A South-Asian woman in her early thirties, wears a black turtleneck sweater and [slightly] smiles. Her shoulder length, straight, black hair mostly covers her golden ear-hoops. A pair of round, metal-framed glasses encase her eyes above her nose pin.

Akshaya Narayanan

Akshaya Narayanan is a designer and Assistant Professor of the Practice at Ethics Lab. Her design-led research lies at the intersection of creative pedagogies, alternative learning processes and systems thinking.

Akshaya comes to Ethics lab after completing her M.F.A in Transdisciplinary Design at Parsons where she focused on building methods to center responsible play, critical reflection and expand awareness in design education. At the Parsons DESIS Lab, she was a part of the team that co-designed Justice Initiatives Toolkit in collaboration with the Brooklyn Public Library.

She previously worked as an architect at Studio Lotus, in Delhi, India where she was involved in multiple projects in retail and restaurant interiors.


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