Yatin Seth WORKBOOK
Oct 2024

  • Hi! I’m Yatin, I'm an Indian designer and researcher.

  • I am 23, and I enjoy systems thinking, exploring new materials, cybernetics, designing for sustainability and the research process.  

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Research /

SiRCLE (WIP)


Sagas of Sand(WIP)


kinICU


Diabets

Service design interventions to tackle solar panel circularity in India

Decoding resource acquisition & consumption

Tackling post-intensive care syndrome in the Indian context


Diabetes management app prototyping

2023-24


2022


2021



2021

Industrial Design /

Senseé


PayCase


Tost


pixel8

Empowering STEM education for the visually impaired

Contactless payments made easy


Redesigning a  sandwich grill inspired by SMEG

Designing a toy for open play

2022


2022


2021


2020

Skills

Gameboy: Replica Model

St. Dismas Cross: Replica Model

Rapid prototyping


CAID work

Replica of a Gameboy Classic


Replica of the St. Dismas Cross from Uncharted 4

Exploring eco-designs for medical devices through rapid prototyping

Digital fabrication and computer-aided industrial design work

2022


2022


2022



2022

Graphic Design /

dauch


Documentation of
Indigenous
Practices

Screen Prints

Incorporating packaging into the product design of cellophane tape

Documenting the process of khad-ka-pind from Rajasthan, India


Screen prints on paper

2021


2021



2020

Misc.

Photography

Sketchnotes

Misc

Film and digital photography


Sketchnotes for talks and workshops

Miscellaneous work

~2024

~2024

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Senseé /




Empowering STEM education for the visually impaired

Brief

Create accessible content, instruction kits and technologies to assist the teaching and learning of STEM for children with visual impairment.

Problem areas

  1. STEM education in senior secondary is discouraged due to lack of proper infrastructure.
  2. Conceptual understanding isn't clear because everything is taught verbally.
  3. Lack of awareness of scope after STEM education.
  4. Even if they are able to learn the concepts, it is hard for them to represent them.
  5. Conducting practicals is difficult as it requires one to make a lot of visual observations.
  6. STEM education involves a lot of abstract concepts which can sometimes be only explained through diagrams. These diagrams are not accessible due to high cost.


Mapping out the problem



Conceptualization

1. Making chemistry more accessible and engaging

A. For representing covalent bonds in a tactile manner


Using the kit to form basic equations.

B. For representing ionic bonds

  • The concept of ionic bonding is explained well via a jigsaw puzzle.

  • The chemical symbol and charges of the ions are embossed on the surface of the units, and the charge can also be recognised through the amount and type of protrusions on the sides of the puzzle piece.

    Basic elements formed with ionic bonding


2. Using electronics to make everyday objects


  • Senseé is a series of conceptual DIY robotic kits designed to generate interest in STEM education amongst blind children in India, since it is usually discouraged.

  • It relies on the use of Arduino to create functional robots for applications in the real world to pave the way for robotics and coding.



Goals

  • Giving visually impaired children a starting point to build educational concepts to create real life projects.
  • STEM kits are effective aids to make kids learn by doing and getting them interested in science, maths, engineering and technology.
  • Understand working of devices and their functioning and enhances thinking and problem solving capacity.

  • Not only do the children learn a few basic concepts (electronics, energy, wiring etc.) but they also enjoy putting together something they can put into use.
  • Encouraging VI children to go into STEM fields by making it accessible for them from a young age.

Parts

Parts / Entire kit
Parts / Wires
Parts / Arduino unit

The kit involves a detachable 3d printed casing over standard parts like sensors, Arduino and a base shield to reduce their sensory input.

This makes the learning curve less steep while also making learning inclusive.

Prototype


Parts involved in the making.
Making of the prototype.


Details
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Application


WHAT
A coding platform which segregates the code into hierarchal blocks making the process easier when used with screen reading software.

WHY
The screen-reading softwares read the whole line of the code, making it difficult to spot the errors.


Introductory, inclusive coding application Matrix.
Making heirarchy-based blocks out of the code to facilitate easier distinction.
Whenever an error is spotted, the color goes red and the error block is read out.
Color-coding the blocks to help low-vision people work easily.

Features

Featured in Gujarat Samachar newspaper.

Feature in Times of India.