pari designs
Experiences with technology should be iempowering, not frustrating (My 82 year old grandpa agrees).
Btw, I designed this dress myself :)
India's street markets and small tailor shops on the corners have their own charm
My Background
Why inclusion and access?
I pursued ICT engineering in my bachelors, gaining a breadth of knowledge about IT and Communications. I saw people close to my heart struggling with technology and I knew I wanted to make that experience easier. I stumbled upon the field of UX, took the leap and came across the world to follow my dreams at UofT.
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I was an exchange student in 2015-16 on a US government scholarship (KL-YES) where I was exposed to students from all over the world. That made me realize not everything is designed for all. A feature normalized in one community can be offensive to another community. I understood the gravity of the situation while trying to teach my then 80-year-old grandfather how to use his smartphone, something made necessary by the lockdown forcing digital to be the new norm. (P.S. he is tech savvy enough to videocall me everyday now, so contacting me is at the tip of his fingers :D)
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Why sustainability?
I took part in ASEF Summer University - an Innovathon for the member countries of Asia-Europe Meeting that aims to solve the problems in ASEM countries related to UN's Sustainable Development Goals and sustainability. The immersive sessions taken by ASEF team and experts on our problem statement of waste management made me realize the importance of sustainability for our future and got me thinking into how design can shape sustainable technology