I think of myself as a design generalist. A broad exposure to multifarious projects and varied geographical contexts has made me a curious, adaptive, and strategic designer.
Outside of work, you can find me embroidering, organizing my life on Notion, binge-watching a new TV show, or curling up with a good book.
Awards
My MA thesis, Weathering Weather, was selected as 1 of 15 Good Design Interventions among 100 global applicants.
Good Design Interventions is an award and a curated exhibition (Oct 2023) at Parsons NYC for intangible design projects that address the pressing issues of our time by bringing together the power of design and social sciences.
Work Experience
Responsible for the design of Saidot's AI transparency and governance platform that helps companies and governments worldwide to deploy Responsible AI
Assisted the Creatures EU research team at Aalto University with design and project management tasks.
Worked with a multidisciplinary team to translate customer needs and insights into wireframes, design better experiences, and develop websites for various clients. Additionally, I worked on internal design projects related to branding, communication, and social media.
Nov 2021 – Dec 2021
Assisted Professor Anna Valtonen for the course, Systems Innovation, and Design with Tongji University
May 2021 – Jul 2021
Worked on redesigning the Collaborative and Industrial Design (CoID) website.
Dec 2020 – Apr 2021
Website design for Societal Design practices course in Information Networks.
Graphic and UI Design, Digital Marketing, and Advertising strategy for Monarch, a digital platform offering convenient, customized and experienced support from pregnancy to parenthood.
Project Carelet - led a small multidisciplinary team for R&D of life-saving research tool focussed on improving and facilitating Kangaroo Mother Care for neonates, funded by Grand Challenges Canada (GCC)
Project BabyOnTrack - led the graphic, strategy, experience design, and web development of a platform-based service focussed on providing personalised counseling and advice to parents of newborns. This project was funded the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
Worked on project CareCradle, a conceptual solution of a cradle with tracking tools that parents could take home with them from the hospital, aimed at monitoring at-risk newborns at home to prevent morbidity and mortality.
Worked on my B.Des Thesis Project - a minimally invasive surgical product for the treatment of Eustachian Tube Dysfunction.
Patent pending.
Volunteering
Helped the Feminist Futures Copenhagen team with social media content design and management
Student Representative Member at TSAK - Academic Committee for Arts, Design and Architecture
Side Projects
A small home business/ initiative that makes custom handmade crocheted shoes, toys, and accessories for children and adults and donates profits towards the education of underprivileged children in India.
Designed a sustainable, circular, and local service that redefines the concepts of ownership and repair in a team of four.
Participated in a two-week-long collaborative, remote project where we (a diverse & multidisciplinary team of five) tried to imagine a feminist and anti-racist Internet collectively along with a partner organisation - Fem-R
Speaking
An introduction to creative mending - visible and invisible repair — facilitated a repair workshop, and helped participants mend their worn-out personal items at Dodo's Urban Dinner at Kääntöpöytä in Pasila, Helsinki
Education
Specialisation: Collaborative and Industrial Design