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Alumni News Student Cohort

Pushing Boundaries in Design: Recent Student Achievements and Awards

We are proud to share a series of exciting accomplishments from our student thesiss and recent graduates. Their work is being recognized globally through design awards, conference acceptances, and international showcases.

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People

Ananth Nayak

Current role: Senior Data and Technology Strategist at IA Collaborative
Get in touch with Ananth via email (ananth_nayak@berkeley.edu) to schedule a time to meet.

Ananth Nayak is a creative catalyst and technology strategist whose journey has been all about bridging the gap between cutting-edge technology and human-centered design.

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Student Works

Bioforms

Divya Srinivasan & Chia-Jung (Charon) Kuo
MDes2024

Exploring the bioaesthetics and affordances of algae-based bioplastics

Introduction

While bioplastics are often promoted as sustainable alternatives to petroleum-based materials, they are frequently framed as direct substitutes expected to mimic the behavior and performance of plastics.

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Student Works

Call to Action

Vidit Bhargava
MDes 2024

Ambient Computing for Focused Learning

Introduction

In today’s attention economy, student thesiss are bombarded by digital distractions that erode focus and undermine learning. Smartphones, once lauded as tools of empowerment,

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Student Works

Second Organ

Adorey Shen, Yanru Qian, Ching-Wen (Carina) Lee
MDes 2024

Reimagining Sensory Perception in the Age of AI

Introduction

What does it mean to see, hear, and speak in an age mediated by artificial intelligence?

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People

Tomas Garcia

Tomas Garcia is a cross-disciplinary designer and technologist who translates speculative ideas into practical and resonant experiences. As a Creative Technologist at the Samsung Design Innovation Center, he operates at the convergence of research,

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Student Works AI educational

Reverb – AI in Podcast

Shikha Shah

MDes 2023

Metamorphosis of One-way Audio into Dynamic and Interactive Conversations through Conversational AI

Introduction

In the contemporary digital age, optimizing curiosity through conversational elements in audio media consumption has become a pivotal focus,

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MDes2023 News Student Work

Fast Company’s Innovation by Design Awards WINNER: Tomas Garcia’s [Tech]tonic Toolkit

Each year, Fast Company’s Innovation by Design Awards celebrate the most groundbreaking, problem-solving, and creative projects and ideas in business and design.

We are thrilled to share that MDes2023 graduate Tomas Garcia received a 2024 Innovation by Design Award in the student thesis category for his outstanding student thesis project,

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[Tech]tonic Toolkit

Tomas Garcia
MDes 2023

An earthquake communication kit that teaches children how to stay connected when natural disasters take telecommunications networks online.

Introduction

Strategically deployed Long Range (LoRa) radio networks provide the opportunity to establish an affordable,

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Student Works product design student thesis sustainability

Aer

Susanne Pierce Maddux
MDes Spring 2022

Project Aer, is an innovative material-forward design approach solving for sustainable and affordable home air filtration. Project Aer explores theinherent values, versatility and beauty of the material active charcoal by using it to replace plastic parts and as act as a filtration mechanism.

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