I’m Darshan Gajara – a product designer & maker living in Berlin. I'm currently on a creative break. I previously led design at Hygraph. I run Product Disrupt. I also write stories about design & travel, interview creators, mentor designers and curate design resources.
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Curated resources to learn product design from the best of internet.
Guide to your DIY design education. Whether you're just starting out or already a PRO, there's always something you can learn. The resources listed here are going to remain relevant at all stages of your career.
Half-monthly newsletter with curated stories on design and technology, resources to build digital products & side projects, case studies, portfolio inspiration and occasional deals.
Inspiration gallery for digital design. Curated every week with the best of user interfaces, interaction design and side-projects to highlight those creating great work and inspiring others.
Interview series with the most inspiring creators on the internet. It’s an effort to dig deeper into their lives and learn from their work process.
I started interviewing creators – designers, founders, writers, photographers, illustrators, etc. on my personal blog back in 2015. So far I've interviewed 20 creators including the likes of Paul Jarvis and Spencer Fry amongst others.
In this video format, I sit down with inspiring creators who have been creating consistently on the internet to gain practical insights from their journeys.
Over the years, I've had an opportunity to work with brands and clients in different domains from countries like the US, UK, UAE, Germany, Canada, Australia & India. Here's some of my work available online.
Hygraph is a GraphQL native headless CMS company based in Berlin. I've led the design for various features and helped to build a design system.
Quill is an e-learning app for college students in India. I helped them redesign their mobile app which in return helped them get acquired by a large publication house within a year.
I started my design journey as a Visual Designer at a startup in India. From there, I went on to pursue many different career paths. I worked in small & large teams, in-house & as a consultant, on-site & remote.
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I use writing as an outlet to express my ideas and bring my thoughts to life. I discovered my love for writing when I first started writing online in 2012 to learn WordPress. I've been writing about design, side-projects, communities, personal growth and travel ever since.
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