Global Innovation Design (MA)
Malvika Bhasin
I’m Malvika, a humanity-centred designer exploring the role of design in health and wellness. My creations find expression at the intersection of design and technology to create meaningful and evidence-based solutions through innovative interactions, products and services.
Experience
2017-18: User Experience Designer - Deloitte Digital
Here, I've created interfaces for Fortune 500 companies, USA's State Department and designed an accessible kiosk application catering to the blind for a global food chain.
2016: Product Designer - Lucid Design India Pvt. Ltd
Education
2018-20: MA/MSc Global Innovation Design - Royal College of Art & Imperial College London
2012-17: BA Product Design - MIT Institute of Design
Awards, Exhibitions & Events
2020: Speaker, GID Symposium, Imperial College London
2020: DE Summer Show, Dyson School of Engineering, Imperial College London
2020: WIP Show Exhibition, Royal College of Art, London
2019: GID Showcase, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
2019: The Great Exhibition Road Festival [Nari], London
2019: GID Exhibition, Tsinghua University, Beijing
2019: PVC Redesigned Competition [Nari], London
2019: Developing World Menstrual Cup, Reuters
2019: Grand Challenge Winner [Nari], CERN, Geneva x Royal College of Art, London
LightHouse:
LightHouse has been extremely well received by all the stakeholders, ranging from cancer patients, survivors and supporters to doctors and therapists.
I am looking to take the project forward and witness it touch the lives of people who need it most. If you are interested in partnering or collaborating for it's future development, email malvikabhasin.design@gmail.com
Statement:
"Ideas are a dime a dozen. It's only when they're translated into reality and reach the people they're intended to help that they actually start to change lives."
My work is driven by human centred design nurtured by empathy, intentionality, and mindfulness. My approach is to focus broadly on cross-sector and multidisciplinary efforts to deliver meaningful and evidence-based solutions. After spending the last 2 years in London, Beijing, Singapore and India, I am certain that I thrive on diversity to expand my understanding of humans, cultures and the extent of disciplines intertwined with design.
Through this program, I learnt an incredible amount beyond design skills. I observed myself evolving as an individual, and therefore as a designer. I now find myself passionate about creating meaningful experiences and optimistic about the role of design in shaping a better future.
A mobile phone based social interactions open up the possibility of connecting cancer survivors and patients globally to cater to the psychosocial and emotional aspects of cancer.
Size:
Jan - June 2020 (6 Months)
Product description for 'Home'
Product description for 'Connect'
Product description for 'Fun'
LightHouse screens
The app connects those who understand the cancer journey using features of Posts: Group Chat Filters, Journal: Practice Gratitude, Pursuits: Discrete Expression, Connect: Intimate Interaction and Fun: Build Friendships.
Size:
Jan - June 2020 (6 Months)
Brainstorming — From the start of the project till the end, this wall has been my canvas to sort relevant information and acts as a funnel to the broad question of "What is the journey of cancer treatment like for patients?"
User journey map — After conducting research in Singapore, Mumbai and London, the findings from interviews with participants was translated in this journey map with identified pain points throughout the process.
Information architecture
Wireframes
LightHouse community
Size:
Jan - June 2020 (6 Months)
Product description
User journey map — Mapping the journey and pain points of a woman in rural India throughout her menstrual cycle
Product components
Filter details
Service map — Explaining the touch points of the service that supports the product
The Grand Challenge Exhibit at the Royal College of Art
The Grand Challenge Exhibit at the Royal College of Art
Nari is a menstrual cup sanitiser that uses nanotechnology to filter water. The device is made of standard PVC piping which allows the device to be produced anywhere, creating job opportunities for local communities.
Using hollow fibre nanotech filtration, Nari’s sanitisation helps reduce the rate of infections from cleaning with contaminated water. We partner with menstruation education programs in India to provide the holistic approach necessary to make menstrual cups available to a larger number of women, hence reducing waste, cost, shame and school attrition in the process.
Medium:
Hollow fibre filter, pvc pipesSize:
Dec 2018 - Jan 2019 (4 Weeks)In Collaboration with:
Global Innovation Design Graduates present: Global Health