Hello,
I am Venkat
A Product Designer based in New York City
Case Studies
Overarching report of my contributions towards client facing projects
Marine Park
Alliance
Involves:
  1. Site information restructure
  2. Design strategy
  3. Decision making
  4. Mid-fidelity prototype
  5. Team communication
Afro Brazil
Arts
Involves:
  • Hi-fi Design
  • Prototype
  • Usability study
  • Moderated Usability Testing
  1. Research strategy
  2. User research
  3. User outreach
  4. Hi-Fidelity prototype
Skill-e-Labs
Involves:
  • Re-design
  • User Interviews
  • 3D lab
  1. Design decision making.
  2. Iterative design process.
  3. Public user study.
Marine Park Alliance
Marine Park Alliance
  • Showcased Skills:
  1. Site information restructure.
  2. Design strategy.
  3. Decision making.
  4. Mid-fidelity prototype
  5. Team communication.
Skill-e-Labs
Skill-e-Labs
  • Showcased Skills:
  1. Design decision making.
  2. Iterative design process.
  3. Public user study.
Afro-Brazil Arts
Afro Brazil
Arts
  • Showcased Skills:
  1. Research strategy.
  2. User research
  3. User outreach
  4. Hi-Fidelity prototype
Research
Reports of Research Contributions in the space of Design, and User Research
Suraksha Device
Marine Park Alliance
  • Showcased Skills:
  1. Design Ideation
  2. Product Design.
Design Systems against Dark Patterns
Afro Brazil
Arts
  • Involves:
  1. Problem Solving.
  2. Writing skills.
  3. Communication.
Speak
I believe in the power of Communication in Collaboration, some of my presentations and talks.
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  • Hi-fi Design
  • Prototype
  • Usability study
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Learn more
About me.
I am Venkat, an Information Experience Design student, at the Pratt School of Information, Manhattan. I often contemplate the questions "What" and "Why". At work, I tend to ask what the product intends the user to think. feel?, and do. My work involves improving my approach to bridging the gap between the product and this intended purpose
Soft Skills
  1. Public Speaking
  2. Constructive Communication
  3. Ability to receive feedback
  4. Spontaneous problem solving
  5. Keen eye for detail
Research Skills
  1. Moderated and Unmoderated User Testing
  2. Conducting and Reporting Heuristic Evaluation
  3. Conducting Card Sorting Studies
  4. Conducting Tree Testing Studies
  5. In-depth Competitive Analysis
  6. User Outreach
Design Skills
  1. Sketching
  2. Low, mid, and High fidelity Wire framing
  3. Protyping with Animations
  4. Ilustrating necessary components
Technical Skills
  1. Front-end development
  2. Basic Back-end Development
Software
  1. Figma - Complete
  2. HTML, CSS - Advanced
  3. Adobe Illustrator - Advanced
  4. Sony Vegas - Advanced
  5. Open CV (Computer Vision) - Advanced
  6. Adobe Photoshop - Intermediate
  7. Django Framework -Intermediate
  8. Python - Intermediate
  9. Solid works - Intermediate
  10. Adobe Premiere Pro - Beginner
  11. JavaScript - Beginner
Outside of work,
I enjoy practicing Yoga, and meditation. I am a huge audiophile, and am actively learning Guitar, a childhood hobby of mine
Contact
vappalab@pratt.edu
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Resume
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CASE STUDIES
Marine Park Alliance
Afro-Brazil Arts
Skill-e-Labs
RESEARCH
Suraksha Device
Design Systems Against Dark Patterns
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