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The IDP 2024-25 cohort embarked on a week-long expedition to develop essential tools and techniques they can use as interaction designers in collaborative teams. Through hands-on activities, including the design of an interactive game, they challenged their creativity and team-work skills.
The week concluded with a showcase of services or products inspired by their initial experiences in Bergamo. This activity encouraged reflection on their personal journey while demonstrating their growing proficiency in design thinking.
Beyond honing their design skills, the cohort built meaningful connections, discovering and embracing their unique perspectives and strengths. This experience laid the groundwork for effective collaboration, team work, and an open-minded studio culture.
Momo is an interaction designer and researcher who is inspired by the web of relationships, motivations, and metaphors that make up people’s worlds. She loves the magic of translating these stories into useful tools.
Her past work includes making American public benefits more accessible at Nava, designing tools that manage safety data for NASA, and exploring future possibilities at IDEO.
She studied metalwork at Skidmore College before going to CIID.
Shruti is an interaction designer and design researcher based in Berlin. Over the last 15+ years, she has worked at strategic design consultancy IDEO, as well as product organisations such as Zalando, N26 and Nokia. In the last year, she has pivoted to working independently as a fractional design leader and consultant, supporting teams do their best work and companies to define impactful products.
Understanding how design can center the planet and all life is Shruti’s forever learning journey. She enjoys sharing her expertise and experiences through teaching, podcasts, writing, and mentorship. Shruti was born and raised in India, and is an alumnus of CIID and Srishti School of Art, Design and Technology.
