Shashwath Santosh is a
designer based in New York. 


1. Stooper
2. Desires of My Microwave
3. Open Source Salt Battery
4. Futures for Times Sq
5. Turnip Architecture for Deer
6. Climate Controlled Dosa Picnic Basket
7. Quantum Brownies
8. Seating Device Collection 


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Shashwath Santosh is a designer and researcher based in New York. Previously at Doris Dev.


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1. Stooper


Mobile App designed for unique "stooping" culture in NYC. Designed to turn New York City into a playground by enabling users to  rescue items that have been abandoned on the streets.



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UI/ UX, Design Research







2. Desires of My Microwave


Worked with engineers and creative technologists to turn my microwave into all the machines it may want to be. I began by turning it into a calculator.

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Object Design, Multi-disciplinary Collaboration





3. Open Source Salt Battery



This battery is designed with found objects, trash, scrap metal and powered by salt. It can charge your phone too. 



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Object Design, Research, World Building




4. Futures for Times Square


Manhattan’s geographic diversity has given rise to genetically distinct varieties of rats. A brutal turf war between the uptown and downtown rats unfolds at Times Square.


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Design Futures, Research, World Building




5. Turnip Architecture for Deer


Turnips are machined to create a tetrahedral joinery system which are attached to standardized lengths of wooden twigs to create play structures for wild deer.  


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Design Futures, Research, World Building





6. Climate Controlled Picnic Basket for Dosa



The machine is designed to be handled by 2 people, to be taken into restaurants, and receive their orders for a dimensioned dosa with care.



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Object Design,  Research, World Building





7. Quantum Brownies


Worked with IBM engineers & scientists to make brownie recipes with their quantum computers. Proposed applications for this tech to IBM team in New York.



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Design Futures, Research, World Building




8. Seating Device Collection


An archive of designed objects and smaller works brought into the world by Shashwath Santosh in collaboration with Krithi Nalla.



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Object Design, Critical Thinking




9. Work Experience: Doris Dev


A market-oriented design agency in Brooklyn, where I worked with clients in the consumer products industry.




User Experience Design, Industrial Design