Super Samario
An augmented reality experience somewhere in Los Angeles.
Augmented Reality with Professor Ron Frankel in partnership with Samora Deng​
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While taking a stroll in Westside Los Angeles, Samora takes on a fun-filled adventure he stumbled upon in a sunny Venice Beach parking lot. This course challenged us to incorporate augmented reality software into our usual architecture discourse. Inspired by Super Mario Bros., the video was created using Maya, After Effects, and Premiere Pro. Filming, music and sound effects were also completed as a partner effort. This is Super Samario!
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Super Samario
An augmented reality experience somewhere in Los Angeles.
Augmented Reality with Professor Ron Frankel in partnership with Samora Deng​
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While taking a stroll in Westside Los Angeles, Samora takes on a fun-filled adventure he stumbled upon in a sunny Venice Beach parking lot. This course challenged us to incorporate augmented reality software into our usual architecture discourse. Inspired by Super Mario Bros., the video was created using Maya, After Effects, and Premiere Pro. Filming, music and sound effects were also completed as a partner effort. This is Super Samario!
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Super Samario
An augmented reality experience somewhere in Los Angeles.
Augmented Reality with Professor Ron Frankel in partnership with Samora Deng​
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While taking a stroll in Westside Los Angeles, Samora takes on a fun-filled adventure he stumbled upon in a sunny Venice Beach parking lot. This course challenged us to incorporate augmented reality software into our usual architecture discourse. Inspired by Super Mario Bros., the video was created using Maya, After Effects, and Premiere Pro. Filming, music and sound effects were also completed as a partner effort. This is Super Samario!
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Vertical Forest
An air-filtering sanctuary for the people of Beijing.
Advanced Topics Studio with Professor Ben Refuerzo
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Vertical Forest
An air-filtering sanctuary for the people of Beijing.
Advanced Topics Studio with Professor Ben Refuerzo
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Product Designer in Los Angeles
Yalla
Making food delivery more accessible in Juba, South Sudan

Overview
Yalla is the first food delivery app in South Sudan. The team wanted to revitalize the food delivery app's consumer-facing side to make it more efficient and engaging.
The inefficient navigation system negatively affected the user's ordering experience and the overall visual design needed to meet current user expectations. These issues were causing a decrease in user engagement and retention, which affected the app's and businesses' performance.
The goal was to create a design solution where an updated UX, UI, and overall product thinking of a specific page can positively influence the rest of the app design. The first page we tackled was the Restaurant Menu page because users spend most of their time there. Redesigning this area of the app gave us a chance to help the Yalla team envision a more modern and intuitive approach to the app's overall design.
Role
Product Designer, Researcher, Project Manager
Duration
1 Year
Skills & Tools
Research, Storyboarding, Wireframing, Experience Prototyping, Usability Testing, Figma, Adobe Creative Suite
Challenge
How might we redesign the Restaurant Menu page to be more intuitive and modern while restraining from introducing any new features or major backend changes?
Solution
We concentrated on enhancing three critical aspects of the app:
Navigation Redesign
We shifted the main navigation to the bottom of the screen to improve accessibility and foster greater user engagement.
Information Architecture Improvement
We re-evaluated and restructured the app's information architecture to ensure it is more intuitive and user-friendly, making it easier for users to navigate and find what they need efficiently.
UI Modernization
We updated the user interface to be more visually striking and aligned with contemporary design trends.

