Develop the people.
Recruit thoughtfully, train through the work, and give designers a shared foundation to build on.
Designing intelligence.Keeping it human.
I’m Saravana, a product design leader at IBM. I build teams, shape complex products, and stay close to the craft.
16+ years of practiceExplore selected work
INDEPENDENT PRODUCT / BUILT BY ME
Constelle
A living map of your folders.
Made for your Mac.
I built Constelle to turn the folders you work in into a living constellation, with search and a dashboard that bring your digital workspace into view.
Explore ConstelleENTERPRISE UX · DESIGN SYSTEMS · CONNECTED PRODUCTSINDIA · CHINA · HONG KONGTEAM LEADERSHIP & HANDS-ON DESIGN
HOW I WORK TODAYAn AI-native
An AI-native
product designer.
AI is part of how I explore, make, and iterate.
I work with Claude, ChatGPT, Codex, and Midjourney, alongside local LLMs through Ollama. I use these tools to explore design ideas and turn concepts into working prototypes, while keeping product judgment and people’s needs at the centre.
My personal projects are a space to experiment with that practice: building design systems, trying interactions, and learning through working software.
Try my personal projectsEXPLORATIONS / PERSONAL PROJECTSA little curiosity.
A little curiosity.
Something you can try.
Independent projects where I explore design systems and turn ideas into working experiences with AI tools, Figma, and code.
BANKING · SYSTEMS · AI-ASSISTED PROTOTYPING
Banking Experience System
An exploration of reusable banking interfaces—from money and transaction states to English and Arabic layouts.
Try it live
KOLAM · GENERATIVE DESIGN · DESIGN SYSTEMS
Pulli
A playful exploration of kolam geometry, tokens, and generated patterns as a language for digital interfaces.
Try it liveIndependent experiments, built for learning and exploration. Open a project to see its current capabilities and development notes.
CLIENT & PRODUCT WORKPeople, products,
People, products,
and the systems
connecting them.
Start with my current enterprise work at IBM and the team I built at Kearney, then explore my experience across connected products and visual systems.
CURRENT ROLE / ENTERPRISE EXPERIENCE DESIGNIBMComplex systems.
Clearer ways to work.
Clearer ways to work.
STORAGE MANAGEMENT · INTERNAL LEARNING
IBM
Workflow design, prototyping, and technology storytelling.
Current workA high-level account · Confidential projects
03 — DESIGN LEADERSHIP
ENTERPRISE UX · DATA VISUALIZATION
Kearney
Recruiting designers. Guiding products. Building a shared practice.
Team development · Product directionBenchmarking · Supplier Prism · Activate
01 — HUMAN × AI
EDUCATIONAL ROBOTICS · CHINA
Solbit
A little circle. A whole new language.
Experience architectureConversational interaction · Motion
02 — THE LIVING ROOM
TELEVISION OPERATING SYSTEM
TCL Smart TV
Designing for distance. And everyday life.
Television UXWireframes · Visual system · Interfaces
04 — MOBILE VISUAL SYSTEM
ANDROID · LAUNCHER · ICONS
Alcatel
Familiar Android. A distinct character.
Mobile experienceIcon redesign · UI guidelines
FINTECH · SUPPLY CHAIN · SUPPLIER NETWORKS
Analytics collection
Dashboards, risk insights, and data visualisation across Kearney projects.
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I build teams.
I stay close
to the work.
India · China · Hong Kong
I’m Saravanakumar Kandasamy—Saravana for short. I currently work at IBM, bringing 16+ years of design experience across enterprise software, television interfaces, and educational robotics.
At Kearney, I managed six designers, personally recruited four in India, and developed the team over three years. My role connected people leadership with product direction: facilitating discovery, bringing developers into feasibility discussions, and building Kearney Activate with the team.
Earlier work at TCL and Nanjing Perception Robotics connected software with physical products. Those experiences taught me to look beyond a screen—to the people, hardware, content, and decisions that shape the whole experience.
Today, I’m exploring how AI tools can help turn design ideas into working prototypes, using Claude, Figma, and code to test what an experience could become.
Currently at IBM
Previously TCL, Infosys & Nanjing Robotics
Open to relocation to the UAE
Make the problem visible.
Bring stakeholders and developers into the conversation. Use workshops and prototypes to turn scattered inputs into a product direction.
Build beyond one project.
Connect work through reusable components and guidance, while staying close to interaction design, prototypes, and experiments with AI.
03 / COMMUNITY, SPEAKING & SHARED CURIOSITYGood design grows
Good design grows
in good company.
I co-founded Madrasters in Chennai in 2011 to make space for designers to share, learn, and grow together.
That commitment travelled with me to China—and continues to shape how I connect people, ideas, and opportunities.
A shared space for different disciplines, backgrounds, and perspectives.
With Peter Vesterbacka and Tim Cook at events in China.
Let’s make
what’s next. ↗
Hiring a UX design leader or product design manager? I’m open to relocation to the UAE. Let’s discuss team leadership, enterprise UX, and design systems.