User Interface Design | Ironhack Challenge 2: Wireframing
Reverse engineering Wolt — Berlin’s hot new delivery app
For the second out of four challenges provided by Ironhack in preparation for the upcoming UX/UI Bootcamp, I’ve received the task of reverse-engineering an application of my choosing. I decided to work with Wolt, the up-and-coming food delivery service in Berlin. For those outside Berlin, for the past year and a half, Lieferando has dominated the German takeout-service market. Then over the summer, Wolt, the Finnish based delivery service, made its first appearance and quickly proved itself as a worthy competitor. After using Lieferando’s lack-luster interface for so long, Wolt’s clean and image-heavy design is especially appealing — for this reason, I was interested in breaking down the app’s UI to understand more about why the layout is so easy on the eyes.
How much is too much?
After stripping down the interface to a standard wireframe, the first thing I noticed was how long the homepage is! I’ve only used the app a handful of times, so until now, it hadn’t crossed my mind that there could be too much information…
