Gaurika Singhal

Gaurika Singhal

Product Designer at Saidot.ai in Helsinki, Finland, She/ Her

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

2023

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

2023 — Now
Espoo, Finland

Responsible for the design of Saidot's AI transparency and governance platform that helps companies and governments worldwide to deploy Responsible AI

2022 — 2023
Espoo, Finland

Assisted the Creatures EU research team at Aalto University with design and project management tasks.

2021 — 2021
Helsinki, Finland

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.

2020 — 2021
Espoo, Finland

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.

2019 — 2020
Remote

Graphic and UI Design, Digital Marketing, and Advertising strategy for Monarch, a digital platform offering convenient, customized and experienced support from pregnancy to parenthood.

2018 — 2019
Bangalore, India

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.

2018 — 2018
Bangalore, India

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.

2017 — 2017
Bangalore, India

Worked on my B.Des Thesis Project - a minimally invasive surgical product for the treatment of Eustachian Tube Dysfunction.
Patent pending.

Volunteering

2023 — Now
Helsinki (Remote)

Helped the Feminist Futures Copenhagen team with social media content design and management

2021 — 2021
2020 — 2021
Espoo, Finland

Student Representative Member at TSAK - Academic Committee for Arts, Design and Architecture

2011 — 2012

Side Projects

Ongoing

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.

2022

Designed a sustainable, circular, and local service that redefines the concepts of ownership and repair in a team of four.

2021

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

2022
Helsinki, Finland

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

2020 — 2022
Espoo, Finland

Specialisation: Collaborative and Industrial Design

2013 — 2017
Ahmedabad, India

Specialisation: Product Design

Contact

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