app design & branding

Maunika Gowardhan

We partnered with celebrated Indian cookbook author Maunika Gowardhan to bring vibrant flavours and colours to the screen.

We created a distinctive new mobile app that reflects the richness of her food and storytelling. From brand identity to app development, the result is a seamless digital experience for food lovers and home cooks alike.

React Native app development

Overview

This food app blends personality with purpose and form with function. The bold identity, user interface and app design integrates with a WordPress website and combines flavoursome photography with clean navigation and a clear experience tailored for curious foodies.

Services

From the saffron orange to the bright pinks and spice-inspired gradients, Maunika’s brand colours were chosen to evoke the sensory experience of cooking Indian food. The palette is grounded yet celebratory — allowing the app to feel confident and contemporary.

Typography

A custom wordmark and curated font system give the brand its distinctive voice. From digital headers to in-app recipe descriptions, every typographic element offer clarity, rhythm and warmth.

Logotype Showcase

A crafted logotype anchors the visual identity across platforms — from the app splash screen to recipe cards. The design reflects Maunika’s personal warmth and global presence as a cook and author.

Approach

Working in close collaboration with Maunika and her team allowed us to design a brand and app that truly reflected her values.

We believe in offering clarity at every stage and creativity with every move. This involves working through strategy with sketches and combining user flowmaps and design prototypes to create the strongest UX/UI design for the mobile. This custom recipe browsing experience was developed in React Native along with seamless WordPress integration to serve content dynamically.

Results

Maunika’s app offers an engaging experience that supports her community of home cooks.

Flavour meets functionality with custom branding and application performance, and we’ve received excellent feedback from users, opening up new opportunities for content delivery and cookbook promotion.

This is app design for food apps done right: delivering a joyful and robust experience.