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I am currently in the final stages of my PhD focused on Mixed Reality, hoping to update this site soon! (Last updated in 2019/20) Meanwhile, you could take a look at my personal work at >> https://www.instagram.com/abhinav.m.n/
I am a techno-dexterous UX designer, crafting experiences informed by research, business strategy, and user needs. I am currently at the end of my PhD focused on creating an Interaction Design framework and an ideation toolkit for Mixed Reality at Northumbria University.
Previously I have worked as a Senior Chief Designer at Samsung Research Institute in India. Prior to that I was an Experience Designer at Microsoft R&D, India Development Center where I owned design for multiple features in products including creating mixed reality experiences for D365 Layout on Hololens, UX for Visio and Edge on MacOS.
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I enjoy the cross-disciplinary nature of my work that spans across multiple domains and requires multiple skillsets.
UX @ Microsoft
D365 Layout
Interaction design and strategy for the erstwhile D365 Layout on Hololens 2
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UX @ Microsoft
Edge on MacOS
Design of the new Microsoft Edge for MacOS (Including creating conceptual frameworks, design guidelines for feature teams in Edge and design of the Edge Touch Bar experience on MacBook Pro)
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Low-Cost Prefabricated
Deployable Shelters
made with processed bamboo
for the emerging south-asian housing markets
Kavak Prakash:
Electromechanical Organisms inspired by deep-sea bioluminescent creatures
Presented at The Story of Light Festival 2015
Space design + Digital Interactions + Storytelling
Dovetail's Exhibition stall designed to tell the story of the company by integrating interaction design and digital technologies with space design
at Instore Asia 2016
Exhibition Design
Space Design
Dovetail's Exhibition Stall designed to reflect the manufacturing capabilities of the company.
at InStore Asia 2018
Education
Design of a Visual Programming Language
For a DIY Robotics Kit based on Arduino, for science education
Educational Workshop - Experimental Interfaces
Design of Arcade style quirky Video game controllers
Touching upon the basics of Interaction design and physical computing in the process
at UID, Product design students
Modules for a responsive facade
To negotiate the visual boundary between inside and outside by making the facade dynamic and modular
at NID
Design and development of Educational application in Gujarati for teaching Mathematics
for Save the Children in Ahmedabad
Antariksha Sanchar
Transmissions in Space
An Indian Speculative science fiction adventure game based on the vibrant cultures of South India
Cycle pe Gokarna
understanding the Genus-Loci of a South Indian temple town, by navigating through virtual visualisations using a bicycle
CITY in SOUNDS
Interactive Archive + Public Art
A series of Art Installations in Sanskar Kendra
at Abhivyakti City Arts Project 2018
Auto Expo 2016: Interactive Installation
Environment Design + Physical Computing + Software
Interactive installation simulating the combi-braking system in Honda 2Wheelers
at Auto Expo India 2016
Educational Workshop - IoT
Design of connected devices
Touching upon the basics of Interaction design and physical computing in the process
at UID, Product design students
Design of an Audio Guide Application
Multi-lingual Application that provides an audio tour inorder to better understand the message of the museum
Ajit Vivek Museum + NID
Jantu
Experimental electromechanical robots - colour sensing Bugs - supported by Arduino India and the Academy of Electronic Arts in India
at CeC 2016, Shillong
Architecture
Women's Hostel
Design of a living environment for female students
Ranchi - Ongoing
Rural Technology Institute
Research Associate with Prof. MP Ranjan, Design Innovation and Craft Resource Centre
Rolodex Facebook device - Table top Atefact to access social media
NID Design Project