Writing
Everything I have written on this blog (including a few half-written stubs I will get to... eventually.)
How to Build a UX Design Portfolio
What I look for when reviewing portfolios, and some advice for putting yours together.
Figma to Claude Code
Handoffs and vibe coding in 2026
Teaching Info Viz
Some thoughts about an upcoming session at the Vizchitra 2025 conference.
Tesu Law Website
A small website for a small law firm
Anything API
An API that can do... anything.
Keep the Web Weird
Using AI to make weird things with code, and resisting the flattening of the web.
Vibe Code Your Portfolio
Using AI to make weird things with code, and resisting the flattening of the web.
DD324: Data Visualization
Course material for an elective I am teaching at Department of Design, Delhi Technological University
Sold!
I used to have some stuff. No more.
Garage Sale
You want stuff? I have stuff. It could be yours.
Kala Chana Tikki
My grandmother's recipe for black chickpea patties
UX Day 2024
The AI Moment
Figma Fun Friday @ NowForm
Constraints, Autolayout, Components, Variants
Resume
Last updated Feb 2024
Design Agreement
An agreement that I share with clients before starting any design project.
In and Out in 2024
What's up? What's not?
Diwaloween Fundraising Posters
I'm celebrating Diwali. I'm celebrating Halloween. I'm celebrating combination Diwali and Halloween.
Roasted Tomato Soup
A roasted tomato soup that’s perfect with a grilled cheese.
Transcript for ACM Talk
Designers v/s Developers
Chana Masoor
I'm having chana dal. I'm having masoor dal. I'm having combination chana dal and masoor dal.
Mustard Rajma
A take on Rajma that uses mustard and curry patta
Rotis
Atta to Water ratio
Developer-Designer dynamics
Some thoughts about what it takes to collaborate effectively
Nanu
Some thoughts on the passing of my grandfather
Design Thinking
Everyone can be creative
Plug The Breach
Working on a data breach tracker with Internet Freedom Foundation
Great Portfolio Sites
A list of websites that I think do a great job of showing design work.
AI Interactions beyond Chat
How can you integrate LLMs into interfaces without chat or prompt boxes?
Stonks AI
Branding for an AI powered bot to query stock market data
Unequal
Branding for a streetwear brand
AI Acronym Generator
What does your name mean?
The Shape of the Tool
Tools help people create things. When designing a tool that people will use to create an artefact, it's intriguing to consider how your design decisions will affect the final product created with the tool.
Turning 27
Was this twenty twenty too? (ha ha)
Happy Birthday Rish-e
A choose your own adventure birthday wish for my bud Rishi
UxNow 2022
Notes on some of the talks and workshops at UxNow 2022.
Starting a Career in Design
Creating a portfolio, applying to design school, and getting jobs, internships or freelance projects
Giving feedback/Getting feedback
Getting better at getting better
Checklists in Microsoft Word
Or, when you need time travel to solve a design problem
UX Design at Microsoft
Starting my first full time job in the pandemic and working on voice experiences.
Read Aloud for Word on mobile
Consuming documents on the go with audio
Theory - PS626: AI, Data & Policy
These are my lab notes from PS:626 AI, Data & Policy, an elective offered by Prof. Anupam Guha of the Centre for Policy Studies at IIT Bombay.
Wallpapers
Screen art
Plutonium Sans
Designing my second typeface
Rapid Prototyping in Figma
A workshop on how to steal things so you can fail
Effective remote research
User research in times of COVID.
Don't just say hello!
Some thoughts about asynchronous communication and texting etiquette while working remotely.
Turning 26
Thoughts I have thought every year on my birthday
Webdev Resources
CSS and JavaScript resources I found useful
Sci Fi Shorts
Links to SFF Stories I have enjoyed
Stylistic Alternatives
What if this font... but slightly different?
First and second order chaos
Degrees of chaos in Sapiens
Comic Sans
The font everybody loves to hate.
Curly Quotes
Typographical differences between Android and iOS.
The Social Tadka - Website
Website design for a social media agency
Freestand
Logo for Freestand
Public Notes Website Concept
A laundry list of features for a public note-taking experience that I wish someone built (and might try to build myself at some point if nobody else does it).
Turning 25
Thoughts I have thought every year on my birthday
Hindsight in 2020
Looking back at the year everything went wrong.
Financial Planning
Some personal notes on managing your money
Neat UI Design tricks
Some neat tricks I wish I knew earlier
The Delta of Design
Reflecting on two years of studying design at at IDC School of Design, IIT Bombay.
CEED Exam & IDC Interview
Some tips and what to expect when applying for the M.Des. programs at IDC School of Design, IIT Bombay.
Getting started with freelancing
Some advice for designers starting out
Fake News
Misinformation on the Internet
Reflections on DRS
A reflection essay on writing a paper about WhatsApp forwards in my final semester at IDC.
Ginger Beer Recipe
This is my grandfather's recipe for ginger beer, finely tuned over the years.
Turning 24
Thoughts I have thought every year on my birthday
Basics of Web Type
Lab Notes - PS626: AI, Data & Policy
These are my lab notes from PS:626 AI, Data & Policy, an elective offered by Prof. Anupam Guha of the Centre for Policy Studies at IIT Bombay.
Research Methods in HCI - Website
Designing and coding a website for a course at IDC for industry professionals and academics.
Font Pairing Generator
Serendipitous discovery for font pairings.
Font Finder
Find fonts using combinations of adjective.
Stats for Research Methods
Research for dummies designers
India HCI 2019
Sketch notes on some of the talks given at India HCI 2019.
Cutie - web animation experiment
A small experiment using css, js and svg animation.
Resources for Literature Review
Font Resources
Ya like fonts?
Making chord diagrams with Circos Online
Talk by John Samuel Raja.
Part of guest lectures for DE-705 Interactive data visualization
Design Research Methodologies
Running notes from the Design Research Methodologies course at IDC School of Design, IIT Bombay.
Contributing to OpenStreetMap
My map of Delhi
Creating a schematic map of New Delhi
Interning at Microsoft
Some thoughts on designing for AI at my internship at Microsoft Hyderabad, where I worked on integrating intelligent assistance in an existing Microsoft app.
Unbox Podcast
Talking to Ratik about getting into design
Numeronyms
Number based abbreviations
Untitled Devanagari Font
Attempts at a Devanagari typeface
Turning 23
Thoughts I have thought every year on my birthday
Typoday 2019
Sketch notes on some of the talks given at Typoday 2019.
Dots - an interactive installation
DE 629: Intro to Photography
Notes from the Intro to Photography course at IDC School of Design, IIT Bombay.
Kea
Branding for an AI startup using voice recognition
Turning 22
Thoughts I have thought every year on my birthday
Interning at Zomato
What I learnt and how I got there.
Lettuce Party
An open source handwritten display font
Classplus
Branding for a marketplace for educators
Turning 21
Thoughts I have thought every year on my birthday
Brush Lettering
HackIndia
Branding for India's first large scale hackathon for and by students
New Delhi Dribbble Meetup
Hosting a Dribbble meetup in New Delhi
Jobsplane
Getting the right job for you.
Color Generator
Generate colors and gradients
Colophon
About this site and my custom markdown theme