Nidhi is a multi-disciplinary creative based out of Washington, D.C. She applies design methodologies to reimagine civic infrastructure. Her value centered practice focuses on deconstructing nebulous concepts, bringing people together, and breaking down complex problems—for better and equitable services. She has spent the past four years in the local government. She has collected a range of partners, collaborators, and clients in the last few years, starting from ArtCenter College of Design, City of Los Angeles, Cedars-Sinai Cancer Research Center for Health Equity, Stanford University, Stanford Impact Labs, to Montgomery County Government. The few hours she has left in the day she uses to mentor design students through Designmatters at ArtCenter or Coding It Forward during the summer. She holds a master’s degree from ArtCenter College of Design and an undergraduate diploma in Visual Communication from the National Institute of Design.
RELEVANT LINKS (Chronological)
Nidhi - nidhisinghrathore.com
Jawaharlal Nehru - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jawaharlal_Nehru
Uttar Pradesh - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uttar_Pradesh
Allahabad (Pryagraj) - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allahabad
Triveni - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triveni_Sangam
NID - www.nid.edu
NIFT - www.nift.ac.in
Art Center College of Design - www.artcenter.edu
Network By Desire - https://nidhisinghrathore.com/networkbydesire
Ethnography - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethnography
La Fabula De Las Faldas - nidhisinghrathore.com/la-fabula-de-las-faldas
IAS (Indian Administrative Service) - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Administrative_Service
Designmatters at ArtCenter - designmattersatartcenter.org
Los Angeles Innovation Team - losangelesinnovates.com
Mayor’s Challenge - bloombergcities.jhu.edu/mayors-challenge
ADUs - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secondary_suite
LA ADU Accelerator Program - adu.lacity.org
Project Page - nidhisinghrathore.com/making-housing-affordable-in-la
Covid in LA - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_California
Montgomery County - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montgomery_County,_Maryland
Federalism in the United States - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federalism_in_the_United_States
Article I mentioned in the podcast - ‘Design thinking was supposed to fix the world. Where did it go wrong?’ - www.technologyreview.com/2023/02/09/1067821/design-thinking-retrospective-what-went-wrong/
The Takshashila Institution (I accidentally said ‘Takshashila Foundation’ in the episode, which is different organisation) - takshashila.org.in
