Kaushik Hegde

Design and photography with a curious mind.

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Work

I'm a UI/UX designer and front-end design engineer in Bengaluru. I trained as a mechanical engineer (B.E., 2018-2022), then spent three and a half years in supply chain and logistics at Volvo, where I cut procurement cost by 43% and shortened lead time from 5 days to 3. Now I design interfaces and build interactive prototypes in Figma and code. I'm open to UI/UX and design-engineering roles.

My case studies cover UX research and usability testing. Find the Tempo is a web app that uses OCR to turn a screenshot of songs into streaming links. The Airbnb study is a heuristic review and guerrilla usability test of the gap between booking and check-in. Each drawing opens a section: Design, Photography, Projects, or About Me, with my experience, skills, and contact details.

Design
Photography
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About Me

Design

Posters and film review cards. Most begin with a photograph pushed toward print: halftone dots, creased paper, two-tone tints, or a grid laid over a close-up. The type is split apart, spaced wide or turned on its side, so it sits inside the image instead of on top of it.

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Photography

An index sheet of frames shot on morning walks, or on the way to somewhere else. The captions record where the camera was, when, and what it was set to. Select a frame to inspect it at full size.

Malleshwaram market 2026-01-12 · 35mm · 1/250 · f/4 · ISO 400
Church Street, after rain 2025-11-03 · 50mm · 1/60 · f/1.8 · ISO 800
Cubbon Park canopy 2025-09-21 · 28mm · 1/500 · f/5.6 · ISO 200
KR Market, flower rows 2026-02-08 · 35mm · 1/320 · f/2.8 · ISO 200
Majestic metro, platform 2 2025-12-14 · 24mm · 1/125 · f/4 · ISO 1600
Monsoon window study 2025-07-19 · 85mm · 1/200 · f/2 · ISO 100
Hampi boulders, dawn 2025-10-02 · 21mm · 1/60 · f/8 · ISO 100
Filter coffee, steel tumbler 2026-03-30 · 50mm · 1/100 · f/2.5 · ISO 320
Old Airport Road, blur 2026-04-17 · 35mm · 1/8 · f/11 · ISO 100
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Projects

Apps, prototypes and assistant skills I have built, plus one UX case study. Each card opens the live site, the code, or the case study.

01

Find the Tempo

Web app · Next.js

Turns a screenshot of a song list into links you can play. OCR reads each track and artist, then builds one search link per streaming service, with no paid APIs.

View project Visit website ↗
02

Nidhi

Prototype · JavaScript

An unofficial redesign of EPFO member access. One sign-in for passbook, claims and profile, clearer sign-in errors, and password rules shown before a reset. All data is made up.

Live site · nidhi-epfo-portal.kaey-codes.chatgpt.site ↗
03

OpenBoard

Local app · React

A moodboard that runs on your own computer. Your images stay as plain files in a folder you choose, and OpenBoard adds tags, folders, notes, a free canvas and a mind map.

GitHub · OpenBoard ↗
04

Claude Code statusline

CLI tool

Shows your Claude plan usage in the Claude Code status line: the 5-hour session and the 7-day week as colored bars, plus which day of the weekly window you are on.

GitHub · claude-code-weekly-statusline ↗
05

Strudel skill

Assistant skill

Teaches beginners to write, explain and fix Strudel live-coding music patterns, with no music theory or JavaScript needed. One source works in Claude Code, Codex CLI and ChatGPT.

GitHub · strudel ↗
06

Airbnb: the anxious gap

UX case study

A solo study of the time between booking and check-in. A heuristic review and small guerrilla tests found five problems across Search and Trips, with a fix for each.

Case study →
07

Obsidian project memory

Assistant skill

Gives each project a small memory in an Obsidian vault: an overview, current status, a dated log and a decision record. An assistant reads it to pick up where you left off.

GitHub · obsidian-project-memory ↗

About Me

Experience

2018-20224 yrs

B.E. Mechanical Engineering

Mangalore Institute of Technology · MITE

Bachelor of Engineering, Mechanical.
Certified in Power BI and Python for Everybody.
Oct-Dec 20223 mo

Production Planner & Design Engineer

Concord United Pvt Ltd

Built daily production and capacity plans for Wire EDM machines.
Improved forecast accuracy for the shop floor.
Modeled 3D pallet dies in SolidWorks.
Worked with senior designers on manufacturability.
Dec 2022-Dec 20231 yr

Graduate Apprentice - Logistics

Volvo Group Pvt Ltd

Ran time-and-motion studies on CKD kitting. Saved 24 minutes per operator each day.
Ran a feasibility study with spaghetti diagrams and cost-benefit analysis.
Avoided low-return investments.
Improved inventory data accuracy. Tuned the stock-check frequency.
Designed ergonomic trolley solutions. Improved operator safety and workflow.
Dec 2023-Jul 20262.5 yrs

Executive - Material Planning & Logistics

Volvo Auto India Pvt Ltd

Planned supply for 6 product models from 4 international plants, on Excel and SAP.
Built a linear forecasting model from historical data. Saved ₹800,000 a year.
Ran a local-sourcing initiative. Cut procurement cost by 43%.
Managed the full spare-parts lifecycle at 100% availability.
Improved JIT flow. Lead time fell 40%, from 5 days to 3.
Built a Power BI dashboard for real-time inventory. Saved 30 minutes each week.
Set up inventory management from scratch - ABC analysis and a 2-bin system.
Covered the manager role. Led monthly plan reviews and owned SRM PO releases.

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    • UI design
    • UX research
    • Front-end development
    • Stakeholder management & communication
    • Problem solving
    • Supply chain
    • Figma
    • Claude Code
    • Affinity
    • Python 3
    • Photography
    • Graphic design
    • Reading
    • Music
    • Mechanical engineering
    • Supply chain
    • Design
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