Book 9 // Richie Nainaney and The Big Picture

Chapters Of My Life Podcast

"It’s not affected by what life threw at you and if you have this kind of mentality, no one can beat you." - Richie Nainaney Design Thinking, Social Introvert, Designpreneur, Human Centered Design, all this in one Podcast. I had Richie Nainaney on my Podcast - She is Co-Founder of Orikami Lab in Dubai, to be precise, I visited her studio. A studio like no other one - half white, half black, something for the eyes, where design is split in contrast, because for her it’s all about perception. Richie co-founded Orikami Lab in 2015 together with her Husband Hiten. I met her end of 2016 and got to know Orikami Lab as a Design Innovation Hub that uses Design thinking to simplify the problem and discover solutions with the people at its centre. Richie is truly a Designer and Entrepreneur mix, as her past work client says, she does not just focus on the design or the look of her work, she also emphasises on of how it feels. Richie chooses 5 chapters in her Chapters of My Life Book called “The Big Picture”. Chapter one, is actually a question: “When did I grow up to fast?” Where she gives an insight into her in young age, still quite mature and still serious childhood. Chapter 2 is about taking initiative and adopting change - she calls this chapter “Fluid Adaptation”. Chapter 3 called “Awakening” and yes it’s truly an awakening during her study life to understand that the education system is failing. But in particular, her short work trip to Brazil. There she first got in touch with Human Centered Design and seeing design as a way to impact people - a trip which was truly an awakening. With freelancing, her first clients and gaining further work experience as young Designer is about Chapter 4, which called “Tip of the Iceberg” where she also slowly realised she is more and more interested into the organizational, the logistics and managing part of a company. Next chapter is self-explained... it called “Wake the f***** UP” and yes it’s about the realisation of what lead her to co-found Orikami Lab. Enough said, it’s time to dig deep into Design thinking, Human Centered Design, Entrepreneurship and looking into the bigger picture of how to find your own language as a designer. Enjoy! —————————————————- CHAPTERS OF MY LIFE BOOK TITLE: The Big Picture COVER Blurry to focus CHAPTERS: 1 When did I Grow to Fast? 2 Fluid Adaptation 3 Awakening 4 The tip of the iceberg 5 Wake The f**** Up —————————————————— So this was Richie, after listening to her talk, I don’t know why but I really want to go to Brazil know and check out the Designer work approaches including human-centered design. You can find more about Richie, on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/richienainaney on the Orikami Lab Website http://www.orikamilab.com