About
Akshay
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I design digital products that make complex systems feel clear, useful and human—especially when the work sits close to culture or emerging technology.
Professional thesis
Clarity is a product decision.
My work spans early product definition, research, interaction design and the systems needed to ship consistently. I am most useful when a team has a real problem, many constraints and no obvious path through them yet.
Over the last decade I have worked across consumer, enterprise and connected products for IKEA, H&M, Husqvarna, Airalo and frog. The industries change; the recurring job is turning ambiguity into decisions that people can trust.
What I am building now
Founding design at OHR.FM
I am part of the founding team shaping OHR.FM, a music-discovery platform for DJs, labels, diggers and community radio. My work moves between product direction, research and the details of the live alpha.
Read the OHR.FM case study →Freelance and embedded work
I work with early-stage and product teams on founding product design, UX/UI redesigns, decision-support tools and focused audits. I can take a problem from rough evidence to a tested interface, or strengthen a team at a specific point in that journey.
Talk about a project →Culture and practice
Music is another way I study systems.
As sic, I make ambient and experimental music from synthesis, field recordings, bass and memory. I host Ambient Narratives on THF Radio and occasionally on Refuge Worldwide. The shows focus on the cultural and emotional stories behind sound.
I also run Dwelling Sessions, deep-listening evenings in Berlin, and previously co-ran Sum Collective in Stockholm. Across radio, events, album art, posters and years playing bass and synths in bands, the recurring interest is the same: how a structure can hold distinct voices without flattening them.
That practice makes me a more attentive product designer: better at pacing, context, collaboration and knowing when a system should stay quiet.
Full artist CV ↗Contact