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✦ Senior Product Designer · 8+ Years

Shalini Kathwar

I don't just design features,I design experiences people come back to.

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"Design is the distance between a good idea and a great experience."

I'm Shalini, a Senior Product Designer with 8+ years across e-commerce, healthcare, AR/VR, and gaming. I combine research depth, interaction craft, and a love for creative systems.

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Senior Product Designer · 8+ years · India. Posts on UX research, design systems, and designing with AI.

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✦ From the studio

Notes from the studio.

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✦ AI × Product Design7 min

Designing with AI, not around it

AI didn't replace my craft — it changed which parts of it matter most. A working designer's notes on weaving generative tools into a real product workflow.

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✦ Design Process2025

How I now approach critique sessions

Critique used to feel like defending pixels. Now it's a structured conversation about intent, trade-offs, and the next experiment — not the work itself.

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✦ Product Design2025

Product design is a thinking practice, not a pixel practice

The best product decisions rarely come from Figma. They come from sitting with the problem long enough to see what users are actually trying to do.

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✦ Design Craft2024

I used to think designing a feature meant shipping a feature

Then I learned the real work is in what you choose not to build. Restraint is a design skill — and usually the hardest one to practice.

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✦ The Design Lab · Interactive Experience

Welcome to The Design Lab.

Every great Product Designer is a unique combination of different ingredients. In this laboratory, you'll discover what makes me who I am.

Seven experimental formulas are waiting to be combined. Each one represents a core skill that shapes how I think, solve problems, and design products.

Your mission is simple: drag each formula into the laboratory flask and uncover the designer behind this portfolio.

Takes about a minute · 7 formulas