Daniel Lee Design Portfolio

Amora - Smart Home cooking system

Acting as a personal guide, Amora helps people cook family recipes, bringing the warmth of "momma's touch" even when they're away from home.

project details

My Role

UX Researcher, Visual Designer, Project Manager

Tools

Figma, Fusion 360, Blender, Procreate

Timeline

3 Months (2025)

In Collaboration With

Annie Shin, Arushi Agrawal, Alex Trimmingham

Background

As technology continues to evolve, smart home technology has the ability to redefine what "home" means. To explore this relationship, we sought out to explore how these two spaces intersect.

Key insights

Most notably, we learned that automation oftemtimes clashes with the sense of autonomy people want in their homes. This led us to ask, how might we design interactions that enhance the feeling of home?

Ideation

From there, we began ideating with the goal of enhancing the feeling of home using smart home technology. This is where Amora came in.

user testing

In order to validate our concept, we sought out to test whether projection was a viable method of showing instructions and whether they could effectively guide users through the cooking process.

Output

Each cooking station includes a pair of overhead devices, the Amora Hubs, equipped with cameras and a projector, along with a cutting board, pot, and pan enhanced with weight and temperature sensors.

On the parent’s side, Amora captures qualitative and quantitative data from their cooking using computer vision and transforms it into actionable instructions for the child. This reimagines home cooking as a connected experience, opening up opportunities for meaningful conversations across distance.

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