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Nandini (Nanz) Nair is a designer from Aotearoa New Zealand

Design has the power to address some of the world's greatest challenges. A smartly designed experience, interaction, or compelling narrative has the power to transform people’s perceptions and behavior, and change systems. I believe in using this power for good. I’m a product and UX/UI designer with several years of experience in social and environmental impact projects across start-ups, social enterprises, government, and non-profits.

My passion lies in bringing clarity and meaning to ambiguity and complexity through thoughtful and well-crafted digital experiences. As a hands-on team player, I bring deep curiosity and reflection not only on what we design, but also, how we design it together. I play an active role in shaping a positive team culture with facilitation and participatory processes.

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Pronunciation & Pronouns: Nuhn-dih-nee Na-yer • She/her

SKILLS, INTERESTS & COMMUNITIES

Design Skillset

I bring a range of skills to any project from research, team process, design, and implementation.

As a senior designer, I...

→ Design across product, interface, experience, data visualization, and brand

→ Support agile development teams through research, design, and implementation

→ Facilitate workshops to build a shared understanding between stakeholders

→ Use design research & testing methods to understand user needs

→ Prototype user experiences and interfaces, and create design systems

→ Facilitate strategy and planning for product teams

→ Enable the sense-making process of complex systems

→ Build design capacity within teams and organizations

→ Teach and mentor upcoming designers

→ Tinker with code

Domains

I pride myself on being a curious T-shaped design generalist exploring many interests

The Commons: Solidarity Economy, Collectivism, Mutual Aid, Alternative Economics

Systems: Design Thinking for Complex Systems, Cybernetics, Transition Design

Sustainability: Climate Action, Behavior Change and Persuasive Strategies

Flourishing: Mental Health, Meditation & Mindfulness, Adaptive Mindsets, Meta-cognition

Design Justice: Decoloniality, Indigenous Tech, Racial Equity, Diversity & Inclusion

Communities of Practice

“If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.”

Design @ Carnegie Mellon University

collaboration interaction design

A graduate studio comprised of designers from around the world learning to critically think, make and practice design in the context of 21st-century challenges. Studiomate since 2019.

Design Justice Network

design justice social change

DJN is a global network of people and organizations who are committed to rethinking design processes so that they center people who are too often marginalized by design. Signatory since 2020.

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Enspiral

collectivism non-hierarchy micro-solidarity

A non-hierarchical collective of skilled people who practice new ways of working through experiments on group decision-making, collaborative budgeting, and facilitation. Contributor since 2012. Enspiral.com • Enspiral Tales

Design in Transition / Diseño en Transición

systems change transition design

Design in Transition is a podcast about designing for systems-level change toward more sustainable and equitable futures. Contributor since 2021.

Design in Transition podcast

Art~Hack

solarpunk creative exploration

Social gathering of creative techies in Wellington exploring and experimenting with art, code, music, and crypto. Art hacker since 2016. arthack.nz

EXPERIENCE & RECOGNITION