ePOS

ePOS

Hospitality System

Hospitality System

Industry

Hospitality

Location

Edinburgh, UK

Year

2019

A hospitality technology provider partnered with me to design a streamlined touchscreen point of sale platform for small and medium sized businesses. Created for food trucks, cafés, bars and independent venue groups, the product needed to feel lean, modern and scalable.

I led the product design from the ground up, beginning with stakeholder interviews, user research and persona development. I then designed the core front of house experience for taking orders, sending them to the kitchen and processing payments. The interface was designed to be fast, flexible and fully themeable, supporting light and dark modes across a variety of hospitality settings.

A hospitality technology provider partnered with me to design a streamlined touchscreen point of sale platform for small and medium sized businesses. Created for food trucks, cafés, bars and independent venue groups, the product needed to feel lean, modern and scalable.

I led the product design from the ground up, beginning with stakeholder interviews, user research and persona development. I then designed the core front of house experience for taking orders, sending them to the kitchen and processing payments. The interface was designed to be fast, flexible and fully themeable, supporting light and dark modes across a variety of hospitality settings.

Industry

Hospitality

Location

Edinburgh, UK

Year

2019

Café owner using Akru POS system with sales dashboard, payment confirmation and order total UI overlays
Akru till login interface with numeric keypad and session sales summary in coffee shop setting
Akru point-of-sale system inside light blue themed café interior designed for independent hospitality venues
Three-screen layout of Akru POS interface showing item selection, product grid, and discount application

Alongside the front of house experience, I designed a robust web based platform for managing the wider operation. It covered menu creation, pricing, staff permissions and real time reporting, giving hospitality teams a central place to control their venues.

I introduced intuitive configuration tools, a modular recipe builder and an analytics dashboard offering insights into peak trading times, sales margins and bestselling products. We also explored inventory features that connected live sales data with stock levels. The system was designed to simplify onboarding and scale across venues of different sizes and levels of complexity.

Akru back office dashboard showing sales data, top-selling drinks, and bestsellers across timeframes
Tablet layout showing Akru POS admin tools including product creation, reporting, and login flow
Hot chocolate sales analytics overlayed on café staff member holding a mug of hot drink
Akru admin dashboard sidebar navigation featuring product catalogue, payments, reporting, and till customisation
Back office promotion builder and sales widget editor in Akru system with chart for top beer sales
Tablet POS interface showing sales performance, cheeseburger sales chart, and top-selling items dashboard for hospitality venues

The product identity was developed in partnership with an external branding agency. I worked closely with the team to adapt the visual direction across the digital product suite, translating its core principles into scalable interface patterns for both the point of sale and back office applications.

To give the experience more character, I also collaborated with an illustrator to create a custom set of illustrations. These were used throughout the platform to add warmth, communicate key moments and make the product feel more approachable.

Akru logo displayed on premium dark background to reinforce branding and software identity
Visual identity board for Akru POS system, featuring typography, icon, brand palette and mascot illustration
Premium packaging concept with Akru logo printed on branded tape and matte black box
Close-up of tablet till hardware featuring Akru logo on sleek black casing
Mobile view of Akru POS marketing site highlighting features and value for cafés and small business owners

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