Akshay DhoreProduct Design Technologist

Hi I am Akshay ,
a designer
who can code.

I design digital products and help build them, moving between research, design systems and the code that ships. What holds my attention is how people make sense of new technology: what earns trust, what actually gets used, and what quietly gets abandoned. My work sits where product design, emerging tech and business decisions meet.

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Product design

From the right question to the right product.

Design + code

Systems that make it into people’s hands.

Research & strategy

Make the complex understandable.

ABOUT ME

An engineer’s rigor,
a designer’s eye.

I started in computer engineering, designed Industry 4.0 and enterprise SaaS interfaces, then moved into Design Management at SCAD to connect design with business decisions.

Today I work across the whole arc: research that finds the real problem, strategy that frames it, and design systems and code that put it in people’s hands.

MY DESIGN PHILOSOPHY
  • Start with the decision.People rarely need more data. They need to know what to do next.
  • Earn trust in the interface.Show where an answer came from and how confident it is.
  • Design what ships.A design decision is finished when it survives in code.
  • Make it make business sense.A great experience needs a model that keeps it alive.
I HAVE WORKED WITH

Studios, companies and causes.

  • Deloitte
  • GameStop
  • AT&T
  • SCADpro
  • SCAD SERVE
  • 200 Club
  • Xcaliber Infotech
  • Phoenix Innovations
  • Elansol Technologies
HOW I WORK

From a real problem to a product that ships.

Six moves I repeat on every project, each backed by evidence from the work.

TOOLKITFigmaReactDesign tokensSystems thinkingAI collaboration
THE JOURNEY

The path so far.

  1. NOV 2019 · FOUNDATION

    Computer Engineering

    B.E. · University of Mumbai, DMCE

  2. 2020 · COVID LOCKDOWN

    Exploring & upskilling

    YouTube video creation, freelance visual design and upskilling in creative tech during the lockdown.

  3. APR 2021 — APR 2022

    Elansol Technologies

    UI/UX Design Intern · Industry 4.0 interfaces and design systems.

  4. MAY 2022 — AUG 2023

    Xcaliber Infotech

    Visual Designer · Enterprise SaaS, AI and operational systems.

  5. SEP 2023 · FALL

    Design meets business

    Moved into Design Management at Savannah College of Art and Design.

  6. SEP 2024 — MAR 2025

    Deloitte × SCADpro

    Co-lead · Project management, UX research and design strategy for AI-native geospatial intelligence, from research to a functional MVP.

  7. MAY 2026 · GRADUATED

    Master in Business Innovation

    Design Management · SCAD

  8. 2026 · BUILT & RELEASED

    One Li8 Design System

    My open-source design system: Figma, component code and published npm packages. Design decisions owned; built with AI collaboration.

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THE LAB

Other explorations.

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Product concepts, visual design and experiments.

09 × 12

A little wonder.

LET’S BUILD WHAT’S NEXT

Make something
worth using.

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Product design · Design technology · Design systems

Behance

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