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aarushi bapna is a designer x researcher working across technological, educational and humanitarian systems through mixed methods research, visuals and experiences
aarushi bapna is a designer x researcher working across technological, educational and humanitarian systems through mixed methods research, visuals and experiences
aarushi bapna is a designer x researcher working across technological, educational and humanitarian systems through mixed methods research, visuals and experiences
My practice draws on speculative design, futures thinking and critical inquiry to investigate emerging conditions, challenge existing assumptions and explore alternative possibilities. I move between imagining futures, researching the systems that shape them, and translating insights into tangible experiences and interventions.
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Gamifying Risk Mitigation
humanitarian
Gamifying Risk Mitigation
Collaborated with 3+ international teams, 2+ professionals to gain insights through a mixed methods study. Recommended a shift in approach for this project at International Rescue Committee.
humanitarian
Gamifying Risk Mitigation
humanitarian
UXR
UXR
mixed-methods
mixed-methods
behaviour
behaviour
learning
learning
Enabling Career Conquest
ed-tech
Enabling Career Conquest
Deployed in Industrial Training Institutes across India as part of an nationawide Ed-tech initative.
ed-tech
Enabling Career Conquest
ed-tech
learning
learning
visual strategy
visual strategy
behaviour
behaviour
experience design
experience design
Antispace/s of AI Systems
STS
Antispace/s of AI Systems
Conducted a generative Research Study in LLM limitations and proposed a framework to make sense of ambiguity. Interlocutors spanned practitioners in STS, Anthropology, Media Studies and Astrophysics.
STS
Antispace/s of AI Systems
STS
HCI
HCI
critical AI
critical AI
exeprience design
exeprience design
public education
public education
Building Fold Lab’s Web Presence
ed-tech
Building Fold Lab’s Web Presence
Designed and Developed modular web experience that drove discoverability from word of mouth to a legitimate web presence.
Building Fold Lab’s Web Presence
ed-tech
no-code
no-code
website
website
experience design
experience design
Speculative Stories from Shahpur Jat
foresight
Speculative Stories from Shahpur Jat
A speculative world building research project that utilised ethnography as a building block.
foresight
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Speculative Stories from Shahpur Jat
foresight
foresight
foresight
narrative strategy
narrative strategy
world building
world building
Crafting ishi's Web Platform
culture
Crafting ishi's Web Platform
An unusual navigation and interactive experience for a magazine platform that sparks joy
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Crafting ishi's Web Platform
culture
no-code
no-code
unique interactions
unique interactions
experience design
experience design
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Milan Design Week
Spring 2026
Showcased work 'An Ontology of the Synthetic', Collaborator: Palash Barua
Get Lost Day
Fall 2026
A day of getting lost in an NYC neighbourhood, leaving with perhaps a renewed perspective of the area. Collaborator: Allison Wei
4S: Society of Social Science Studies, Toronto
Oct 2026
Presenting my research 'Antispace/s of AI Systems' in the panel 'Fictopoesis' organised by Dr. Rachel Horst
Also, performing a new work 'Noisy Scrolls: A Noise Topology'.
4S: Society of Social Science Studies, Toronto
Oct 2026
Presenting my research 'Antispace/s of AI Systems' in the panel 'Fictopoesis' organised by Dr. Rachel Horst
Also, performing a new work 'Noisy Scrolls: A Noise Topology'.
Milan Design Week
Spring 2026
Showcased work 'An Ontology of the Synthetic', Collaborator: Palash Barua
Get Lost Day
Fall 2026
A day of getting lost in an NYC neighbourhood, leaving with perhaps a renewed perspective of the area. Collaborator: Allison Wei
Get Lost Day
Fall 2026
A day of getting lost in an NYC neighbourhood, leaving with perhaps a renewed perspective of the area. Collaborator: Allison Wei
4S: Society of Social Science Studies, Toronto
Oct 2026
Presenting my research 'Antispace/s of AI Systems' in the panel 'Fictopoesis' organised by Dr. Rachel Horst
Also, performing a new work 'Noisy Scrolls: A Noise Topology'.
Milan Design Week
Spring 2026
Showcased work 'An Ontology of the Synthetic', Collaborator: Palash Barua