References

UX People

Prominent UX practitioners, researchers and design leaders worldwide — India, the US, Europe, Africa, the Middle East and Asia-Pacific.

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Aakreit Sachdeva
Design leader, Monotype
Works at the intersection of typography, product design and brand systems.
IndiaIndia
Abhishek Mahamkali
Design practitioner (India)
Works across product design and prototyping for digital products.
IndiaIndia
Abhishek Sharma
UX designer (India)
Practises interaction design and contributes to the Indian design community.
IndiaIndia
Adarsh Panikkar
Product designer, Kitt
Designs developer and productivity tooling experiences.
IndiaIndia
Adeel Haider Khan
Product designer (India)
Designs end-to-end experiences with strong attention to detail.
IndiaIndia
Adham Dannaway
Product designer (Australia)
UI craft, design-to-code workflows and portfolio work worth studying.
Asia-PacificAsia-Pacific
Agnel Ambekar
UX designer (India)
Focuses on interaction design and usability for consumer applications.
IndiaIndia
Aishvarya Gupta
Product designer (India)
Designs user journeys and interface systems for consumer products.
IndiaIndia
Ajay Jaiswal
Product designer (India)
Designs digital products and shares work with the design community.
IndiaIndia
Ajay Kudal
Product designer (India)
Designs product flows and interfaces for Indian consumer apps.
IndiaIndia
Alan Cooper
“Father of Visual Basic”, author of The Inmates Are Running the Asylum
Introduced goal-directed design and personas to software product teams.
United StatesUnited States
Andy Budd
Design leadership coach, founder of Clearleft (UK)
Built one of Europe's landmark UX consultancies; now coaches design leaders.
EuropeEurope
Anirudha Joshi
Professor, IDC School of Design, IIT Bombay
HCI research and Indic-language interaction design; shaped HCI education in India.
IndiaIndia
Anish Alok Jena
Design practitioner (India)
Works across product design, prototyping and usability testing.
IndiaIndia
Ankit Parmar
Product designer (India)
Crafts product interfaces and contributes to the Indian design community.
IndiaIndia
Annoop Joy
Design leader, Times Internet
Designs news and content experiences for millions of Indian readers.
IndiaIndia
Anoop Kumar
Design leader, CRED
Crafts premium, design-led experiences for India's credit-card ecosystem.
IndiaIndia
Ansh Mehra
Design educator and creator, Zuddl
One of India's most-watched design educators; makes AI-era design careers accessible.
IndiaIndia
Ash Oliver
Design leader, Australia/New Zealand
Design operations and team practice across ANZ product organisations.
Asia-PacificAsia-Pacific
Ashique Ukkadan
Product designer (India)
Designs end-to-end product experiences with strong visual craft.
IndiaIndia
Ashwin Wilson
Design leader, Pine Labs
Designs payments and commerce infrastructure experiences for merchants.
IndiaIndia
Atul Khola
Design leader, CRED
Works on interaction craft and product polish across the CRED ecosystem.
IndiaIndia
Aurobinda Pradhan
Design leader and maker of UXassist (Bengaluru)
Works on design operations, product design practice and tools that help UX teams move faster.
IndiaIndia
Brad Frost
Author of Atomic Design
The mental model most design systems are still built on.
United StatesUnited States
Cennydd Bowles
Author of Future Ethics (UK)
The practical reference for ethics and responsible design decisions.
EuropeEurope
Dan Mall
Design systems advisor, founder of Design System University
Teaches teams how to build and adopt systems that people actually use.
United StatesUnited States
Daniel Szuc
Co-founder, Apogee (Hong Kong)
Two decades of UX practice across Asia; writes on making meaningful work.
Asia-PacificAsia-Pacific
Debi Prasad Mishra
Design practitioner (India)
Works on product experience design across web and mobile platforms.
IndiaIndia
Dhvanil Patel
Product design leader (Bengaluru)
Design systems, product craft and team building inside Indian SaaS and consumer startups.
IndiaIndia
Divye Bokdia
Design leader, Upstox
Simplifies investing and trading journeys for first-time Indian users.
IndiaIndia
Don Norman
Author, The Design of Everyday Things
Coined the term “user experience”. Cognitive scientist, founding director of the Design Lab at UC San Diego.
United StatesUnited States
Durgaprasad Vemula
UX design leader (Hyderabad)
Interaction and product design practice, community building and design mentorship.
IndiaIndia
Erika Hall
Co-founder Mule Design, author of Just Enough Research
The clearest voice on pragmatic, jargon-free research inside product teams.
United StatesUnited States
Fabricio Teixeira
Co-editor, UX Collective (Brazil/US)
Curates the most-read UX publication on Medium with Caio Braga.
Latin AmericaLatin America
Fardeen Khan
Design practitioner (India)
Works across product and visual design for digital-first products.
IndiaIndia
Femke van Schoonhoven
Product designer and podcaster (Canada)
Design Life podcast; practical career and craft advice for product designers.
CanadaCanada
Gaurav Joshi
Design leader, Disney+ Hotstar
Shapes streaming experiences for India's biggest live events and entertainment.
IndiaIndia
Gaurav Mathur
Design leader, Flipkart
Designs commerce experiences at scale for one of India's largest marketplaces.
IndiaIndia
Girish Prabhu
HCI researcher and design educator (Pune)
Human-centred design research for emerging markets; long career across industry research labs.
IndiaIndia
Golden Krishna
Author of The Best Interface Is No Interface
