Balanced.

Balanced. is a student based solution to tacking food insecurity. The design offers to help alleviate cost of living pressures, revolving around the inafforbaility of produce and meals, while also reducing waste among local food vendors, suppliers, and restraunts. Students are able to redeem a customised frozen meal of choice, with respect to dietary requirements, through their student ID card, with instructions on nutrition and easy preparation labelled. The machine stock is unique depending on the local foods, specialties, and vendors. By bringing the community together, we aim on strengthening community bonds, and helping support more nutritious lifestyle

A zoom in of the Balanced. machine. The machine contains an illuminated sprout, a kiosk screen, card scanner, retrieval area and produce display glass

The kiosk in its intended environment - within local food vendors and on campus, with a university student interacting with the machine

A preview of the Balanced. app, used to track and save locations of Balanced. machines, save, share and, get directions, and check stock and offerings.

Kiosk during ordering mode. Visual guidance is marked with breadcrumbs and users are able to customise and filter orders based on preferences and diet choices.

Produce box, each food item is encased in recyclable packaging (cardboard and parchment paper), with instructions on easy reheating underneath the items.