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Arvind Venkataramani

Arvind Venkataramani

The Great Wounding of 2020

What should we call this moment? For in naming it we give birth to its children.

Mar 28, 2020

The Great Wounding of 2020

Mar 28, 2020

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Ritual Design Toolkit

Rituals for the pandemic

The 2019-nCoV virus is here and it’s likely to be an ongoing presence in our lives for a year, perhaps two. There’s even a small chance it…

Mar 19, 2020

4 pandemic rituals: accepting a new reality, adjusting to isolation, preparing for another viral season, celebrating the end

Mar 19, 2020

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Ritual Design Toolkit

Ritual Design at Burning Man 2019

We have just got back from hosting a popup studio at Burning Man, and it was a deeply fulfilling and inspiring experience.

Oct 3, 2019

Ritual Design at Burning Man 2019

Oct 3, 2019

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SonicRim: Stories from the Edge

A summary of Whiteboard@SonicRim: Ethical Innovation

Aug 13, 2018

A summary of Whiteboard@SonicRim: Ethical Innovation

Aug 13, 2018

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SonicRim: Stories from the Edge

Workarounds are sources of new features

Here’s an example of why it’s important to be present in the actual environments where users use your product.

Apr 18, 2018

Workarounds are sources of new features

Apr 18, 2018

Arvind Venkataramani

The challenges of democracy are like the challenges of doing user-centered design

Propositions making parallels between the two and why there is a case for governance and politics to draw from the toolkits of HCD practice

Mar 12, 2018

The challenges of democracy are like the challenges of doing user-centered design

Mar 12, 2018

Arvind Venkataramani

Wise metrics

Propositions on sensibly making use of metrics when designing things: (for mathematically minded people)

Mar 1, 2016

Wise metrics

Mar 1, 2016

Arvind Venkataramani

Stupid Machines: a UX design technique

Consider the following stupid machines:

Feb 27, 2016

Stupid Machines: a UX design technique

Feb 27, 2016

Arvind Venkataramani

Light Dancing with Ideas: A Joyful Manifesto for Creating (EPIC) PechaKuchas

Cross-posted from epicpeople.org. I am one of the EPIC2016 PechaKucha Panel Leads, and I wrote this as an elucidation of a good…

Feb 24, 2016

Feb 24, 2016

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SonicRim: Stories from the Edge

Service Design in India: Foundations & Opportunities

What does one need to have well-designed services? A recent trip to India suggests that it might take more than good blueprints and…

Jan 6, 2016

Service Design in India: Foundations & Opportunities

Jan 6, 2016

Arvind Venkataramani

Arvind Venkataramani

design researcher at sonicrim. i sense and work towards emergent futures. let’s make the world a place of flourishing for all life.

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