Born & raised in Oman, Indian-Pakistani heritage , grew up in London, lived most of my adulthood in China!
curious, even tempered, + a little obsessive.
Title:
Creative Technologist / Interaction Designer | Multi-Sensory Architect | Inventing for Invisible Tactility
Professional Tagline:
Crafting a Sensory Playground of Invisible Tactility to Ignite the Imagination & Forge Deeper Connections.
Summary:
As an Interaction Designer I create transformative experiences that transcend traditional interfaces.
My work focuses on developing a shy, Sensory Playground of the future, leveraging pioneering technologies to foster deeper human connections and promote social sustainability. With an experimental design approach, I craft interactions that playfully forges connections in novel ways.
My goal is to re-imagine how we interact with our surroundings in unexpected ways, enhancing empathy and understanding through inventive sensory experiences.
Exploring Life & Human Centered Design for my Masters. Learning from nature at (CIID) Copenhagen Institute of Interaction Design.
Unlearning to learn all over again!
STAGE 4
2024-current: London/Stockholm
Attended a startup accelerator program (Tool Space), where I applied my learnings of emerging, future facing, sensory interactions to scaling a business concept.
Currently looking to further my learning into future facing, novel interactions, using shy tech as a foundation.
Design Tools
Prototyping
Figma,Protopi
Unity,Unreal Engine
C#
Arduino
P5.js
Processing
Graphic / Animation / Videography
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Illustrator
Adobe After Effects
Adobe Premiere Pro
Adobe InDesign
Skills
Interaction Design, Design Research (Observatory, Ethnographic, Participatory/Co-Creation methodologies, Synthesizing), High/Low-fi Rapid Prototyping, Physical Modeling, Physical Computing, Laser Cutting, 3D Printing, Video Storytelling, Animation, User Testing, Concept & Product development
EXIBITIONS
2022
Museum of Interactivity | Online
CIID Graduation Exhibition | San José, Costa Rica
STAGE 1
STAGE 3
My Journey In Stages
2014-2019 : Shanghai
Experimenting different multidisciplinary space experience in Shanghai!
2022-2024: London
STAGE 2
2020-2021 : Costa Rica
CURRICULUM VITAE
Experience Education
March 2024 - Current
Interaction Design Direction
Underground Flavours. | Stockholm, Sweden
Feb 2024
Interaction Design Multi Sensory Experience Guest Lecturer
Berghs | Stockholm, Sweden
Oct 2023 - Feb 2024
Accelerator Programme
Tool Space | Stockholm, Sweden
April 2022 - October 2023
Interaction Designer
D-Ford Labs | London, UK
Aug 2021 - Feb 2022
Creative Technologist Founder in Residence
Antler | Oslo, Norway
Feb 2020 - Jul 2021
Masters in Interaction Design
Copenhagen Institute of Interaction Design | San Jose, Costa Rica
Jan 2015 - Jul 2019
Founder & Creative Direction
Shanghai | China
EDUCATION
2024 Feb - 2024 March (1 months)
Punch Drunk Immersive Production Masters Class
Punch Drunk Production | London, UK
2022 May - 2022 Aug (3 months)
Unity, Unreal Engine Immersive Environments
Koenig-Solutions Training Programme | Online
2022 Jan - 2022 April (3 months)
Central St Martins Graphic Design Short Course
Central St Martins | London, UK
2020 - 2021
Master of Interaction Design
Copenhagen Institute of Interaction Design | San José, Costa Rica
2009 - 2013
BSc International Business Management & Modern Language (Arabic)
University of Manchester | Manchester, UK
Practicing my craft as an Interaction Designer at Fords Human Centred Design Lab. Here we designed for future in vehicle experiences.
Spent a considerable time in PHD labs & invention/emerging tech companies exploring latest tech to be applied to future concepts.