Enhancing clinical texts with visualization. Most of us have experienced having to reiterate our entire medical history when we visit a physician for an ailment. This process of walking the physician through our medical records takes painstakingly long and is almost as exasperating as suffering the ailment itself. At the…

How data can offer insight into a complex societal issue. Created by Nisha Dayananda and Shravya Simha. “New Orleans shooting: Two people in critical condition after 11 shot in French Quarter.” “At least 10 people killed as 52 shot in Chicago.” “Gunmen on motorbikes kill 41 people.” Such headlines have…

Small Note: This project was part of the Inclusive design course at University of Maryland. Team: Aravind Jembu Rajkumar, Janki Desai When smartphones were initially introduced, there were smaller screens and users could use the phone with one hand. The display screens are bigger now, and the users have to…

What is the primary function of an elevator? To haul people up and down to their respective floors. Simple enough? Let’s find out. We as humans, with advanced cognition and unmatched intelligence (modest much?) have designed and built various objects — from a ball-point pen to the Burj Khalifa. We…

WARBY PARKER REDESIGN: This is my first attempt at redesigning a website’s visual design. Any constructive criticism is more than welcome! I redesigned the Warby Parker website (https://warbyparker.com) to accomplish the following: 1. Redefine the ways in which content can be discovered and consumed within the website in order to increase…