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Shashank Karnad
About
Shashank Karnad

I came to software from physical products.

The Story

I started my design education in Bangalore, studying Industrial Design at PES University. That training shaped how I think about problems: physical materials, ergonomics, manufacturing constraints, and the space between a person and an object. Design, to me, has always been about the negotiation between human behaviour and the systems built to serve it.

That framing transferred directly when I moved into digital product design. The complexity of a patient's care journey isn't so different from the complexity of a chair's ergonomics. Both require understanding behaviour under real constraints, not ideal ones. I started to see that the products most people struggle with are not missing features. They are missing clarity.

I moved to Sydney to study Design Innovation at the University of Sydney, which pushed me toward systems-level thinking: design that operates across multiple stakeholders, time horizons, and scales. I am now looking for my next role, where I can bring that background to products that matter.

What I Work With

Craft

  • UX Research
  • Interaction Design
  • Visual Design
  • Prototyping
  • Accessibility

Tools

  • Figma
  • FigJam
  • ProtoPie
  • Maze
  • Miro
  • Cursor
  • Claude Code
  • Next.js

Domain

  • Health Systems
  • Energy Infrastructure
  • Complex Data Visualisation
Education

Feb 2024 – Jun 2025

University of Sydney

Master of Design (Design Innovation)

Focus on systems-level design and emerging technology.

Aug 2019 – May 2023

PES University, Bangalore

Bachelor of Design (Industrial Design)

Graduated with distinction.

Experience

Jun 2025 – Feb 2026

Sydney, Australia

Athmech

Design Contractor

  • Sole designer on a cricket video analysis app, taken from zero to a shipped v1. Owned the full UX: video review flows, player insight screens, and the interaction model for breaking down match footage.
  • Tested directly with players and coaches and reworked the review experience until it held up live, under match pressure, with no instruction needed.

Jan 2023 – Dec 2023

Bangalore, India

Pereyan LLP

Product Design Intern

  • Owned end-to-end UX design of a customer-facing website from discovery to delivery. Iterative testing revealed key drop-off points that shaped the final interaction model.
  • Ran competitive benchmarking and qualitative research across key user journeys, synthesising findings into design recommendations that directly influenced product prioritisation.
  • Designed and prototyped flat-pack toy products for children, applying child psychology research and hands-on user testing across multiple iterations.
  • Presented design concepts to cross-functional stakeholders at key milestones, incorporating structured feedback to refine direction.

Nov 2022 – Jan 2023

Bangalore, India

Instant Post

Industrial Design Intern

  • Contributed to concept development and physical prototyping of urban utility products, supporting the full design lifecycle from ideation through to user validation.
  • Participated in structured usability testing sessions, synthesising feedback to refine product designs ahead of final delivery.
Photography

Shot on film. No brief, no client, nothing to solve.

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Shashank Karnad

Product Designer, last updated 2026

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