Kalyani Tupkary
@kalyanitupkary
I design objects and interfaces - sometimes real, sometimes fictional.
Kalyani Tupkary
kalyanitupkary.com
I lead and manage the design team behind FigJam at Figma. I designed and brought FigJam to market, built out our early career hiring program, and hosted Config, our annual user conference.
I’m a weird, block-shaped designer. I’m good at taking a lot of disparate information and turning it into something that people just get.
You make it (somewhat) arbitrary. Divide the world into 24 time zones, and slowly force people — often through colonial might — to abide by one, standard time for an entire wedge. Do it in the name of commerce, of travel, of ease of communication, of ease . Fast-forward a century and a half, and this rational/irrational time is just the way
... See moreCulture Study • The Diminishing Returns of Calendar Culture
Cultures observing both linear and cyclic concepts of time see the past as something we have put behind us and the future as something that lies before us.
Richard Lewis • How Different Cultures Understand Time
In Between Humans and Computers
inbetweenhumansandcomputers.net
Interspecies Institution and Design Lab — NATALIE TILLEN | Are.na
are.na
Forging unique interactive experiences that engender richer, real-world connections
she is driven by her interest in the hidden political nature of everyday spaces, technologies, and routines, and how the design of the ordinary is involved in shaping values, practices, and ideologies.
About – Ebru Kurbak
appealing to vibes