. I led chat UX design, built style guide, and delivered high-fidelity prototype.

Contribution

Collaborated with the product team from brief to delivery, contributing UI decisions across brand, components, and screen design.

Context & Brief

Context — Korean F&B restaurant
AI generated image
Context of
Korean F&B Market

Running a restaurant in Korea has gotten harder — rising labor costs make it difficult to hire and train enough staff, leaving owners unable to fully deliver the experience they've built their recipes around.

Alain explored how an AI assistant could bridge that gap.

01 Analyzing

My first task involved mapping service flows for UI development.

During the initial kickoff, I interpreted project documentation from a UX perspective, providing critical insights that aligned the team with the user's needs.

Analyzing — service flow mapping
02 Leading UI

Took ownership of the UI direction from wireframes to final screens, establishing consistent component patterns and interaction logic across the app.

Leading UI — wireframes and component specs

Brand Strategy

Logo Mark

Logo making was focused on intuitive impression about F&B industry. Integrated with initial A and a cloche symbol symbolized AI-assistant F&B service.

Flexible
Clear
Smart

Typography

프리텐다드 Pretendard
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Bold (700) Medium (500) Regular (400)

Color System

Background Ivory#FFFBEC
Alain Yellow#FDD600
Yummy Orange#FF7832

Interface

Alain interface — main app screens
Alain interface — chat and detail screens