Argues for screenless, process-first design — a useful corrective to UI-first work.
United StatesUnited States
Goutam Naik
Product designer (India)
Designs usable, polished product experiences for Indian users.
IndiaIndia
Hardik Nariya
Design leader, GRUBBRR
Designs commerce and self-ordering product experiences end to end.
IndiaIndia
Himanshu Gupta
Design educator, UX Labs
Runs hands-on UX education and mentorship for aspiring product designers.
IndiaIndia
Irene Au
Design partner at Khosla Ventures, ex-Google/Yahoo/Udacity design lead
Built design orgs at internet scale; writes on design leadership and wellbeing.
United StatesUnited States
Jaideep Singh Vishal Rao
Design leader, Gnani.ai
Designs conversational AI and voice-first product experiences.
IndiaIndia
Jakob Nielsen
Usability pioneer, co-founder of Nielsen Norman Group
Author of the 10 usability heuristics that most teams still evaluate against.
United StatesUnited States
Jared Spool
Co-founder, Center Centre / UIE
Four decades of usability practice, teaching and famously sharp talks.
United StatesUnited States
Jay Dutta
Chief Experience Officer and design leader
One of India's most visible UX leaders; mentors design teams across fintech and SaaS.
IndiaIndia
Jenny Theolin
Design educator and facilitator (Sweden/UK)
Workshop facilitation and creative process teaching across Europe.
EuropeEurope
John Maeda
Design and technology leader, author of The Laws of Simplicity
Bridges computation, design and business — long-running Design in Tech reports.
United StatesUnited States
Juhi Chitra
Product designer (India)
Designs thoughtful product flows and shares craft learnings with the community.
IndiaIndia
Julie Zhuo
Co-founder Sundial, ex-VP Product Design at Facebook
Author of The Making of a Manager — design leadership and craft at scale.
United StatesUnited States
Karen McGrane
Content strategist, author of Content Strategy for Mobile
Content modelling, adaptive content and design for the long tail of devices.
United StatesUnited States
Kartikay Agarwal
UX designer (India)
Practises interaction design and usability for digital products.
IndiaIndia
Kate Moran
Senior UX Director, Nielsen Norman Group
Writes and teaches widely-used research, content and IA guidance at NN/g.
United StatesUnited States
Kim Goodwin
Author, Designing for the Digital Age
Scenario-driven design, personas done properly, and org design for UX.
United StatesUnited States
Kshitiz Sharma
UX designer (India)
Practises research-led product design for Indian digital ecosystems.
IndiaIndia
Lalit Suneja
Product designer (India)
Designs digital product experiences and shares learnings openly.
IndiaIndia
Leisa Reichelt
Research leader, ex-GOV.UK and Atlassian
Made research a democratic, org-wide habit rather than a specialist gate.
EuropeEurope
Lou Downe
Author of Good Services, ex-Director of Design, UK Government
Defined what a good service looks like — required reading for service designers.
EuropeEurope
Luke Wroblewski
Product leader, author of Mobile First
Form design, mobile-first patterns and product thinking, backed by data.
United StatesUnited States
Madumitha Ramesh
UX designer (India)
Practises user research and interaction design for digital products.
IndiaIndia
Masaaki Kurosu
HCI researcher, Japan
Research on aesthetic usability and user experience measurement.
Asia-PacificAsia-Pacific
Mayur Chaudhary
Design leader, Publicis Sapient
Leads enterprise digital transformation and product design engagements.
IndiaIndia
Meenal Mathur
Design practitioner (India)
Works across UX research and product design practice.
IndiaIndia
Mrudula Shrikanth
UX research and design practitioner (Bengaluru)
Focuses on user research, inclusive design and translating insight into product decisions.
IndiaIndia
Muktha Hiremath
UX design leader (Bengaluru)
Builds and mentors product design teams across enterprise and consumer products.
IndiaIndia
Nakul Shenoy
UX practitioner, author and speaker (Bengaluru)
Writes and speaks on user experience, behaviour and the psychology behind design choices.
IndiaIndia
Nina Chandi
UX designer (India)
Focuses on usability, accessibility and user-centred product decisions.
IndiaIndia
Nitesh Kumar Harvinder Singh
Design leader, Shiprocket
Designs logistics and e-commerce enablement tools for Indian sellers.
IndiaIndia
Nitin Mathur
Design leader, The Merc
Leads product design practice for consumer-facing digital products.
IndiaIndia
Nubi Kay'
Product designer and community builder (Nigeria)
One of the loudest voices growing the West African product design community.
Africa & Middle EastAfrica & Middle East
Oliver Reichenstein
Founder, iA (Switzerland/Japan)
Writing-first interface design; essays on typography, clarity and focus.
EuropeEurope
Paritosh Kumra
Design practitioner (India)
Works across product design and interaction craft.
IndiaIndia
Parth Pandav
Product designer (India)
Designs clean, usable interfaces for digital products.
IndiaIndia
Paul Boag
Digital transformation consultant and author (UK)
Helps organisations become user-centred, not just ship user-centred artefacts.
EuropeEurope
Prasad Kantamneni
Co-founder, UXReactor (Hyderabad)
Built a UX consultancy practice with a strong research-led design framework.
IndiaIndia
Pratik Aher
UX designer (India)
Practises user research and design for consumer digital products.
IndiaIndia
Praveen Kumar
Product design leader, India UX community
Speaks and writes on scaling design practice inside fast-growing Indian product teams.
IndiaIndia
Priyanka Sharma
