I'm Ruchita, a product designer with over 8 years of experience. I currently design at Pixar, building animation tools with artists and engineers, and lately I'm deep into AI, vibe coding and designing prototypes with Claude.
I've designed for data heavy products across finance, marketing, VFX and games, where clarity matters more than decoration. Outside of work, I adventure, read, watch indie films, make things by hand, and speak about design and culture.
Speaking
Recent talks and panels.
May 2025
And cut! The design process behind animation tools
August 2025
Behind the Frames, How we design for expert artists
April 2026
The Art of Becoming: My Journey into Design
December 2025
Figma in the design loop
November 2025
Career chat
Beyond work
Travel, reading, and everything in between that feeds the work without looking like work.
I like to read books that sit at the edge of two disciplines, where technology meets humanity, where science meets storytelling. The best ones change how I see my own work.
Film
Train Dreams
Denis Villeneuve, 2025
Quietly devastating. An elegy for a kind of America that no longer exists.
★★★★★
Film
No Other Choice
2025
Tense, darkly funny, and impossible to look away from, leaving me laughing and on edge at the same time.
★★★★★
Film
Marty Supreme
Josh Safdie, 2025
Classic Safdie. Chaotic, immersive, and emotionally exhausting in the best way.
★★★★★
Film
The Chronology of Water
2025
Intense, dream-like, raw. Processing trauma through art, identity fluidity and resilience. Gg Kristen.
★★★★★
Film
Sentimental Value
2025
Beautifully captured a relationship through a tender, observant lens. The unspoken words linger long after.
★★★★★
Film
Sorry, Baby
2025
Deeply intimate, with silences that say more than words. Captures life after trauma through the quiet grace of a healing friendship.
★★★★★
Film
The Penguin Lessons
2024
Sentimental without being heavy, told with a gentle humor and humility. A true story, beautifully light in tone.
★★★★★
Film
The Superboys of Malegaon
2024
After so long, a Bollywood movie finally made me cry. Not flashy or loud, just honest and cute.
★★★★★
Film
A Real Pain
2024
Awkward and tender. Reminded me of my relationship with my sibling, full of tension, guilt, shared jokes and long silences.
★★★★★
Film
All We Imagine as Light
Payal Kapadia, 2024
My favorite movie of 2024. Patient, melancholic, and achingly beautiful, it breaks your heart while quietly warming it.
★★★★★
Film
Perfect Days
Wim Wenders, 2023
Quiet meditation on the beauty of everyday routines. Made me fall in love with Japan all over again.
★★★★★
Film
The Banshees of Inisherin
2022
Loneliness felt in stunning Irish landscapes, leaving a lingering mix of melancholy and reflection.
★★★★★
Film
Triangle of Sadness
2022
Absurdly human, sharp and unsettlingly honest. Love it when you can make me laugh in a dark reality.
★★★★★
I'm drawn to films that treat space, silence, and composition as storytelling tools, the ones where every frame feels designed. I rewatch more than I discover.
Rockies 
Guatemala 
Iceland 
Iceland 
Sweden 
Machu Picchu 
Hawaii 
Japan