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I'm Utkarsh.

I'm a multi-disciplinary designer working across
product, visual identity, UI/UX, 3D design, and video editing.

I work on web, mobile, AR/VR and physical products.

Following is a collection of my work

User Experience

The Cotton Doctor App

Designing for Farmers, Not Just Farming

When a climate-smart agriculture app backed by WWF and IKEA struggled with adoption, I spent three months living alongside cotton farmers to understand why. What looked like a technology problem turned out to be a problem of trust, language, and familiarity. Through field research, rapid prototyping, and a complete redesign of the farmer and advisor experience, the platform became more approachable for the people it was built to serve.

Case study | News Article

Games for Learning Math

What Happens When Learning Feels Like Playing?

In collaboration with Snapchat and Inspirit, I explored whether augmented reality could improve student learning outcomes. Instead of treating AR as a novelty, I borrowed principles from game design such as movement, physics, exploration, and reward loops to transform abstract STEM concepts into interactive experiences students could physically engage with. The study demonstrated measurable improvements in engagement and comprehension.

Design case study | News article

The Immersive Lesson Plan Builder

Bringing the Power of VR to Every Classroom

How do you convince teachers to use a technology they’ve never used before? By making it feel familiar. Working with Inspirit and Meta’s vision for classroom VR, I led the design of a browser-based lesson creation platform that transformed existing teaching workflows into immersive VR experiences. The result was a tool adopted across more than 100 schools and integrated into real classrooms.

Design case study | News article

Immersive Experience

Inside : VR Documentary

INSIDE is an XR documentary about solitary confinement that invites audiences to step beyond observation and into experience. Rather than simply telling a story, the project uses an immersive experience to place participants within environments, creating a sense of presence and emotional connection that traditional formats cannot achieve. The result is a documentary experienced not just through the eyes, but through the body.

Medium: Extended Reality (XR)

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Shroomscape

What happens when you experience the forest from the perspective of a tiny creature? Shroomscape is an immersive experience that transforms ordinary fungi into towering monuments, inviting visitors to walk amongst giant mushrooms and rediscover the natural world through scale, wonder, and curiosity. By altering perspective, the experience encourages a deeper emotional connection with ecosystems that often go unnoticed.

What we have / What we lose

An immersive exploration of threatened ecosystems helping people notice and appreciate the nature already around them.

Most people travel far to experience nature while overlooking the extraordinary ecosystems around them. What We Have is an interactive storytelling project that encourages audiences to slow down, pay attention, and develop a sense of appreciation for the living world immediately around them. Through playful exploration and carefully designed encounters, the project transforms familiarity into discovery.

Four Plates : Playable Exhibit

Four Plates is a playable exhibit featured at the Serendipity Arts Festival in Goa, inviting visitors to gather around food and sustainability. Through playful interactions, it sparks a “dishcourse” about the choices, cultures, and systems behind what we eat. The experience turns the table into a space for conversation, bringing people together to share perspectives and explore how everyday food choices connect to a more sustainable future.

Forklore : Tabletop Game

Forklore is an conversation cards game inspired by folklore and the stories about food that connect people. Through playful conversation, it invites players to uncover lore cards, encounter familiar life stories with fresh curiosity, and discover the tales woven into our memories. The experience turns collecting into a way of paying closer attention, bringing food, recipes, and cuisines together in a game shaped by the stories that we might otherwise not share...

Medium: Extended Reality (XR)