Hi, I'm Saumya
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I love creating experiences that spark curiosity and connection. I enjoy playing with mixed media, blending digital tools with hands-on, tactile elements. For me, design isn't just about making things look nice, it's about empathy and building meaningful experiences that leave room for exploration and reflection!

Selected Work

Sow & Tell — A Seed Collection Activity for Community Engagement

2025 · Practicum with Civic Data Theatre Collaborative

Service Design Participatory Research Game Design

Sow & Tell: A Card Game for Civic Conversation

A seed collection card game and conversation framework that uses plant identification as an accessible doorway into deeper conversations on green space, gentrification, and belonging in Boston neighborhoods. Designed for Civic Data Theatre to generate qualitative, art-space-compatible data with youth participants.

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Unloop — Apple Watch showing the Start Exposure home screen

2024

Interaction Design Mental Health Wearable

Unloop: Wearable Support for OCD Management

A haptic wristband and companion app concept supporting contamination-related OCD through CBT-based Exposure and Response Prevention techniques. Low-fidelity prototypes integrate physiological cues and mindfulness prompts to support habit change and self-efficacy beyond clinical settings.

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Uncharted Tides — ArcGIS StoryMap shown on a MacBook

2024 · ArcGIS StoryMap

Information Design Climate Mixed Media

Uncharted Tides: Mapping Boston's Coastal Futures

Where rising tides meet art and activism. An ArcGIS StoryMap and mixed-media project mapping projected sea level rise along Boston's coastline using NOAA data, paired with embroidered fabric visualizations that translate climate data into a tactile, public-facing artifact.

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About

Design with — not just for — the people often left out

I'm a User Experience designer, Service designer, and Design researcher based in New York, with an MFA in Experience Design from Northeastern University, Boston. My practice blends three things that don't usually live together: rigorous qualitative research, service and systems thinking, and craft across digital and physical media.

I'm currently a Design Researcher at Northeastern's Health & Wellness Design Lab and a Brand & Graphic Designer with IMPACTability, an NYC nonprofit focused on disability advocacy and accessibility.

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