Thoughts on industrial design, material exploration, and finding the right details.
A self-ordering kiosk at KFC made me realize that privacy isn't just about protecting our data. It's also about protecting the process of learning.
I thought I had stopped writing because I had run out of ideas. It turned out I had run out of attention.
For years, I thought I struggled to communicate because English wasn't my first language. I've started to realize the real challenge wasn't translation—it was helping other people see the journey behind my ideas.
I thought I enjoyed watching generator repair videos because I liked machines. It took a job interview to realise I was actually fascinated by something else entirely.
I had a bad interview today. Not because I didn't know my work. The question that stayed with me wasn't about my portfolio at all.
I grew up surrounded by coconuts. My family has spent decades harvesting them and turning them into oil. Yet it took me nearly 29 years to realize I had never actually looked at one.
Minimalism solved real problems. But somewhere along the way, it stopped being one approach among many and became the default language of design.
Industrial design didn't evolve because designers became more creative. It evolved because every generation inherited better tools than the last.
I watched Perfect Days looking for motivation. Instead, I found something much more valuable: the realization that my happiness had become dependent on things I could never control.
Ambition is supposed to feel exciting. Most days, it just feels confusing. A reflection on Robert Bosch, uncertain paths, and what it really costs to build something that lasts.
A firefly spends years becoming visible. On invisible work, the hunter beneath the light, and what we miss when we only celebrate the glow.
A tiny aftermarket buzzer on my mother's scooter stopped working, revealing something much bigger: good products don't just do physical work—they quietly carry part of our cognitive load.
A scooter that refused to start turned into an unexpected lesson about interaction design. The machine knew exactly what was wrong—it simply chose not to tell me.
A toner cartridge, a small plastic gear, and a visit to my aunt's tourist home led to an unexpected lesson about sustainability, user agency, and the difference between products that inform behavior and those that enforce it.
Products are becoming increasingly complex, but complexity alone does not explain why repair feels harder than ever. A reflection on modern systems, ownership, and the future of repair.
Building hardware is often romanticized, but physical products must survive manufacturing, logistics, suppliers, costs, and reality itself. A reflection on why bringing an object into the world is far harder than it appears.
The most important technologies in our lives are often the ones we never notice. A reflection on the invisible systems, infrastructure, and design that quietly keep civilization running.
A detailed breakdown of my conversation with Venture Navigator about building Myto, validating demand, finding customers, securing grants, and building a motorcycle rider community before building products.
Yesterday I discovered The Mom Test, a book that completely changed how I think about customer interviews and idea validation while building Myto.
A simple calculation reduced my life into 5,342 days. At first it terrified me. Then it forced me to confront what my dream really is.
A reflection on an idea validation workshop, venture investability, and why building a meaningful business is different from building a unicorn.
A reflection on building a life that feels a lot like building a workshop—full of tools, unfinished projects, and expensive bets on the future.
Building something of your own often means working through long periods of uncertainty, where progress is invisible and the next step isn't always clear.
I used to claim attention to detail on my resume. Working with AI and building slowly has made me realize how much of it is actually a trained sensitivity, not a trait you simply have.
A ₹140 toothbrush with a cute panda taught me why familiarity, feedback, and trust often matter more than features or appearances.
The challenge isn't building another operating system. It's taking the power of an existing ecosystem and presenting it through a simpler, more focused experience.
Internal motivation gives us a reason to start. External motivation gives us a reason to continue. Sustainable creative work requires both.
Reliability explains some of the objects we trust. Freedom, familiarity, and meaning explain the rest.
What water cans, puttu kuttis, jalebis, and terracotta vessels can teach us about design.
A visit to a tyre shop became a reminder that mastery isn't talent—it's the accumulation of thousands of repetitions, mistakes, and small corrections.
On Ladakh, designing for extreme environments, and why the products I want to build are shaped by the places I love.
A portable air compressor render, a convex mirror, and a reminder that progress is often much closer than it feels.
The biggest lesson from today's render wasn't about Blender. It was about realizing that learning a skill often means learning how to see problems you couldn't even notice before.
A simple logo placement exercise taught me more about rendering than years of using KeyShot.
Years after my first Blender tutorial, I came back to the software with a different goal: not to make a donut, but to learn the fundamentals while creating renders for my own products.
A quick call to my mother from inside a ration shop made me realize that the person collecting groceries is often not the person making decisions about them.
