Jyoti / 2026

SUBJECT

JYOTI · RAUTELA

CHANNEL

CARE / MOBILITY / FUTURES

TRANSDISCIPLINARY DESIGNER · HCI RESEARCHER · SPECULATIVE DESIGN

Jyoti Rautela.

accessibility · mobility justice · care-centered futures

I think about how people live in their bodies, and how the things around them — objects, spaces, interfaces — either get that or don't. Mostly I'm trying to make technology feel a little less indifferent.

अभिगम्यता · देख-रेख

02 / VISUAL LOG

Photographs

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Field notes and making

2026 · RESEARCH LOG

Fragments from research, prototyping, and everyday observations.

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Care in ordinary places

2026 · VISUAL NOTE

Looking at how bodies, spaces, and objects quietly shape daily life.

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Prototype conversations

2026 · DESIGN RESEARCH

Moments where ideas become discussable through images, models, and objects.

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Soft systems

2026 · HCI

Interfaces that sense, signal, express, or respond without becoming loud.

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Speculative everyday

2026 · FUTURES

Small future-facing experiments around care, emotion, and interaction.

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Research through making

2026 · PROCESS

A visual record of experiments, workshops, prototypes, and situated design work.

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2026 · VISUAL LOG

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Process and material

2026 · PROCESS

Fragments from prototypes, sketches, experiments, and design conversations.

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Situated interaction

2026 · HCI

Observing how people, spaces, interfaces, and objects shape each other.

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Everyday futures

2026 · SPECULATIVE

Looking for future-facing questions inside ordinary routines and gestures.

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Care-centered systems

2026 · DESIGN RESEARCH

Small systems, rituals, and objects that make care visible and discussable.

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Care-centered systems

2026 · DESIGN RESEARCH

Small systems, rituals, and objects that make care visible and discussable.

03 / TRANSMISSIONS

Writing

— essays, notes, talks

2026 · 01

THESIS

From Everyday Frictions to Care-Centered Futures

Notes from my Master’s thesis on assistive mobility, domestic accessibility, and how participatory design can surface the small barriers hidden inside everyday Indian homes.

8 min read the research notes →

2024 · 02

ESSAY

Aura Mist — Designing for Emotional Atmospheres

A reflection on soft sensing, ambient expression, and how objects might help people notice, hold, and communicate the emotional mood of a space.

12 min read the notes →

2024 · 03

ESSAY

Office Mood Flagging System

Thinking about quieter workplace technologies — systems that allow people to signal how they feel without needing to explain everything out loud.

9 min read the piece →

04 / WORK INDEX

Projects

— thesis, half-mades, archived

Assistive mobility project

● ACTIVE

Assistive Mobility in Indian Homes

M.Des Thesis · 2026

Participatory and speculative design research on lower-limb mobility, domestic accessibility, and care-centered assistive futures.

· HCI · accessibility · participatory design

Aura Mist project

● ARCHIVED

Aura Mist

Interaction Design · 2026

A sensory object exploring emotional atmospheres, soft signaling, and ambient ways of expressing how a space feels.

· emotional design · sensing · care

Retro Walk project

● ARCHIVED

Retro Walk

Speculative Interaction · 2026

A walking-based interaction exploring memory, movement, embodied stories, and place-based experiences.

· embodied interaction · memory · walking

Office mood flagging project

● EXHIBITED

Office Mood Flagging System

HCI System · 2026

A quiet workplace system for signaling mood, availability, and emotional state without forcing people to explain everything aloud.

· workplace HCI · emotion · communication

Expandable wheelchair wheel project

● ACTIVE

Expandable Wheelchair Wheel

Prototype · 2026

A mechanical concept exploring how a wheelchair wheel could adapt to domestic thresholds and uneven surfaces.

· assistive tech · mechanism · prototyping

VR accessibility simulation

● ACTIVE

VR Domestic Accessibility Simulation

VR Prototype · 2026

A simulated Indian home environment for experiencing wheelchair movement, thresholds, kitchen reach, and transfer barriers.

· VR · accessibility · evaluation

Participatory workshop booklet

● EXHIBITED

Participatory Futures Booklet

Research Tool · 2026

A visual elicitation booklet using everyday frictions, assistive devices, and speculative prompts to support design conversations.

· co-design · research tool · futures

NEOMIND project

● EXHIBITED

NEOMIND

Speculative System · 2026

A speculative interface exploring cognition, attention, and how digital systems might support reflective inner states.

· speculative design · cognition · interface

05 / IN PRINT

Publications

— papers · thesis · 2025–2026

2026

THESIS

From Everyday Frictions to Design Components

J. Rautela · M.Des Thesis · Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee

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2024 - 2026

IN PROGRESS

Care, Mobility, and Speculative HCI in Low-Resource Homes - Aura Mist

Manuscript direction · Participatory HCI, assistive technology, and speculative care futures

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2026

PAPER

Designing for Everyday Accessibility in Indian Domestic Spaces - EMERGE

Research abstract / presentation · Domestic accessibility, mobility, and participatory design

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2025

PAPER

Care, Mobility, and Speculative HCI in Low-Resource Homes - Critique Paper

Manuscript direction · Participatory HCI, assistive technology, and speculative care futures

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2024

ABSTRACT

Care, Mobility, and Speculative HCI in Low-Resource Homes - IDEAS

Manuscript direction · Participatory HCI, assistive technology, and speculative care futures

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06 / READING-PODCAST LOG

Reading

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Reading podcast 01

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Beeing too much is exactly what will get you everything

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Reading podcast 02

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The capital T truth

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Reading podcast 03

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Research as leisure activity

30 secs preview

Reading podcast 04

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The defense of pretension

30 secs preview

Reading podcast 05

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Before-Sunrise

30 secs preview

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Let’s collaborate.

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