MAKARAND RAJAPKARUX / UI & PRODUCT DESIGNER
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Experience finds

the solution.

Product DesignerReal problems, real productsI build what I design
Explore my voyages
FEATURED VOYAGES

Real problems. Shipped products.

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HOW I WORK

From a problem
to a shipped product.

The same path on every project in this portfolio.

  1. ISee the problem up close
  2. IIFind the real question
  3. IIIDecide what to build
  4. IVBuild it with AI
  5. VTest with real people
  6. VIShip it

If the test fails, it goes round again before anything ships.

PLAY

Two experiments.
Try them right here.

Each one tests a single idea about how people interact.

Gesture Fun Playground start screen

Hands as a mouse

Camera

Draw in the air, pop bubbles with a pinch, make it rain emoji. The app draws your hand as it sees it, so you always know it's tracking you. Nothing leaves your device.

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Magic Touch start screen

A game for a child

Touch

Made for a child who can't read yet. Tap anywhere and something bursts. No menus, no score, no way to lose. Every rule is learned with one touch.

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CRAFT

Smaller things.
Same thinking.

Built for my team at work. Tap one to see the story.

ABOUT THE CAPTAIN
Makarand Rajapkar, drawn as an ink engraving
Capt. M. Rajapkar

Captain
Makarand Rajapkar

Product Designer · Home port: Mumbai

Twelve years of living inside real problems, in finance, operations, business and everyday life, taught me where people get stuck. Now I chart the course of a product, decide what's worth building and sail it all the way to launch.

Current ship
Product Designer, MarketsMojo
Own vessel
Co-founder, Bunny
Charting since
2020: first UI/UX voyage
Waters known
Finance · ERP · E-commerce · Fintech
Honours
Google UX Design · Google AI Essentials · 7th of 200 teams
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MY ROUTE SO FAR

Seven islands, one course. Pick an island and the ship sails there.

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An open sea chest with a spyglass, compass, maps and a quill
THE CAPTAIN'S KIT

What I carry onto every voyage.

  • SpyglassResearch and seeing the real problem: user interviews, testing, data.
  • CompassProduct judgement: deciding what is worth building for users and the business.
  • MapsDesign: flows, wireframes, design systems and UI in Figma.
  • QuillBuilding: working prototypes and shipped code, made with AI.
  • Ship's logShipping: Bitbucket, sandbox, prepod and live, checked on the real page.
  • Charts of the tradeFinance, ERP, e-commerce and fintech: worlds I know from the inside.
SEND WORD

Have a problem
worth solving?

A bottle washed up on the shore. Uncork it: my message is inside.

To whoever finds this,

I'm most useful early, before anyone has decided what to make. If you have a problem worth solving, send word.

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rajapkarmakarand@gmail.com Makarand