I was the original designer of the Joule app. Designed to both be an expert controller of the Joule Sous Vide and a first-rate cooking app, it innovated in several important areas: video and control of a powerful kitchen tool over Bluetooth and Wi-Fi.

I wanted to apply ChefSteps’ James Beard Award-winning video talent to teaching people how to cook. This made video and imagery central to the user experience, with many core views being wholly taken up with autoplaying video. Thus, the UI had to get out of the way and float just above imagery. New processes and ways of shooting video had to be invented, allowing us to capture key cooking instructions that can be digested in just seconds, all while leaving room for the user interface elements what would be present for customers.

What I did: product strategy, UX design, UI design, user testing, front-end coding, some dumber Javascript feature work, project management, art direction, you name it.

Also with Luke Clum. Download the app.