Hayy

The project

Hayy (حيّ) means neighbourhood in Arabic, and that's the whole concept. Instead of a big delivery catalogue, Hayy brings the feeling of the neighbourhood bakery onto the phone. It connects people in Achrafieh, Beirut with the places around the corner: a bakery, a roastery, a flower shop, the post office. You chat with a business like you would over the counter, order from its menu, pay, and pick up when it's ready.

Identity: warm, local and conversational. Cedar green and linen tones, terracotta for paying, appetising food photography, and copy in the neighbourhood's own voice ("Sabah el kheir", "Sabah el noor").

I designed twelve screens, all but the inbox in both a light and a dark theme: Messages, Chat, Home, Explore, Bakery menu, Product details, Checkout, Order tracking, Order history, Saved places, Profile and Settings.

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Key features

• Chat-first ordering. Shops post fresh items right in the conversation, with an "Add to order" button on the photo, and the order request appears as a card you can confirm and pay.
• Local home feed. A "Sabah el kheir!" greeting, your area, a local favourite, shops around the corner, and your current order's status.
• Explore. Nearby businesses with rating, distance and opening status, filtered by food, shops and services.
• Menu and product pages. Fresh-from-the-oven items with quantity steppers, options ("Cut into pieces") and notes for the bakery.
• Pickup checkout and tracking. Pickup time, order summary, card or cash at pickup, then a three-step tracker from "Order confirmed" to "Ready for pickup".
• Saved places and history. Favourite shops and one-tap "Order again".

Visual style

The app feels local and warm: a cedar green for actions and sent messages, a terracotta for paying, and a linen-white background instead of pure white. Big, appetising food photos carry the emotion, and Inter in heavy weights gives the headings a friendly, confident voice. Copy uses the neighbourhood's own language ("Sabah el kheir", "Sabah el noor") so the app sounds like the people in it.

Colour palette

The full UI kit for this project is in the Hayy design system.

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