Hello, world!

Designing with empathy,
grounded in systems thinking.

I'm Ishika, a product designer with roots in computer science and engineering.
I design and care for the human moments in technology: how people feel, think, and move through digital experiences.

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Accessibility & Inclusive Design Agentic AI Human-Centered AI Design Systems User Research System & Service Design Functional Prototyping Interaction Design Large Language Models Model Context Protocol Non-Deterministic UX Storytelling

Selected work

Case studies

01
Studio Concierge: Exploring Model-Driven UX
Designing the logic layer for non-deterministic agentic workflows.
Agentic AI Model Context Protocol Non-Deterministic UX
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02
Level Up All: Adaptable Games for Everyone
Designing adaptive gaming onboarding through functional AI prototyping.
Accessibility Functional Prototyping Cross Platform UI
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03
Dazzle: Inclusive Design for Deaf Support Engineers
Refining the deaf customer support experience in Dynamics 365 CRM.
Enterprise Design Rapid Prototyping Copilot Integration
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Side projects & experiments

Play

Things I make when I'm not working — sketches, games, vibe-coded tools, and whatever else catches my attention. This is where the technical background and the design brain get to just mess around.

Observation sketch
Sketch
Observation studies
Graphite studies from life — training my eye to see shapes, light, and negative space the way a designer should.
Graphite 2025
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Game
Add your game project here
A short description of what the game is, what you built, and what you were exploring — mechanic, narrative, aesthetic.
Unity C# 2024
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Vibe code
Add a vibe-coded tool here
Something you built in an afternoon — a script, a small utility, a silly generator. What problem did it scratch?
Python Claude 2025
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Pixel art
Pixel art
Pixel art collection
A collection of pixel art pieces made in Aseprite and JS Paint — small scenes, characters, and studies in constrained color.
Aseprite JS Paint 2023
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Website
Add a website you built here
A personal site, a friend's project, a fun experiment in layout or animation. What were you trying to figure out?
HTML CSS JS
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Writing
The Design of Oppression in Papers, Please
How a game about stamping documents became one of the most effective UX arguments for the relationship between friction, power, and complicity.
Medium Dec 2025
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Vibe code
Data visualizations & graphics
Playing with turtle, pandas, and matplotlib to turn data into visual things — because charts can be beautiful if you want them to be.
Python matplotlib pandas
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Writing
Designing Grief: What GRIS Teaches Us
A close reading of how GRIS uses color, sound, and interaction mechanics to walk a player through the stages of loss.
Medium Jul 2025
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Game
Add another game project here
Game jam entry, prototype, or experiment — what rules did you set for yourself and what did you learn from constraints?
Godot GDScript
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Website
Add another web project here
Maybe a landing page, an interactive essay, or a component you just wanted to exist in the world.
React Framer Motion
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My background ⋆˙⟡

Currently, I’m a product designer in the Employee-Self Service (ESS) Agent team at Microsoft. I come from a background in computer science and experience as a software engineer - this foundation shapes how I approach design — with an understanding of systems, technical constraints, and how products move from concept to shipped experience.

I’m particularly interested in designing AI-powered and emerging technology experiences that respond to human context and behavior while still feeling intuitive and thoughtfully crafted.

Outside of design, I enjoy exploring different art mediums, playing indie games, listening to music, and spending time with my cat, Tulip. ♡

Ishika Soni Tulip