The Perfect Portfolio - Do's and Don'ts

We spoke to Arnab Chakravarty, Designer in residence at ownpath, about what goes into the making of a perfect portfolio.

Speculative Design and Prototyping for AR/VR

Pranshu Chaudhary talks about his experiences in Speculative Design and designing AR/VR experiences.

How does writing and research improve your design process?

Tanya George, a typeface designer talks about how you can incorporate writing and research into your design process.

How to transition from Graphic Design to Product Design? - Lakshmi Deshpande

Lakshmi Deshpande talks about her transitions as a designer and how designers wanting to transition into product design could do so.

How to articulate design decisions? - Pragati Mehrotra

Pragati talks about what goes into great communication between stakeholders and how one can improve their design process by articulating decisions better.

Kenneth Dsouza on Challenges with Transitioning to a Design Manager from an IC role

Kenneth talks to us about the transition to a Designer Manager and the challenges he faced. He's currently a Senior Design Manager at Jiva and previously was at Gojek.

Navneet Nair, Director of Product and Design at PhonePe Talks About Securing One's Career as a Designer

Navneet is currently the Director of Design at Phonepe and also a mentor in the Product Design Followship. He talks about his journey in design and how business and design can work together more effectively.

Hardik Pandya, VP Design at Unacademy Shares his Design Journey

Hardik talks about his journey in design and his experience working in a fast paced product company. He also gives helpful advice for designers starting out in the field.

Karthik Mahadevan on Designing for Visually Challenged People as a Founder of Envision

Karthik is the Co-founder and CEO of Envision. He talks about his journey in design and how he started his own company.

Akshay Verma Shares his Insights on Product Design & Leading Design at Prophecy

QnA session where Akshay discusses the various growth paths for designers and whether a master's degree is right for you.

Kshitiz Anand, Associate VP Design at Paytm on Growing as a Designer and more

Currently the Associate VP at Paytm, Kshitiz is a Design Leader with experience in setting up and leading Design Teams across industry and academia. His interest in Education systems, Design for Social Change, and Social Entrepreneurship have led him to share his thoughts on innovation in education across different platforms.

Daniel Burka, Director of Product & Design at Resolve to Save Lives Shares his Insights on Designing for Humanity

Daniel talks about his journey in Design.

Somya Hastekar, UX Lead at Microsoft on Designing for Inclusivity, Overcoming Rejection as a Designer

A conversation with Somya Hastekar on her design journey, across the spectrum of consulting and product-based companies.

Janey Lee's Journey from Political Science to Product Designing at Spotify

Janey has a degree in political science, read on to find out how that helped her in her journey to become a Product Designer at Spotify. Fun fact about Janey: She spent two years in Mumbai, India!

Ankit Bhargava, Co-Founder, Sensing Local on Systems Thinking, Designing for Cubbon Park

Ankit is an Architect and Urban Planner with about 10 years of experience in projects relating to spatial planning, urban governance, system design, and architecture. He co-founded Sensing Local, an ‘Urban Living Lab’ (ULL) based in Bengaluru. He is deeply interested in using systems thinking and participatory processes to unpack complex systems and shape new perspectives to drive systemic change.*

Office Hours with Fatema Raja

Meet with Fatema Raja, UX Lead at Gojek, to discuss your design career and the Product Design Fellowship.

Interview with Somya Hastekar

A conversation with Somya Hastekar on her design journey, across the spectrum of consulting and product-based companies.

Office Hours with Sameer Bhiwani

Meet with Sameer Bhiwani, UX Lead at Google, to discuss your design career and the Product Design Fellowship.

Interview with Tejas Bhatt

A conversation with Tejas Bhatt on his design journey and his design practice at 3 Sided Coin

Chetty Arun, Design Manager at Razorpay on Mentorship and Building Design Teams

We spoke to Chetty Arun, Design Manager at Razorpay, and Mentor at ownpath. He talks to us about what it's like to head a top design team, how the culture at Razorpay nurtures ownership, and how his mentorship experience all started with a tweet.

A conversation with Pragati Mehrotra on her design journey and her design practice at Obvious.

We spoke to Pragati Mehrotra, Product Designer at Obvious and Mentor at ownpath. She talked to us about keeping design simple, advice for managing imposter syndrome, and her day to day life as a Product Designer.