Hi, I’m Gargi!
My name is Gargi Guchhait. You can call me GG. I am UX researcher and multidisciplinary designer with a background in architecture.
I design bridges between people,
sometimes across time and sometimes across distance.
My Works
How I work
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Start with a real person
Aida no Kimochi began with a working mother of three describing her evenings.
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Make it something people can try
VR scenes, footsteps on a floor, a soft toy with an app. People react to a thing, not a description.
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Test in workshops
Workshops and testing with teenagers in India and Japan.
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Show the work in public
Exhibitions at the Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum and the University of Tokyo, and a published paper.
- Tools
- Figma, Adobe Creative Suite, VR prototyping, SketchUp, AutoCAD
About
I trained and worked as an architect in India. One building serves a small group of people, and it takes years and a lot of money. I wanted my design thinking to reach more people, so I moved to media design and then to research.
Now I study how design and technology can help people understand each other across distance, generations and history.
- Now
- PhD candidate, Interdisciplinary Information Studies, The University of Tokyo (Watanave Lab). Expected March 2027.
- Before
- Master's in Media Design, Keio University Graduate School of Media Design
- Before
- Architect, India, about three years
- First
- Bachelor's in Architecture, India