UX designer (India)
Practises user research and design for large-scale digital products.
IndiaIndia
Punit Chawla
Founder, Designwings UX/UI School
Teaches UX/UI craft to thousands of designers through courses and content.
IndiaIndia
Rahul Saini
Design leader, Paytm
Leads product design for consumer payments used by millions every day.
IndiaIndia
Rahul Sengupta
Design leader, Indian product ecosystem (Pune)
Works across service design and product experience for large-scale platforms.
IndiaIndia
Rajesh Ghodke
Design leader and HCI practitioner (Pune)
Long-time interaction design practitioner and mentor in the Indian HCI and UX community.
IndiaIndia
Rajiv Kakati
Founder, Yellowchalk Design
Runs a product design studio shaping experiences for startups and enterprises.
IndiaIndia
Ridwan Olalere
Product leader, ex-Uber and Flutterwave (Nigeria)
Building product and design practice for African fintech at scale.
Africa & Middle EastAfrica & Middle East
Rima Sabina Aouf
Design writer and editor, MENA design coverage
Documents design work and practice across the Middle East and North Africa.
Africa & Middle EastAfrica & Middle East
Rochelle Fernandes
Product designer (India)
Designs human-centred digital experiences and champions inclusive practice.
IndiaIndia
Rohan Arora
Product designer (India)
Designs user-centred digital products with a focus on clarity.
IndiaIndia
Rohan Verma
Product designer, Urban Company
Designs service-marketplace experiences used across India's home-services space.
IndiaIndia
Sachin K.
Product designer (India)
Designs consumer and enterprise product experiences end to end.
IndiaIndia
Salonee Nadkarni
UX designer (India)
Practises interaction design and accessibility-aware product work.
IndiaIndia
Sampada Sherlekar
Product designer (India)
Designs user-centred products and participates in UX community events.
IndiaIndia
Sarah Doody
UX researcher, founder of Career Strategy Lab
Research practice, portfolios and how UX people tell their career story.
United StatesUnited States
Sarah Fathallah
Design researcher and social designer (Morocco/US)
Participatory and equity-centred research across public and social sectors.
Africa & Middle EastAfrica & Middle East
Saravind KV
UX designer (India)
Practises user experience design across web and mobile products.
IndiaIndia
Sarit Arora
Design leader and UX community organiser (Bengaluru)
Organises design meetups and mentors early-career designers across the Bengaluru UX scene.
IndiaIndia
Sarun Sasi
Design leader, Third Wave Coffee
Designs consumer brand and ordering experiences for a growing coffee chain.
IndiaIndia
Satyam Patel
Product designer, Dream11
Crafts fantasy-sports product experiences and interaction patterns at scale.
IndiaIndia
Saurabh Soni
Product designer, Razorpay
Designs fintech and merchant-facing products for Indian businesses.
IndiaIndia
Shalin Jose
Design practitioner (India)
Works across product and visual design for growing digital products.
IndiaIndia
Sharon Prakash
UX researcher (Hyderabad)
Qualitative research practice for enterprise products and accessibility-aware design.
IndiaIndia
Shreyash Mukesh
Product designer (India)
Crafts interfaces and design systems for fast-moving product teams.
IndiaIndia
Siddharth Bajpai
Design leader, 3 Minds Digital
Leads product design and strategy for digital-first client work.
IndiaIndia
Siddharth Verma
UX designer (India)
Practises research and interaction design for consumer platforms.
IndiaIndia
Sruthi Sivakumar
Design leader, Wint Wealth
Designs approachable investing products for retail users.
IndiaIndia
Steve Krug
Author, Don't Make Me Think
Made usability testing something any team can do on a Tuesday morning.
United StatesUnited States
Sudhir Sharma
Founder, INDI Design and Pool magazine
Champion of Indian design culture, community and design entrepreneurship.
IndiaIndia
Swapna Thavidaboyna
Design practitioner (India)
Works across UX research and product design for enterprise products.
IndiaIndia
Swapnil Agarwal
Design leader, Roc8
Builds design talent and leads product design for high-growth startups.
IndiaIndia
Tanmay Kashyap
Product designer (India)
Designs intuitive flows and visual systems for early-stage products.
IndiaIndia
Tricia Wang
Tech ethnographer, co-founder Sudden Compass
“Thick data” — why qualitative insight beats dashboards for big decisions.
United StatesUnited States
Urvashi Kaushik
Product designer (India)
Designs digital product experiences and mentors early-career designers.
IndiaIndia
UX Beirut community
Regional UX community, Lebanon
Meetups, mentoring and events for UX practitioners across the Levant.
Africa & Middle EastAfrica & Middle East
Vijay Ramchandani
Product designer (India)
Designs digital experiences and contributes to community learning.
IndiaIndia
Vikas Jarmale
Product designer (India)
Designs product interfaces and workflows for growing teams.
IndiaIndia
Vishakha Agrawal
Product designer (India)
Designs consumer product experiences with a research-informed approach.
IndiaIndia
Vitaly Friedman
Co-founder, Smashing Magazine (Germany)
Runs the workshops and articles most front-end and UX teams learn patterns from.
EuropeEurope
Vivek Mhatre
Design practitioner (India)
Works across product design, prototyping and design systems.
IndiaIndia
Yash Jadhav
Design practitioner (India)
Works across visual and product design for fast-moving teams.
IndiaIndia
Zainab Delawala
Product designer (India)
Designs thoughtful product experiences and mentors new designers.
IndiaIndia

