Play Experience Designer & Researcher
I am a Play Experience Designer & a Qualitative User Experience Researcher and a with a focus on children and families. I have 7+ years of experience leading primary research and designing over 70+ toys/games and activities for children & adults. Everyday, I seek to explore how research can lead to better design solutions in our world.
Currently based in San Francisco, California
My story
Born and raised in a country rich in culture, art, crafts - India where I pursued my B.Des in Product Design from Symbiosis Institute of Design, Pune. After my Bachelor’s degree I pursued my Master’s degree from the National Institute of Design (Toy and Game Design) at Ahmedabad.
I have lived in different cities and states of India while growing up. Mumbai, Pune, Ahmedabad, Bengaluru and currently residing at San Francisco in the US. I have worked with multiple brands as an in house researcher & designer, tried my skills as an entrepreneur and also enjoyed my freedom of work as a freelancer. I am someone who gives a shot at everything and anything that keeps me inspired. I love learning new languages and currently know 4 fluently (English, Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati) while also polishing my French!
When I am not designing, I am generally reading, painting, illustrating, or cooking some exciting recipes in the kitchen. Also, I ‘live’ to travel. My favorite city in the world happens to be New York!