About
Hi! I'm a designer and strategist who integrates systems thinking and critical design to build solutions that prioritize socio-environmental impact. My work follows a research-led, human-centered design and prototyping approach to develop well-informed products, services and ecosystems.
Over the past six years, my practice in India and the United States have spanned research and strategy, UX/UI design, industrial design, biomedical device engineering, and teaching in K-12 and higher education. I've worked with organizations including Xcimer Energy, Biodesign Challenge, Rhode Island Foundation, Collins Aerospace, Big Dreams Studio.
Currently open to industrial design, UX design, and strategy work. Connect on LinkedIn or email me at arvindb.work@gmail.com.
Patents
Headgear Ophthalmic Device 2020 Symbiosis International University and IIT Bombay, India #WO2020141499 International patent published (WIPO)
Multi-Directional and Multi-Functional Lighting Assembly 2019 Dimiour Design Studio, Mumbai, India #201921050663 Indian patent granted
Publications
- Community Biotechnology
- International Conference on Research into Design, Springer: Design for Tomorrow, Vol III 2020
IDC School of Design, IIT Bombay, India
Proceedings “Design and Prototyping of a Head-Mounted Ophthalmic Device for Monitoring Glaucoma”
Conference on Indian Patents, Copyrights, Innovations and Startups 2020 Pimpri Chinchwad College of Engineering And Research, India
National Conference of Indian Association of Assistive Technologists 2018 Bhubaneswar, India
Proceedings “Parametric Design and Hybrid Fabrication Process of Above-Knee Prosthesis”
Hybrid Learning
Grants
Award 1
Advisory
Ecolaunch Accelerator
Possibility Ocean
Autodesk Research
Brown RISD Innovation Community
RISD Graduate
NMIMS
Curiosity Gym
Teaching
Rhode Island Shcool of Design
Nature Lab
CoWorks Lab
Industrial Design Department
SP Jain Institute of Management and Research
Cathedral and John Connon School
Aditya Birla School
Exhibitions
Rhode Island Convention Center
RISD x Hyundai
Sol Koffler Gallery, RISD
Background and Mission
I’ve been curious about the natural world for as long as I can remember, hiking, observing, and photographing wildlife since I was 12. This started my love for curiosity, risk-taking, and designing for real, systemic problems. Since then, I’ve worked across climate tech, healthcare, design strategy, and education; exploring ways to make complex, messy systems easier to navigate or change.
During my Master's thesis at the Rhode Island School of Design, I focused on the bio-design, bio-fabrication, characterization and testing of mycelium-based materials. These were grown using local waste and fungi in a low-tech, semi-automated microsystem to produce carbon-capturing, compostable and non-toxic raw materials for students and educators, which were turned into products.
My mission is to make health and climate innovation more accessible, human, and grounded in unmet needs. Across my work, I try to center three values: simplicity, synergy and stability. This space is a mix of what I’m learning, what I’m building, and what I care about, in hopes that it helps us design with more care and context.