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Smoothie King: A New Smoothie Subscription Service

Role: Product Designer
Agency: Material Plus
Timeline: Feb-Apr 2022

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project overview

Nourish Daily is a new subscription service by Smoothie King that delivers fresh, ready-to-blend smoothie ingredients ('purpose' protein powders + frozen fruit 'ingredient blends' ) straight to customers’ doors.

 

The goal was to build a mobile experience for the MVP including a homepage, registration/log-in, location-selection for pickup and delivery, customization, checkout, plus a product quiz.

The project was executed with a rapid pace of 3 design sprints with close collaboration between the client and a compact design team of two.

usability testing results

We facilitated one round of moderated usability tests with 8 participants to evaluate clarity, task flow, and overall friction across the MVP Nourish Daily experience. Users completed five core tasks aligned with key business goals (education, guided personalization, box creation, and purchase).

5 / 8

62%

Understood NOURISH DAILY from the homepage

7 / 8

88%

Completed DELIVERY/PICKUP SELECTION successfully

6 / 8

75%

Understood the QUIZ

7 / 8

88%

Completed the QUIZ successfully

8 / 8

100%

Understood and completed BUILD A BOX successfully

8 / 8

100%

Completed CHECKOUT successfully

process and methods

We began with a best-in-class competitive exploration to identify strong interaction models for the MVP experience. Because our focus was on customization and checkout, we referenced established eCommerce leaders such as Amazon, Apple, Nordstrom, and Sephora to benchmark intuitive, high-performing flows.

Next, we mapped user journeys for both new and returning users to ensure a seamless experience from discovery to checkout. Working closely with the client, we built a feature backlog outlining content, functionality, and dependencies for each user task. From these insights, we created wireframes and low-fidelity prototypes, which evolved into interactive, high-fidelity designs once structure and logic were validated.

 

We conducted one round of usability testing with eight participants to evaluate clarity, navigation, and task comprehension. Feedback from testing informed refinements in layout hierarchy, microcopy, and progression logic across key flows.

primary goals

🍓 Design an enticing and informative subscription-building site for first-time users
🍓 Create a traditional subscription-building route vs. a more personalized and fun way to build a box (quiz)


🍓 Ensure a smooth, conversion-optimized subscription flow: from Sign up/Log in to Checkout & Confirmation

🍓 Create a scalable design system for future iterations

proposed flows

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mvp - key feature mapping

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mvp - key features implemented

🫐 Homepage with clear value proposition
🫐 End-to-end checkout flow with availability checker, pickup/delivery selection, customization and confirmation

🫐 Personalized quiz experience for 'fun' tailored recommendations

🫐 Build your box experience for traditional subscription method

🫐 Fully annotated design system – a scalable, developer-friendly guide for future enhancements​​

wireframing into initial designs

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final checkout flows

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design system

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results and impact

Usability testing focused on 8 participants’ understanding and ability to complete essential tasks within the Nourish Daily MVP.

Users showed strong comprehension and success in task flows once within the experience. The homepage required clearer messaging to help users understand the Nourish Daily offering.

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final takeaways

🥤 Validated that users could easily complete key tasks, from discovery to checkout.
🥤 Identified a key opportunity to clarify Nourish Daily’s value earlier in the flow.
🥤 Built a scalable MVP foundation for future iterations and expansion.

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