Hi, I’m Sachi. I’m a product designer from Mumbai, India currently living and tinkering in Brooklyn.
My product design projects focus on emotional health, clear communication and social dynamics. I’m interested in social flourishing in increasingly digital times.
I’m an ardent generalist who really just loves people. I come from a culturally complex place and am extremely aware of the implications of inclusion and exclusion through design. I care deeply about inclusive design but I also care about making digital spaces less bland. Humans are interesting folk and we deserve digital spaces that reflect it! Good writing excites me. I want to dabble with interesting ideas and see them take form whether through design or writing.
ACHIEVEMENTS
Won the Creative Communication Award︎︎︎ for UI/UX Design for PLOT (December 24)
Won the DNA Paris Award︎︎︎ for UX design for PLOT (July 24)
Published in Framework 103, the annual catalog from the Communication Design community at Parsons. (May 24)
Taught a class on visual representation for undergraduate students in KRVIA, Mumbai (July 23)
My essay on 17th Century Deccan paintings was published in Jnanapravaha Quarterly in 2020︎︎︎
Selected to participate in the Charles Correa Foundation’s research programme DWELL in 2015.
Commendation Award 'Heritage Awards for Excellence in Documentation' hosted by INTACH, Delhi, 2015.
Wrote & published 6 research based stories by interviewing first generation migrants across the city of Mumbai for the People Place Project︎︎︎ in 2014.
Won the DNA Paris Award︎︎︎ for UX design for PLOT (July 24)
Published in Framework 103, the annual catalog from the Communication Design community at Parsons. (May 24)
Taught a class on visual representation for undergraduate students in KRVIA, Mumbai (July 23)
My essay on 17th Century Deccan paintings was published in Jnanapravaha Quarterly in 2020︎︎︎
Selected to participate in the Charles Correa Foundation’s research programme DWELL in 2015.
Commendation Award 'Heritage Awards for Excellence in Documentation' hosted by INTACH, Delhi, 2015.
Wrote & published 6 research based stories by interviewing first generation migrants across the city of Mumbai for the People Place Project︎︎︎ in 2014.
EDUCATION
︎MPS Communication Design (Digital Product Design)
Parsons School of Design (2023-2024)︎Bachelor of Architecture (BArch)
Mumbai University (2012-17)- Editor of KRVIA's annual magazine Reflections and student led newsletter for the academic years 2014-2015 and 2015-16
- Selected for Platform for Asian Architecture and Urbanism (PAAU) at Silpakorn University, Bangkok in 2015 with students from India, Taiwan, and Thailand.
- Selected for the SAME - SAME Workshop with Jiao Tong University, Shanghai.
︎Postgraduate Diploma in Indian Aesthetics
Jnanapravaha, Mumbai (2019-2020)- Coursework included the history of Indian art criticism, research on sculpture, paintings, architecture, religion, colonial history and art in modern India.