Ideas

How to start designing for Web3

Web3 is a burgeoning field, but you can’t just take Web2 designs and expect them to work in Web3. What should you keep in mind?

The Ultimate Guide to Hiring the Right UX Design Agency

It doesn’t matter that the design agency has a high rating if they aren’t a good fit for your project. But how do you find the right one?

Design Proposals that Boost Conversion Rates

Building proposal templates takes a lot of effort and you’re still left unsure of whether you’ve done it right. This article tries to help you fix that.

Where the puck is going to be

Product design requires you to imagine the future version of a product, but how do you do it reliably? Ice Hockey may offer some insights.

Is there room for another dating app?

Examining whether there’s an actual need missing or a packaging problem

Better tools should be better employed

When you have access to tools that provide you unlimited capability, how should these tools be used. Introduction In the age of AI, the only limitation to creating things is...

Eight Essential Rules for Mastering Ethical UX Design

Reflecting on the work of many others and my own work within the field, I have distilled the following rules to act as a guide

Fixing Censorship with Web3

It’s important to keep striving for better models of censorship that can benefit society without infringing on individual rights and freedoms.

Seven Structural Elements to Keep in Mind for Web3 UX Design

The structure of web3 influences the design of the applications

Six Ways to Supercharge the UX of Web3 Wallets

Wallets are the entry point to web3 and they shoulder a huge responsibility Let’s Set the Context

Designing for the Next Billion Users

These next big wave of users is coming not from the west but from the young, educated youth of India with access to cheap data plans and speaking many different...

Co-existence of Voice Interfaces in Apps

While every sci-fi show depicts Voice Interfaces as the future as it seemingly makes for very simple interactions with devices. I examine this idea.

The UX Problem with the Voting System in India

Something as important as voting is fraught with UX problems and the intention of the voter is not well expressed within the systems that exist in places such as India...

Why Your Design Should Reflect Your Values

User experience designers who are designing these experiences have their own world views that shape their designs. This is the right thing to do.

Four Ways to Improve Patient Experience with UX Design Principles

Post my experience in designing an interface for a birthing hospital the importance of UX in this space was highlighted.

The Five Promises of Technology

Having a framework to evaluate the use of technology is useful in evaluating how it can be employed

Seven Lessons from the Aircraft Industry for UX Designers

There are a lot of things that have happened in the aircraft industry that apply in the user experience design field

Design Must Humanise Technology

Technology must function within the world of regular people

Projects

Designing Web3 Wallets for Mainstream Users

There is a problem with Web3 wallets, they’re just too complex. But where’s the problem stemming from and how do we solve it?

Designing a better feature request system

If we get feedback and feature requests from users regarding products we’ve built, we get valuable insights into understanding what the users want. This is a great place to involve...

DIY: A Raspberry Pi based Time Capsule

I built an efficient Apple Time Capsule clone that will perform the task of allowing any externally connected hard drive to be used as a backup destination using the Time...

The Audit.One Project

Client Industry Year Deliverables Audit.One Cryptocurrency Validators Staking Services 2022 Website design Communication design

Muvin

Client Industry Year Deliverables Finone Financial Tech Solutions Finance 2021 Branding App Website Credit Cards Mascot Communications

Lenskart

Client Industry Year Deliverables Lenskart Prescription Glasses Sunglasses Contact Lenses 2018 Website design Communications

Cloudnine Hospitals

Client Industry Year Deliverables Cloudnine Hospitals Specialty Chain of Birthing Hospitals 2018-2019 3 Apps Designed Service Design

FIS Mobile Banking

Client Industry Year Deliverables FIS Solutions Core banking application for rural bankers 2017-2018 Tablet App Design Mobile App Design

Experiments

My experiments with 3D printing

My foray into the world of 3D printing and my learnings and insights so far. This is work in progress and will continue to be edited.

Generative AI Art Experiments

Artificial Intelligence (AI) based design tools have captivated our collective imagination in the field of design. Here are my experiments.

Reviews

Five personal AI assistant devices reviewed and what they need to fix

The world of AI assistants has taken a sharp leap forward with new devices emerging every year. However, despite the excitement around these personal AI assistant devices, many haven’t lived...

Review of the Rabbit R1

A detailed review of the newly launched Rabbit R1, exploring its hardware and software design, its strategic position in the market and its potential challenges

Design review of the AI Pin by Humane

As a product designer, I analysed Humane’s first product, the AI Pin, and identified several critical challenges that need to be addressed. While the product’s primary purpose of replacing mobile...