A bent brake line took minutes to fix, but weeks to diagnose. Watching a veteran Jeep mechanic work through the problem reminded me that finding the right problem is often harder than solving it.
Styling shapes appearance. Design shapes experience. Understanding the difference is what separates attractive products from meaningful ones.
A reflection on setbacks, unanswered applications, a broken motorcycle, and continuing to build when progress feels invisible.
A reflection on building nirmit, learning manufacturing, marketing, and discovering that finding projects was harder than doing them.
On feeling like everyone else has figured life out while you're still finding your way.
Thoughts on the Ferrari Luce, design evolution, the Fiat Multipla comparison, and why iconic products are often misunderstood when they first arrive.
A reflection on my personal design process — immerse, research, concept, and prototype.
A collection of platforms, strategies, and things I learned while trying to find remote and onsite jobs in India.
Why popular consensus can lead product teams down suboptimal paths, and how to balance industry standards with user-centric innovation.
Why repairability, accessibility, and thoughtful engineering matter more than cosmetic perfection.
This article was written as part of my application for Firi. While the project itself is not related to skincare or AI, it reflects how I think about solving real-world problems involving trust, complexity, and user behavior.
Over the last year, I slowly realized that I’m less interested in static objects and more interested in products that respond, communicate, and feel alive.
A daydream about eternal.ag, greenhouse robots, and why some companies get under your skin.
AI is changing design faster than most people realize. The real shift is not about tools replacing designers — it’s about what becomes valuable when execution becomes cheap.
A year ago I believed in subtraction almost as a moral position. Today I made my website cleaner — and I keep thinking about what I gave up to get there.
A simple explanation of Large Language Models and Multimodal AI.
A running collection of industrial design references, CMF directions, and objects worth studying — saved to Pinterest.
The more time you spend looking at your own work, the more flaws you begin to see. Familiarity slowly destroys objectivity.
Modern hiring processes increasingly reward fast answers and confident delivery. But some of the best thinkers need time before they speak.
The internet rewards clarity of identity. But for multidisciplinary people, becoming easy to categorize can come at the cost of originality.
A lightweight Pomodoro timer for macOS built using AI-assisted development workflows with Claude Code and Flutter.
On mediocrity, feeling behind, learning slowly, and continuing anyway.
A running list of industrial and product design portfolios I keep returning to — from independent designers to full studios.
A collection of thoughtful UX and product design interview questions with concise answers that reveal how designers think, collaborate, and make decisions.
A collection of websites, essays, and tools around design, engineering, fabrication, and the modern web.
A curated list of AI tools shaping modern product design workflows — from visualization and rendering to research, storytelling, and 3D generation.
A weekly collection of links on algorithms, reinforcement learning, software engineering, sustainability, engineering design, CLI tools, and visual storytelling.
A weekly collection of links on AI, neural networks, developer experience, design systems, learning resources, books, and idea generation.
A weekly collection of articles and resources on the metaverse, UX research, design systems, product growth, interfaces, maker stories, and startups.
A curated collection of engineering, research, AI, design, and innovation blogs from leading technology companies.
A weekly collection of articles and websites on technology, AI, design, learning, attention, maintenance, philosophy, and life.
A collection of innovation frameworks, problem-solving methodologies, and case studies exploring TRIZ, Six Sigma, reverse innovation, and structured design thinking.
A small collection of tools, communities, resources, and websites for developers, designers, startup builders, and curious makers.
A weekly collection of interesting websites covering AR/VR prototyping, UX principles, innovation, systems thinking, web tools, and IoT platforms.
Personal reflections on growing up around Theyyam in Kannur, Kerala — its rebellion, symbolism, color, sound, and cultural memory.
A collection of articles and notes exploring NURBS, T-Splines, SubD modeling, and surface continuity in 3D CAD workflows.
A personal collection of reflective questions on ambition, identity, storytelling, growth, and purpose.
A curated reading list on innovation, design thinking, knowledge creation, and strategic product development.
A massive curated collection of Indian brands across clothing, home decor, food, coffee, gifting, skincare, stationery, sustainable products, and lifestyle accessories.
A curated collection of UX design resources, case studies, inspiration galleries, onboarding references, and interface design tools.
A curated list of reliable Indian websites for purchasing electronic components, prototyping tools, robotics parts, and maker supplies.