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Adarsh Shandilya :)

Curious by default. Builder by choice.

I design products that turn hesitation into decisions.

I didn’t start in design.

I started by trying to build things.

In college, that looked like a midnight food delivery startup.

No playbook. Just YouTube, instinct, and a lot of trial and error.

Then came a café.

Which meant logos, menus, posters—

a full-blown branding exercise before I even knew what that meant.

Somewhere in all of that, I noticed a pattern—

I cared deeply about how things felt.

How they looked. How they worked.

Why some things clicked… and others didn’t.

So I leaned into it.

I taught myself design the only way I knew how—

by studying the best work I could find

and trying to recreate the thinking behind it.

Curious by default. Builder by choice.

I design products that turn hesitation into decisions.

I didn’t start in design.

I started by trying to build things.

In college, that looked like a midnight food delivery startup.

No playbook. Just YouTube, instinct, and a lot of trial and error.

Then came a café.

Which meant logos, menus, posters—

a full-blown branding exercise before I even knew what that meant.

Somewhere in all of that, I noticed a pattern—

I cared deeply about how things felt.

How they looked. How they worked.

Why some things clicked… and others didn’t.

So I leaned into it.

I taught myself design the only way I knew how,

by studying the best work I could find

and trying to recreate the thinking behind it.

I’m a Product Designer at Nykaa

I work on high-impact surfaces like the Product Detail Page and Cart—

the moments where users pause, hesitate, or drop off.

That’s where I like to be.

Because design, to me, is not just about making things look good—

it’s about helping people move forward with confidence.

I also build.

Apps, tools, workflows, whatever helps me (and others) move faster.

From AI-powered products to internal systems,

I like getting my hands dirty with code and shipping things end-to-end.

I believe designers shouldn’t just suggest.

They should ship.

Outside of work, I’m usually:

Playing chess

Exploring new software

Or building side projects late into the night

I like figuring things out.

Sometimes products. Sometimes ideas. Sometimes myself.

If you're building something interesting,

I’d love to be part of it.

If something here sparked curiosity, let’s talk.

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