Hi, வணக்கம், 你好

I'm Padma, an interaction designer from Brisbane.

Padma Venkat

Education

Master of Interaction Design

The University of Queensland, 2025

Bachelors

Manipal University, 2019

Experience

Livspace IKEA Navitas Planor

My day starts with a cup of tea (brewed for as long it needs to be along with milk and excess sugar). Anything other than this combo is not called tea in my dictionary.

When someone asked me what my favourite colour was as a child, I could never choose, because I like all of them. It depends on the context, and it's been the same ever since. It's the same instinct that drives how I design: I don't have a signature style. I have a method. I get into a theme, understand its character, and design from the inside out.

That's what has taken me through interior design, graphic design and now interaction design – different disciplines, but same logic ! Other than that, I spend a considerable amount of time thinking about what happens when AI takes over the world, how to be conscious inside a dream, and what it would mean if our emotions could be connected to our phones and switched off when not required. 🤖💭📵

Fun fact: somewhere between the interaction design and the AI apocalypse thoughts, I also found time to build a startup(Planor).