I have always grappled with the label — generalist. But lately, I have come to embrace it. A gentle generalist, I am no expert. Instead, I love inhabiting the in-between spaces and exploring the edges of all things unseen, unknown and dreamed in-between.

As an immigrant from India now living in California, I find myself inhabiting the space between two homes, sometimes belonging to both at once and other times never fully anchored to either. As a designer, my methods meander between product design and speculative design, often straddling the line between different disciplines. So in this session, I want to talk about what happens when you blur the boundaries, even if momentarily. Selfishly, I used this as a chance to reflect on my work, only to realize how exploring diverse curiosities and skills lets me use different lenses to reveal something new each time. I hope this session leaves you excited to explore the fringes and the spaces that lie in-between.

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