Shaivi Prasad Kant
About
Shaivi Prasad Kant is a Futurist, UXer, and “Planet-centric Designer”, a role she has assigned herself amidst the increasing need for designers to inculcate non-human actants in design and be mindful of the impact of their design decisions. Shaivi’s work at the Royal College of Art reflects her intentions of unearthing the intrinsic potential of the human mind impending the crucial race against time to save the planet, one idea, one action at a time. With an academic background of BDes in UX Design and MDes in Design Futures, Shaivi now embarks on starting her professional practice. One that is envisioned to be pivoted around emerging technologies, mapping different facets of the future, re-defining strategies and research practices backed by futures methodologies. Wherever you see her next, her core of “for the people and the planet” drives her actions and intentions.
Shaivi’s thesis project on “Designing for a Planet-positive metaverse” aims at empowering all those novice and ninja designers of the metaverse with a guidebook of resources named TATVA:M (meaning Principles in Sanskrit Language). These resources that form TATVA:M are aimed at curating a preferable future of the design realm inside the metaverse.
As humanity embarks on weaving the Metaverse, there is a need to anticipate and address the impact of this new world on the planet and its non-human species. While the overall functionality of the Metaverse is proposed to provide more sustainable alternatives to our existing way of life, it still poses concerns and opportunities for improvements in future versions of the Metaverse. Designers can play a crucial role in defining and curating the Metaverse. If empowered with the right tools and approaches, they can leverage the power of design to bring to reality a metaverse that facilitates not just rich, immersive experiences but also envisions a healthier planet, thereby fostering harmonious coexistence and responsible resource consumption.
The Online Repository can be found here: TATVA:M
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