### **In pursuit of unordinary**

Joining NCS was paramount to me. Being an EE student, I missed out on my love for code & computers. Wasn't good enough with coding so I aimed for web or design; attended each workshop. With Photoshop I found liberation of my ideas & imagination, chose that. Made it in NCS. Labs after classes were always rejuvenating, so I attended every day. Designing came next - the creative process that turns ideas into tangible products. Day one, a senior comes up with an idea & asks for its interface. I sweat, I struggle, I get it done, liberation. The process kept on giving.

### **People come first**

College fest arrives with a lot of work and some opportunity for fun. Pulled many all-nighters collaborating with the team at the hostel, made friends with them. Motivation came easy when the other one was not your competition, but a companion. Labs became more engaging with friends all around. Realised what I'd been missing on - became more collaborative, helped others with everything I could, got more in return. Had some clashes, solved it with mutual understanding. Communication is key. Leveraged the power of the team to make elaborately guided decisions at every step. Massive learning.

### **An abrupt transition**

Time sets in, I'm a senior now (apparently). Sharing became the crux of this next stage. I'll evangelize everything I've learnt and helped anyone that joins in. Frantic searching among the new crowd, found some gems and onboarded them. Explicitly shared all I know, bouncing ideas and providing feedback every time. Received submissions - still different from what I envisioned, disappointment struck in, annoyance next. What was so hard to figure out? Realised this too late - they had their own aesthetics, understandably different from mine; I just had to be more absorbent. Capitalised on that later, assigned tasks, let them bloom and voila! Got some magnetising results, glorious af. The friction dissipated and the relationship came front & centre. No pressure.

### **The drama of it all**

Embraced whatever came to me, few times repulsively. Meetings, parties, trips (every kind :P), needless convolutions, workshops, taking interviews, telltales, overnight discussions, power dynamics and much more. An awful lot goes on when you're involved deeply, which I was. I faced some hard truths, achieved some unbelievable milestones, saw my batch mates at their worst, found support in the unexpected and dealt it all with empathy. Absorbed it all and gathered principles that will guide my moral compass for years fo come. Fuck it, I even learned politics and the essence of democracy by practicing it internally; seriously. Wicked shit.

### **Breathe in, breathe out**

There is a sense of satisfaction to have a crowd to be with when you're not certain about yourself. You're walking alone from the hostel and then you enter this lab full of welcoming people. The nods, the handshakes, sometimes a hug and then you sit down. You're you when you have that; zen mode. The experience pulls you in. The conversations set the right tone. The people help you settle down. I came to Nibble for an escape and I found much more. I'll miss this.

Learnings at Nibble Computer Society

### **Video player** - TVOD and TV Compose

Video playback experience on Android TV & Google TV is inconsistent & fragmented. I designed a media player framework which offers modularity, consistency and high quality playback experience. I conducted a competitive research to understand how 3P apps implement them and to figure out the unifying design standards.

This player has been developed for TVOD content and will be implemented as part of TV Compose as well.

```cv
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```

•

### **Google TV mobile app** - design library

As the GTVm app grew in features, a comprehensive design library was needed. Material 3 had just been released, so we set out to align with the principles and component. I created a design library from scratch while closely collaborating with engineers via detailed specs.

```cv
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```

•

### **Sleep timer** - dashboard feature

Sleep timer allows users to set a timer for their TV to automatically turn off after a specified period. I worked to make this a quick and intuitive experience.

```cv
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```

•

### **Filters & Tabs** - SysUI component

Across Google TV experience, filters & chips are used to organize content according to the user. I built the complete specs for these components, aligning with Material 3. This system has since been integrated into multiple projects and later merged into the latest design system.

```cv
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```

•

### **Identity** - Basic mode & Guest mode

Basic mode is a new unified signed out experience for Google TV that aims to bring monetization and optimize the onboarding experience. Along the project, I also built specs for the bottom sheet across GTV.

Along with Basic mode, we conducted a workshop for Guest Mode on GTV where I presented the literature review & competitive landscape. We explored use cases for hospitality and privacy-forward user journeys.

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```

Scaling & building Google TV experience

Product Designer

* Creative Head at Nibble Computer Society, where I established a cohesive brand and visual identity collaborating with other designers.

* Designed creatives & interactions for college fest, online games, platforms and multiple events.

* Conducted many design workshops.

Nibble Computer Society

Google TV and Android TV apps get a new design language

As an intern, I helped Shivani (Design Lead at Internshala) build the Flight design system. I conducted audits, started system from scratch and built out the complete style guide & components in 2 months.

Flight: Internshala’s Design System

🚔  Steely Wheels is a project I designed during a 36-hour designathon, Palette ‘20

🚧  Assigned problem statement - Design a TV OS for an automobile seller to help criminals on the run.

🏆  I won third place for this project!

tvOS App - Steely Wheels

🚀 Launched in Google I/O 2023

📖 TV Design Guidelines - Guidance & tools for designers & developers to create high-quality apps for TV.

✨ TV Design Kit - Google's immersive design system for TV apps. A whole new set of principles, components & patterns, built on top of Material 3.

TV Design Guidelines & Kit

📲 Designed app & landing page for NFT watchlist and portfolio tracking.Prototypes for onboarding, dashboard and details screen.

👨‍💻 Freelance project. Project completed halfway, until startup pivoted to other ideas.

Insider app - NFT & Crypto portfolio

* Designed the platform for 250k+ community of India’s next builders. Responsible for product revamps, design systems, visual design, documentation & processes.

* Designed posters, landing pages, pitch deck, schwag t-shirts, stickers & other creatives for hackathons & devrel events.

* Created a metaverse for EthOdyssey where participants can interact like physical hackathons. Over 2.5k applications received.

* Built a whole new atomic design system for Internshala, in close collaboration with UX design lead & engineers. Conducted audits and conducted regular share-outs to align teams.

* Designed end-to-end experience & high-fidelity mockups for Internshala Android app, with clear hand-off for developers.

* Created style guide library, documentation & design specs for future designers, to improve internal UX.

UI/UX Design Intern

* Created a scalable TV design system for Compose for TV. Launched at Google I/O 2023, along with comprehensive library of components, foundations and sample apps.

* Published TV UI design guidelines on Android Developers website & TV Design Kit (Over 5.5k saves on Figma Community).

* Creating cross-platform experiences on Google TV mobile app. Building features for live TV, sharing and discovery.

* Designed core features like Video Player, Sleep Timer and Identity for Google TV OS. Built parts of GTV Design System & internal frameworks.

Kumar Rohit Chandra 🤠

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