Designer focused on user experience, research and strategy.
Akansha Aggarwal is a Designer based in London. She specializes in driving design efforts that achieve tangible business results—from initial strategy and ideation to creative execution.
In her creative process, She aspires to be business and data informed, while remaining motivated by human behaviour quirks. Her day to day involves collaborating between various teams and business areas- to shape and deliver the solutions. Her passion lies in translating intangible research insights into digital products, services and experiences.
She has experience working across Europe and Asia- with tech companies, renowned consultancies, in-house teams, public institutes, small and mature startups. Several of her projects have been recognised and awarded.
EXPERIENCE
EY Seren I London’ 2022 - present
NoA Ignite I Oslo, Norway’ 2018 - 2022
Google I London UK’ 2017
designaffairs GmbH, Part of Accenture I Munich, Germany’ 2016
Samsung I New Delhi, India’ 2016
Zen Design I Product designer I New Delhi, India’ 2013-14
TATA Industries I Bangalore, India’ 2012-13
EDUCATION
MFA Interaction Design’ 18 I Umeå Institute of Design, Sweden
B.DES Lifestyle Product Design’ 13 I National Institute of Fashion Technology Delhi, India
HONORS & AWARDS
Gulltaggen’ 21
Fast Company- Innovation by Design’ 19
Service Design Core77 Awards’ 19
Strategy & Research Core77 Awards’ 19
IxDA Awards’ 19
Design for Social Impact Core 77 Awards’ 18
Brita-Stina Nordenstedts scholarship’18
JC Kempes Memorial Scholarship’ 18
GE Healthcare Makethon’ 15
Best Graduation Project, NIFT’ 13
INVOLVEMENT
Guest Lecture I Høyskolen Kristiania, Oslo, Norway’ 20
Residency Program I (Re)configuring Territories programme, Narva’ 19
Lecture & workshops I Indian Institute Of Art and Design, India ’ 18
Talk I Humour in user interface design, Umeå Library ’ 18
Fellowship I Unbox, Empowering Artisans through Design, India' 12