Smart Cooking HMI
— GE Appliances
Designing clarity into everyday cooking
Role
UX Designer
Duration
10+ months
Teams
UX Designer, PM, Industrial Designers, Hardware Engineers, Software Engineers
Background & Goal
Designed a hybrid HMI system for GE’s next-gen cooktops to make smart features more discoverable, flows more understandable, and physical–digital interactions more intuitive, all while operating within real-world hardware constraints.
Research & Insights
What we did？
Conducted a user questionnaire with 84 participants to explore cooking habits, feature awareness, and expectations around smart cooking functions.
We found that...
65%
said the interface lacked clear instructions
70%
couldn’t find the Precision Cooking entry point
82%
said they didn’t know how to use Precision Cooking
76%
found mixing physical and digital controls confusing
Turning Insights into Impact
Behind the Design
Throughout this project, I ran iterative research, prototyping and user testing, ensuring every decision was grounded in real user behavior from early sketches to real-world cooking evaluations.
What I took away
From insight to real-world impact,
not just intention.
Design boldly — land it where it matters.
This project reminded me that great design doesn’t just look smart — it works hard, lives in context, and earns trust in the real world.
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