Cinque Terre
I am a User Experience, User Interface and Product designer from Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) and National Institute of Design (NID). I have been designing and prototyping user experiences of web/mobile/tablet interfaces, product specific digital displays, digital instruments, digital advertising, digital branding and digital installations.

As a user experience designer, I am fascinated about exploring the scope of epistemology in designing impactful experiences. I believe that simple questions like "what knowledge is", "how we acquire it", "how we communicate it and how we knit new concepts with it" can provide solid basis to design useful interactions. My design philosophy is to transform subtle observations of human behavior and culture into fully formed ideas. I then love to transform these ideas into contextual, intuitive and emotional designs, be it tangible or virtual, which can hack into society naturally. I use tools like engineering, art and design to make things with the balanced mixture of observation, logic, esthetics and technology.

Hit me up at aashkashah3@gmail.com if you want to hire me, collaborate or need advice.
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WORK EXPERIENCE
Baad Design
Founder and Product Designer (Jan'17-Present)

Havn
Founder and Product Designer (Nov'16-Dec'17, 1 year)

CrowdMed(YC'13)
Lead User Experience Designer (Nov'15-Oct'16, 1 year)

Sapient Nitro
User Experience Intern (Summer 2014)

Visteon Corporation
Interaction Designer(Lead) (Nov'12-May'13, 7 Months)

IBM India Research Lab
User Researcher (Jan'10-Apr'10, 4 Months)

IIJS, Gov of India
New Media Designer (Aug'09-Jan'10, 6 Months)
EDUCATION
Rhode Island School of Design
Digital+Media(MFA) (Sep'13-May'15)

National Institute of Design
New Media Design (Post Graduation) (Jun'09-Dec'12)

G. H. Patel College of Engineering and Technology
Electronics and Communication Engineering (Jun'05-May'09)
DESIGN PROCESSES
User Research, Story-boarding, Feature Design, Information Architecture, Interface Design, Visual Design, Usability Testing, Prototyping, Documentation
DESIGN SOFTWARES
Sketch, Illustrator, Photoshop, Premier Pro, After Effects, Invision
PROTOTYPING
HTML, CSS, Javascript, Java
(Bootstrap, React-Native, Processing, Arduino)
ACHIEVEMENTS
Scholarship and Fellowship at Digital + Media Department, Rhode Island School of Design (2013-2015)

Epicenter at Health and Wellness Innovation 2013 organized by New Media Medicine Research Group at MIT Media Labs (2013)

NrityaDhol and && Float exhibited at Techfest organized by IIT Bombay (2013)

NrityaDhol shortlisted for Interaction Awards 2013 (Disrupting Category) by Interaction Design Association (IxDA) (2012)

Article on “&& Float” in “Dsigned” (volume 02 issue 03) Magazine of National Institute of Design, India (2011)

Paper on “iSMARTBOT” published in VI Mantra 2008 by National Instruments, India (2008)

Student Coordinator of ThinkLABS at GCET, India (2007- 2009)