People Yanyi Mai Bio My name is Yanyi. I studied art and design here at Cal and graduated in Spring 2019. During my time here at Berkeley, I was actively involved in design clubs and worked as a UI designer for Berkeley Mobile and with numerous organizations and startups from the Bay Area. …
People Yidie Ling (Neo) Bio Hi there! I’m Yidie, an interaction designer who aims to provide users with a more streamlined, intuitive and gamified experience. Throughout the tenure of my undergraduate experience at UC San Diego, …
People Zixun Huang (Sean) Bio Hi, this is Zixun, a designer and engineer. My research interests revolve around novel strategies that potentially affect how society divides labor and allocates resources, such as Robotic Fabrication, …
News MDes Student Jennifer Wong Wins Microsoft’s Hack for Mental Health Award Congratulations to Jennifer Wong (MDes Fall ’22), whose startup, Empathie, is the recent recipient of Microsoft’s “Hack for Mental Health” award. Empathie is a self-guided mobile app that delivers affordable, …
People Akash Mahajan Bio I’m Akash, and my pursuit derives its meaning from 3 key missions – Creating, Empowering and Humanizing. I graduated in 2020 with a Bachelor’s degree in Production and Industrial Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology Delhi. …
People Ramyani Roy Bio Hi everyone! I graduated as a mechanical engineer last year and have since been working as a product development engineer in an automotive OEM in India. I have also been working with a couple of startups as an industrial and a UX designer whenever I have some extra time on my hands. …
People Roland Saekow Bio Hello! I love taking things apart and seeing how they work. I like to imagine all the the design decisions that went into a product and dream up how they can become even better! …
News Nimble Spaces, co-founded by MDes students, has joined Berkeley SkyDeck Nimble Spaces, co-founded by Roland Saekow (MDes 22), Titus Ebbecke (MDes 22), Lu Liu (MBA 21), Yifeng Wang (MArch 21), and Yue(Abby) Gao (MArch 21), was accepted into the Berkeley SkyDeck HotDesk Program as part of its Fall 2020 cohort. …
People Abhijeet Ghavalkar (Abhi) I’m a designer and entrepreneur on a mission to promote equity, affordability, and accessibility in healthcare using design thinking and entrepreneurship. The human-centered design process, guided by empathy, is at the core of all the work that I do. …
People Adam Huth My name is Adam, and I’m an avid gardener, home chef, and adventurer. After graduating in 2018 from UC Berkeley with my B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, I began pursuing my own startup, …