UX People

Aakreit Sachdeva

Abhishek Mahamkali

Abhishek Sharma

Adarsh Panikkar

Adeel Haider Khan

Adham Dannaway

Agnel Ambekar

Aishvarya Gupta

Ajay Jaiswal

Ajay Kudal

Alan Cooper

Andy Budd

Anirudha Joshi

Anish Alok Jena

Ankit Parmar

Annoop Joy

Anoop Kumar

Ansh Mehra

Ash Oliver

Ashique Ukkadan

Ashwin Wilson

Atul Khola

Aurobinda Pradhan

Brad Frost

Cennydd Bowles

Dan Mall

Daniel Szuc

Debi Prasad Mishra

Dhvanil Patel

Divye Bokdia

Don Norman

Durgaprasad Vemula

Erika Hall

Fabricio Teixeira

Fardeen Khan

Femke van Schoonhoven

Gaurav Joshi

Gaurav Mathur

Girish Prabhu

Golden Krishna

Goutam Naik

Hardik Nariya

Himanshu Gupta

Irene Au

Jaideep Singh Vishal Rao

Jakob Nielsen

Jared Spool

Jay Dutta

Jenny Theolin

John Maeda

Juhi Chitra

Julie Zhuo

Karen McGrane

Kartikay Agarwal

Kate Moran

Kim Goodwin

Kshitiz Sharma

Lalit Suneja

Leisa Reichelt

Lou Downe

Luke Wroblewski

Madumitha Ramesh

Masaaki Kurosu

Mayur Chaudhary

Meenal Mathur

Mrudula Shrikanth

Muktha Hiremath

Nakul Shenoy

Nina Chandi

Nitesh Kumar Harvinder Singh

Nitin Mathur

Nubi Kay'

Oliver Reichenstein

Paritosh Kumra

Parth Pandav

Paul Boag

Prasad Kantamneni

Pratik Aher

Praveen Kumar