Yash Bhagat — Designer & Design Researcher
Designresearch,minusthehand-waving.
I study how people actually work, then design and test what fits. The method is the work; the evidence is on the page.
Worked & studied with — the receipts
IIT Hyderabad
Sir J.J. Institute
MathWorks
TCS
DarwinBox
Endo Energy
Zuve
QuickSellIIT HyderabadSir J.J. InstituteMathWorksTCSDarwinBoxEndo EnergyZuveQuickSellSelected work — proof, not promises
Stuff I shipped.
Capabilities — (4)
What I'm good for.
Design Research
Qualitative and mixed-methods research: interviews, thematic analysis, research-through-design, usability testing. Findings built to survive scrutiny.
Service & Systems Design
Mapping complex services and systems — product-service systems, circular flows, knowledge workflows — into clear, usable structures.
HCI & Spatial Interaction
Interaction and spatial / mixed-reality work, prototyped and studied for how people actually use it in context.
Product & Industrial Design
Physical and digital products designed and tested against real tasks — from ergonomics and prototyping to UI/UX.
Philosophy
Every project is built to be checked. Define the problem, choose a method that can be tested, and measure the result against real use. Clarity over complexity, evidence over assertion.
From question to evidence
How the work happens.
Start with the user and the question — not the interface.
Choose a method that can actually be checked.
Build, test, and measure against real use.
Document what held, and what didn't.
Notes — ©2025
Thinking out loud.
What I'm looking for
Looking for a PhD lab that takes evidence as seriously as I do.
If your group works on knowledge transfer, spatial interaction, or circular systems, I'd like to talk. I'm looking for the right fit, not the largest list.