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Abhinav Mishra is a seasoned UX designer with a decade of experience. At Samsung he served as a Senior Chief Designer leading a team of designers innovating on AR experiences. At Microsoft he was a Designer II , owning end to end UX for features on Dynamics 365 Layout on Hololens 2, Edge on MacOS, and Visio on the Web.

 

He is currently completing his PhD focused on creating an Interaction Design Framework and an Ideation Toolkit for Mixed Reality experiences in cultural heritage institutions.

FEATURED PROJECTS

PHD

NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY

2020/21 - 2023/24

Interaction Design Framework and an ideation toolkit for Mixed Reality Experiences in museums

CASE STUDY AVAILABLE!  

 

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VISIO ON THE WEB

MICROSOFT

2020/21

New Data-Driven Diagramming experiences for enterprise customers and Microsoft 365 integration for Visio on the Web

CASE STUDY AVAILABLE!  

EDGE ON MAC

MICROSOFT

2018/19

Led the design for  Microsoft's first ever modern browser experience shipped on MacOS based on Chromium.

CASE STUDY AVAILABLE!  

 

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D365 LAYOUT ON HOLOLENS 2

MICROSOFT

2019/20

Designed Mixed Reality experiences for the erstwhile D365 Layout on Hololens 2. Including several unreleased features and concepts around spatial computing.

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COMING SOON! (MARCH 2024)

2 MINUTE CASE STUDY.  

PAPERS AND TALKS

Visitor Onboarding for On-Site Mixed Reality Experiences in Museums: Learnings from Curators, Designers, Researchers and Artists

CONFERENCE PAPER

IMMERSIVE LEARNING RESEARCH NETWORK

SAN LUIS OBISPO, CA USA

MORE PAPERS COMING SOON IN 2024!

Developing an Interaction Design Framework for Mixed Reality in Museums.

TALK

THE NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM, LONDON

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MUSEUM COMPUTER GROUP

2023

LISTING MORE TALKS HERE SOON!

INTERACTIVE INSTALLATIONS

CYCLE PE GOKARNA

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DESIGN

2012/13

An early VR experiment where the user interacts with an Indian town using a bicycle and its elements as an interface

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OUT OF FOCUS

TIFA

2019

An interactive art installation, exploring the idea of serendipitous and performative encounters in space. 

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CITY IN SOUNDS

ABHIVYAKTI CITY ARTS FESTIVAL

2018

A series of interactive art installations, working with sounds of the city (Ahmedabad). 

VIDEO SKETCHBOOK

I am a life-long learner and I love experimenting with 3D, Code and exploring new forms of visual expression. I post them regularly on my Instagram.

 

A few of my sketches are displayed below: 

TEACHING & WORKSHOPS

I also enjoy conducting occasional workshops and classes. I have taught a range of subjects from design thinking to physical computing in various colleges.

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DESIGN THINKING

ISB & JAIPURIA, NOIDA

2021

I have conducted and facilitated several sessions and workshops on Design Thinking for student groups across disciplines including MBA and Engineering students. 

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VIDEO GAME CONTROLLERS

UNITED WORLD INSTITUTE OF DESIGN

2016/17

A series of workshops with product design students at the Unitedworld Institute of Design for 3rd Year Product Design Students exploring embodied interactions and play through video game controllers. 

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INTERACTIVE MEDIA

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DESIGN

2018

A 3 week long workshop with final year Exhibition Design undergraduate students exploring performative exhibits.

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