Design Thinking 101 Workshop

I facilitated a Design Thinking 101 workshop for undergraduate students. I explained the need for intuitive design, gave an overview of the 6 stages of a design thinking cycle, provided a list of tools, resources and tips based on my personal experience. The session ended with an interactive brainstorming session on Mural.

For details, explore this case study.

Hunger Diaries - Part I

I was craving pizza one day, so I made myself a 0-calorie one. 🍕

On a serious note, I enjoy playing with shadows and highlights on Adobe Illustrator and that’s how I ended up designing this cheesy slice of heaven.
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Hunger Diaries - Part II

To all the girls out there: who needs guys when you can have fresh, crispy fries?

I designed this retro, neon-style graphic for a foodie’s unwritten law of food > boyfriends. It was designed as a joke and is not meant to be used offensively against anyone.
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The Perfect Escape

Surrounding oneself with nature is something I feel is essential for everyone.

To express my love for mountaineous regions and nature in general, I designed this landscape on Adobe Photoshop with a variety of brushes, textures and tones.
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Campaign: Women Empowerment Poster

I designed a poster to appreciate determination and tolerance of women in patriarchal societies, especially in Pakistan.

The woman in the poster is surrounded by some of the most common labels society puts on her. However, she is motivated to keep trying. The hand at the upper right corner is designed as a metaphor of opportunities that can pull her out of the stigmas society associates her with.
For details, visit my Behance project.

Pet Rescue & Adoption Idea

An alarming number of pets are abandoned per year. To cater to this, I brainstormed for an idea to design an app for an Animal Shelter.

The app allows the organization to post profiles of pets for adoption. It also allows citizens to report animals in danger via a single click, contact vets, adopt pets and donate.
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Onboarding of a grocery store app

Checkpoint is my neighborhood grocery store. I brainstormed for ways to improve their app’s on-boarding and login screens.

I designed screens to mirror customers’ needs during the global pandemic (COVID-19) including easy delivery and hygiene maintenance.
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Panel Talk on Design Portfolios

I participated in a panel talk on Designing Portfolios a while ago.

What I covered in the talk was challenges surrounding creation of a portfolio and how to mitigate them, what should go into a portfolio, how one should design one and how it can be made less painful.

One of my suggestions in the session was to document weekly while working on a project what you did that week and attach relevant links and pictures - THAT alone can help SO much when one sits down to create their portfolio months later.
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Good vs. Bad Design - Talk @ Orientation

I delivered a talk at a society orientation at LUMS about the difference between good and bad design.
I explained the significance of design to freshmen students, gave real life examples of where design failed, even some from our university itself.
Towards the end of the session, the audience was super interested in learning more and requested for more workshops and lectures about design.

Inova - organizing a design challenge

I, along with my society members in university arranged a beginner-friendly design challenge called Inova. It aimed to foster innovative design thinking in students to solve problems. 30+ students from O / A levels participated in the competition. To learn more, read this case study.

A Talk on the Art of Self Reflection

I delivered a talk on how Self Reflection can change one’s life during a company-wide session called “Wonder Wednesday”.

In this talk, I talk about what it means to reflect on ourselves, its importance, what happens when one doesn’t do it. I ended the session with sharing my self reflection routine, journals I use, and important questions one can ask themselves to get started. Listen to my talk here.