Hi, I'm Ananya!

I work at the intersection of research, storytelling, and product thinking


I love building things that not just ask "is this functional?" but "does this feel right?"

Hi, I'm Ananya!

I work at the intersection of research, storytelling, and product thinking


I love designing things that not just ask "is this functional?" but "does this feel right?"

Toyota

Strategy

Research

What can NYC cafés teach a Japanese smart city?
An ethnographic study of NYC third spaces for Toyota's Woven City
Toyota

Strategy

Research

What NYC cafés taught a Japanese smart city.
An ethnographic study of NYC third spaces for Toyota's Woven City
Wikimedia

Accessibility

Making the internet more accessible with Wikimedia
A digital accessibility audit and redesign — currently in progress.
With Love

Product

Emotional Design

What do you do when a text isn't enough?
Concept app that turns digital messages into intentional experiences.
nomo

Product Design

Academic Research

UX of AI

What if your screen time was something you earned?
Why current tools fail and building the case for an AI-assisted alternative
nomo

Research

Product

UX of AI

What if your screen time was something you earned?
Why current tools fail and building the case for an AI-assisted alternative
Fugo

Co-Founder

Growth

We launched wrong. Recalibrated Then Grew 113%.
Building trust in a market that had never heard of us and didn't want to.
Fugo

Co-Founder

Growth

We launched wrong. Recalibrated, then grew 113%.
Building trust in a market that had never heard of us and didn't want to.
Class Project

Product Design

Emotional Design

WithLove: For when a text isn't enough.
Concept app that turns digital messages into intentional experiences.
With Love

Product

Emotional Design

What do you do when a text isn't enough?
Concept app that turns digital messages into intentional experiences.
Personal Project

Storytelling

Learning how to let yourself simmer
A short film about chai, uncertainty, and the slow art of becoming.
With Love

Product

Emotional Design

What do you do when a text isn't enough?
Concept app that turns digital messages into intentional experiences.