It's not AI! Designing for automated conversations

Designing for automated conversations with a few practical tips and real examples from shipping live to production

Blog, DesignAditi KulkarniJune 25, 2019design, UX, automation, startupComment

Your design career doesn't have to make sense right now

A lot of designers I meet worry about structuring their career in the “right way”. They obsess over which “industry vertical” to work in. They worry if this or that company is the right “next step”.

Design, BlogAditi KulkarniNovember 11, 2017design, career, advice, ux, experience, failure, growthComment

Design metrics for better design decisions

This quote by Spock explains what most designers instinctively understand. It’s easy for numbers to mislead a team down the wrong path. You need to be constantly vigilant that you are measuring the right things, for the right reasons, in the right way.

So how can metrics help designers in a consistent, practical way?

DesignAditi KulkarniMay 26, 2017design, ux, startup, tech, product, metricsComment

Creating the Jugaad Dishwasher, The X-Way

The X-Way was a 2 day workshop sponsored by Nokia and Microsoft that focused on ideas, strategies and discussion around improving Mumbai city. Ben & Andrew moderated the workshop, keeping it challenging as twenty creatives and innovators came together with many, many city ideas.

Blog, Design, ProjectsAditi KulkarniJuly 11, 2014Art, bombay, city, design, dishwasher, future, India, Lumia, Microsoft, mumbai, Nokia, prototype, prototyping, street, UK, vendor

Arduino Yun Workshop

The two day workshop by Ankit Daftery was a great way to dig deep into the possibilities of the Yun. As an interactive artist, I'm already aware of various options available. Trying them out was empowering and surprising. You can make complex interactions with just two to three days of effort [as a beginner], especially at an affordable price.

Blog, DesignAditi KulkarniJune 16, 2014arduino, Art, bombay, design, India, interactive, mumbai, workshop, Yun

UX Workshop at Construkt

The workshop focussed on teaching hands-on design prototyping, taking the participants step-by-step through a prototyping process, how to think and analyse their design concept, and even a quick ten minute guerrilla user research at the festival grounds.

Blog, DesignAditi KulkarniJune 11, 2014Bangalore, Construkt, design, experience, festival, prototype, prototyping, user, UX, workshopComment

Creative Workshop at Sourcebits

nspired by the Marshmallow Challenge Ben and I organized a creative thinking workshop for the lively crowd at Sourcefest, a two-day hackathon for the employees of Sourcebits. The aim of the session was to get people excited and energetic, and of course get their creative juices flowing. Instead of using marshmallows and spaghetti, I sourced waste foam material and straws. The idea of wasting so much food just didn't make sense [especially in India]. 45 people attended the session.

Blog, DesignAditi KulkarniJanuary 11, 2014Bangalore, building, creativity, design, recycle, sourcefest, structure, thinking, waste, workshop Comments

NID Talk

NID Talk Mobile UX - What it's like to design and create iOS and Android apps today.

Blog, DesignAditi KulkarniAugust 26, 2013Android, apps, Bangalore, design, education, India, iOS, mobile, NID, Talk, UXComment

Gallery Reflexive

Work by Prajakta Palav. It caught my eye because of the way she had used the gallery floor in her work. It is intelligent and relevant, especially in these old buildings in South Mumbai that are converted into gallery spaces.

Art, BlogAditi KulkarniApril 13, 2012Art, design, exhibition, mumbai, reflexive, selfComment

Mumbai's First Comic Con

DesignAditi KulkarniNovember 5, 2011bombay, comic, con, design, event, mumbai

Neon Workshop

Art, ProjectsAditi KulkarniOctober 13, 2011Art, bournemouth, design, neon, UK, workshop Comments

Shift Exhibition

Art, Blog, ProjectsAditi KulkarniSeptember 8, 2011Art, bournemouth, design, exhibition, graduate, post-graduate, school, shift, student, UK Comments

Out of Sight

With an unused underground car park as its gallery walls, Out of Sight investigates the resilience and flexibility of art, and the need for its development with supporting communities in unorthodox circumstances: an appreciation for the otherwise overlooked in the chosen location compliments the political provocation of the role of the outsider in society and rebellion against industry precepts.

Art, Blog, ProjectsAditi KulkarniSeptember 8, 2011Art, bournemouth, design, exhibition, independent, installation, interactive, shadow, student, students, Wilko Comments

Shift

Shift the post-graduate show will be held at the Arts University College Bournemouth from 2nd to 9th September, open from 10am to 4:30pm daily. Entry is free. The show will be open for a late night viewing on the 8th (Thursday) and is closed on Sunday.