Notes from
the practice.
A slightly less compressed version of the index page. About, education, the long-form CV, a working method, and a few opinions that won't fit in a tweet.
I'm Onkar. I design clear interfaces for systems that aren't.
Multidisciplinary UX and Product Designer based in Bangalore, with a degree in Business, Services and System Design from Srishti Institute of Art, Design & Technology. I work across B2B SaaS, GRC compliance, healthcare, IoT, and service design — 3+ Years and counting.
My instinct is to remove things. Most product problems are subtraction problems. Most dashboards are addition problems pretending to be product problems. The job is mostly editing.
I currently design AI-assisted compliance workflows at 4CRisk.AI. Before that I designed clinical interfaces at Datma, an IoT platform at Thingularity, and a B2B creator marketplace called Avail as my thesis. I also am a pianist, and yes, I do weddings.
I work best when there's a real problem and a real user on the other side. I get bored quickly with decoration-as-strategy. If you're hiring for that — we probably shouldn't talk.
Strategy before screens. Clarity before decoration. Reduction before delight.
— Working philosophy, mostly serious
Designing AI-assisted GRC and regulatory compliance workflows across regulatory change management, regulatory research, compliance maps, rulebooks, dashboards, and enterprise workflow tools. End-to-end ownership from user research through high-fidelity prototypes and design system components.
Designed Datma.360 — a precision medicine platform combining genomics data and patient records into a unified interface for oncology professionals. Translated complex clinical workflows into clear, high-contrast dashboards.
Redesigned the UX for a B2B IoT device management platform. Simplified complex device onboarding flows and improved monitoring dashboards for enterprise deployments across multi-location sites.
Contributed to end-to-end service design and go-to-market strategy for a sustainable baby-care startup. Mapped customer journeys, designed service blueprints, and developed brand-aligned touchpoints across digital and physical channels.
Reimagined artisan-to-customer service touchpoints for one of India's most iconic heritage rug brands — blending traditional craft culture with modern digital experience design.
Created visual identity, marketing collateral, and digital content for a children's edtech brand. Developed a vibrant, approachable design language that resonated with both parents and young learners.
How the
work gets
made.
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01 / Method
Strategy before screens.
Map the system before drawing the UI. Actors, touchpoints, backstage processes, edge cases. The interface is the last thing I design — not the first.
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02 / Reduction
Editing is the job.
Most product problems are addition problems. I work in the opposite direction. Remove. Then remove again. Then ship. If a feature can't justify itself in plain language, it doesn't deserve a button.
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03 / Density
Built for power users — no tutorials needed.
B2B SaaS, GRC, healthcare, IoT — these aren't apps people poke at on a couch. They're tools people live inside. Layouts should reward expertise, not entertain newcomers.
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04 / AI
The best AI is the one you don't notice.
Trust comes from invisible automation, not a chat box pretending to be a colleague. I design AI that disappears into the workflow.
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05 / Data
High-contrast, honest dashboards.
A dashboard is a relationship with truth. Numbers shouldn't be decorative. Charts shouldn't lie by simplification. The right signal at the right time beats the entire dashboard genre.
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06 / Craft
High-fidelity from day one.
Wireframes are useful. Wireframes are not the work. I prototype in Figma and Framer until the prototype is the thing — including motion, micro-interactions, and the kind of detail that decides whether a product feels finished.
A few short
opinions I keep
coming back to.
Held loosely. Test against your own work.
None of this counts as design advice
and all of it is up for debate.
"A dashboard with twelve KPIs is a dashboard with zero KPIs."
— Note to self, repeatedly
"If users have to ask the AI what they were already trying to do, the AI is in the wrong place."
— Currently testing
"Hide your wireframes. Show your decisions. The grid was never the work."
— Held with caveats
"Enterprise software is a craft category. We've just chosen to pretend otherwise for twenty years."
— Mostly agree with myself
"The first version is rarely wrong because it's badly executed. It's wrong because it answered the wrong question."
— Hard-earned
"Boring is a feature. Boring software is software that gets out of your way."
— Permanent position