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About Me

I design systems, experiences, and services that center human needs and lived experiences. To me, design is a tool for building collective knowledge and creating processes and strategies that respect individual perspectives while addressing larger systemic challenges.
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With a background in design research, strategy, and spatial design, and professional experience across multiple design disciplines, I am working at the
Service Design Studio at the Mayor's Office of Economic Opportunity.
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Beyond design, I find inspiration in Bharatanatyam, chess, swimming, and gathering people around food.
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Public Speaking & Writing

2026 Presented Designed by Community at the Civic Engagement Commission public meeting.

2026 Presented at the Civic Design Forum 

2026 Led a workshop for educators and students as part of the Commons Project at the Visibilize-ing Care Festival.

2025 Participated in and was a panel member for Being The Machine, a film and study on AI-human interaction

2025 Wrote the case study 'Stories that Shape Design' for SOUR Studio

Awards & Trainings

(i love learning)

2026 Trained in Participant-Centered Informed Consent Training by US Department of Health and Human Services

2026 Trained in Trauma-Informed Research practices by Tez Cortez

2026 Trained by Project for Public Spaces and the American Planning Association in community-informed placemaking and translating community visions into actionable plans through Placemaking: Making it Happen

2025 Trained by the Zolberg Institute on Migration and Mobility in participatory visual research methods like PhotoVoice and video-cued ethnography to support participant-led, inclusive qualitative research.

2024 Winner of the Good Interventions Economic Design Exhibition for Dial-A-Park.

2024 Winner of the William Randolph Hearst Scholarship for accessibility initiatives with Microsoft

2024 Planned, convened, and moderated a panel on Scalability vs. Inclusivity in Design at the Creating Connections MS SDM Fall Symposium, bringing together design leaders from Google and Colgate-Palmolive.

© 2026 Anupama Krishnan

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