About
I'm Shivanand Pegu, an interaction designer and researcher completing an M.Des at IIT Delhi. I study how people use their hands with technology, after three years as an architect.
I run field studies end to end, from contextual inquiry and ethnographic fieldwork through synthesis, and build the interfaces and prototypes that follow from them. My current work is Post-Touch and With My Own Two Hands.
Education
- 2025 to 2027M.Des, Industrial DesignIIT Delhi
- 2022B.ArchSchool of Planning and Architecture, Vijayawada
Experience
- NowTeaching AssistantGames Lab, IIT Delhi
- Dec 2022 to Jun 2025Project ArchitectStudio Chintala, Bangalore
- Feb to Jul 2021Intern ArchitectCollective-Project, Bangalore
Projects
- 2026Post-TouchInteraction design, Design Project 1
- 2026With My Own Two HandsInteraction design, Design Project 2
- 2025Gemini Contextual InquiryUX research, team of 3
- 2022 to 2025Architecture and ObjectsArchitecture
- 2026NishaniyaanVisual ethnography
- 2025Ban BaatDesign research, Bangkok
- 2025The Local EntropyBranding
- 2026Freshers HuntWeb app and event
- 2026Cycle ParkingBehavioural design, team of 5
- 2026Simple ShutterUX strategy
- 2026NEOBranding
Award
- Mar 20262nd Runner UpGames for Change × Roblox Game Jam, IIT Delhi
Skills
- ResearchContextual inquiry, user interviews, behavioural observation, ethnographic fieldwork, research through design, usability testing, persona development, literature review
- AnalysisAffinity and thematic analysis, journey mapping, empathy mapping, insight and pain point synthesis, behavioural and kinematic data analysis
- InteractionTouchDesigner, MediaPipe hand tracking, generative visuals, mid air and spatial interaction, kinetic mapping
- Front endHTML, CSS and JavaScript, Three.js, GSAP, Vite, Cloudflare Workers, and this site
- 3D and drawingRhino, SketchUp, Blender, AutoCAD, construction drawing sets
- Design toolsFigma, FigJam, Miro, Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, Lightroom