Aarushi is a UX/UI Designer, her focus is on creating meaningful and delightful experiences through design. She earned a bachelors in design from National Institute of Fashion Technology, Bengaluru, India. She has worked on various design projects to help business and non-profits expand their capacity for greater impact. She absolutely loves collaborating with various disciplines of people, as she feels it gives way to numerous new ideas and viewpoints. Her curiosity to learn and research more on individual and community experiences led her return to school for Masters’ in User Experience Design from UAL, London. In the future, she would like to use her design skills to develop sustainable solutions to global and local challenges. One thing is certain, wherever she is, she will always work to make a difference in people’s lives and society through design.
Connected Sustainability
The final major project investigated the opportunities for interaction between people from the village (Ani hila) practicing sustainability as a way of life with people from domestic urban spaces (district Meerut). The objective was to bring learning from the village and apply that to domestic urban spaces in order to generate sustainability awareness by connecting people.
The aim of the research was to stimulate sustainable thinking, learning and inspire people to switch to an environment-friendly way of living and in the process connect with the environment in order to instigate a paradigm shift among communities regarding the urgent need for sustainability. The research demonstrated when people jointly engage in activities that leverage the psychological factors such as social influence, habit formation, self reflection, feelings, cognition and tangibility they have potential to generate greater awareness that can ultimately lead to transformative actions.
The design outcome incorporates a workshop, virtual tour of Ani Hila and discussion forum. The three design outcomes were supported by the medium of an online platform. They were designed as a catalyst for stimulating shift to circularity by making people connect, rethink, discuss, experience and learn in order to achieve integrated sustainability goals.
The final major project investigated the opportunities for interaction between people from the village (Ani hila) practicing sustainability as a way of life with people from domestic urban spaces (district Meerut). The objective was to bring learning from the village and apply that to domestic urban spaces in order to generate sustainability awareness by connecting people.
The aim of the research was to stimulate sustainable thinking, learning and inspire people to switch to an environment-friendly way of living and in the process connect with the environment in order to instigate a paradigm shift among communities regarding the urgent need for sustainability. The research demonstrated when people jointly engage in activities that leverage the psychological factors such as social influence, habit formation, self reflection, feelings, cognition and tangibility they have potential to generate greater awareness that can ultimately lead to transformative actions.
The design outcome incorporates a workshop, virtual tour of Ani Hila and discussion forum. The three design outcomes were supported by the medium of an online platform. They were designed as a catalyst for stimulating shift to circularity by making people connect, rethink, discuss, experience and learn in order to achieve integrated sustainability goals.