My team for N501, Foundations of Digital Production, is creating a promo video and website for a product in order to showcase the video, 3-D and other techniques we will learn this semester.
Our choice: Plated.com, a service that will deliver to your door an entire meal-in-a-box. In order to research the product for our project, I ordered two plates of two different meals from the service. I enjoyed unboxing this package of goodies today!
Have you used Plated.com? How about Blue Apron, Hello Fresh or other food-delivery services? What is your opinion of this type of web-order product?
Love the Plated.com box copy: “This is your moment of glory.” (Photo: Cori Faklaris)
Everything is included, from the directions with handy photos to the ingredients to the ice pack that keeps them fresh. (Photo: Cori Faklaris)
One side of the directions sheet. (Photo: Cori Faklaris)
Simple 6-part instructions with photos walk users through the recipes. (Photo: Cori Faklaris)
Foil package to wrap the cold ingredients. An ice pack was also included at the bottom. (Photo: Cori Faklaris)
All ingredients are clearly labeled and wrapped. (Photo: Cori Faklaris)
All ingredients are clearly labeled and wrapped. (Photo: Cori Faklaris)
More awesome package copy: “Cook something extraordinary.” (Photo: Cori Faklaris)
The logo for Plated.com is, of course, a circle. (Photo: Cori Faklaris)
The unfamiliar piece of black rubber tacked onto a closed door’s latch was the most tangible of the many obstacles I faced during my first week of graduate school. But it was far from the first.
As I reflect back, here’s what I’m cringing about the most.
