Your dining hall can't be your friend. Gutty can.
TIMELINE
Oct 2025 - Dec 2025
ROLE
Product Designer
STATUS
0 to 1 Concept
TEAM
2 Designers
TOOLS
Figma
Canva
Notion
Slack
TIMELINE
Oct 2025 - Dec 2025
STATUS
0 to 1 Concept
TOOLS
Figma
Canva
Notion
Slack
ROLE
Product Designer
TEAM
2 Designers
OVERVIEW
A gut health companion that connects what students eat to how they actually feel, without counting a single calorie.
CONTEXT
Stress eating, on repeat.
Most students destress through carbs, heavy fats, and whatever tastes good at 11pm. Dining halls list allergens but not nutrition, so people pick food by how it looks.
MARKET ANALYSIS
We found Gutty’s unique value in the current market by analyzing the current pros and cons of already existing physical and mental health apps.
Gutty is the only solution that connects: Food → Mood → Digestion → Campus Access → Emotional Reinforcement. Making it the perfect wellness app for students
KEY INSIGHTS
Four things kept coming up.
Dining halls don’t provide necessary nutritional information with its monotonous foods.
Dining hall repetitive nature beings fatigue
Reptitive
Stress drives irrational food decisions
Stress
Mood issues stem from what you eat on a daily
Mood
Students lack nutritional knowledge
Knowlege
PROBLEM
How might we help students pick food that feeds both their body and their mood?
SOLUTIONS
A gut buddy that learns your diet, reacts to what you eat, and points you toward food nearby that helps.
Meet!
Tell Gutty your patterns, allergens, and restrictions during onboarding.
Check in.
Poke Gutty for a reaction and a recommendation for the day.
Explore~
Find gut-friendly food near you and in the dining halls, and save your favorites.
Level up!
Watch your gut score climb as your choices add up.
Level up!
Watch your gut score climb as your choices add up.
OUTCOME
Concept work, tested with 7+ Students
Interesting but confusing at times, consistent usage migrates the best results since Gutty builds off diet patterns. Might be inaccurate in the beginning.
What I learned!
Gutty was fast, messy, and the most collaborative thing I'd done. Understanding user goals, providing intuitive and managing tight deadlines taught me to divide work early and scope out ideations. Thanks to our TAs, whose honesty sharpened the product and how I think about it.
Check out my other works!
Your dining hall can't be your friend. Gutty can.
TIMELINE
Oct 2025 - Dec 2025
ROLE
Product Designer
STATUS
0 to 1 Concept
TEAM
2 Designers
TOOLS
Figma
Canva
Notion
Slack
TIMELINE
Oct 2025 - Dec 2025
STATUS
0 to 1 Concept
TOOLS
Figma
Canva
Notion
Slack
ROLE
Product Designer
TEAM
2 Designers
OVERVIEW
A gut health companion that connects what students eat to how they actually feel, without counting a single calorie.
CONTEXT
Stress eating, on repeat.
Most students destress through carbs, heavy fats, and whatever tastes good at 11pm. Dining halls list allergens but not nutrition, so people pick food by how it looks.
MARKET ANALYSIS
We found Gutty’s unique value in the current market by analyzing the current pros and cons of already existing physical and mental health apps.
Gutty is the only solution that connects: Food → Mood → Digestion → Campus Access → Emotional Reinforcement. Making it the perfect wellness app for students
KEY INSIGHTS
Four things kept coming up.
Dining halls don’t provide necessary nutritional information with its monotonous foods.
Dining hall repetitive nature beings fatigue
Reptitive
Stress drives irrational food decisions
Stress
Mood issues stem from what you eat on a daily
Mood
Students lack nutritional knowledge
Knowlege
PROBLEM
How might we help students pick food that feeds both their body and their mood?
SOLUTIONS
A gut buddy that learns your diet, reacts to what you eat, and points you toward food nearby that helps.
Meet!
Tell Gutty your patterns, allergens, and restrictions during onboarding.
Check in.
Poke Gutty for a reaction and a recommendation for the day.
Explore~
Find gut-friendly food near you and in the dining halls, and save your favorites.
Level up!
Watch your gut score climb as your choices add up.
Level up!
Watch your gut score climb as your choices add up.
OUTCOME
Concept work, tested with 7+ Students
Interesting but confusing at times, consistent usage migrates the best results since Gutty builds off diet patterns. Might be inaccurate in the beginning.
What I learned!
Gutty was fast, messy, and the most collaborative thing I'd done. Understanding user goals, providing intuitive and managing tight deadlines taught me to divide work early and scope out ideations. Thanks to our TAs, whose honesty sharpened the product and how I think about it.
Check out my other works!
Doodled with love @ Jerry Chen 2026