Riya Mahajan
Digital Direction MA
Royal College of Art
Specialisms: Digital Design / Creative Direction / Interaction Design & Game Design
Location: London, United Kingdom
Riya Mahajan
First Name: Riya
Last Name: Mahajan
Specialisms: Digital Design / Creative Direction / Interaction Design & Game Design
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My Location: London, United Kingdom
University / College: Royal College of Art
Course / Program Title: Digital Direction MA
About
Riya Mahajan is a digital storyteller and 3D visual artist driven by impact-focused design. With an MA in Digital Direction from the Royal College of Art, London, and a Bachelor’s in Graphic Design from India’s National Institute of Design, she has collaborated with global clients like Adobe. Her current work focuses on immersive experiences and interaction design.
Her venture, DeepDive XR, was a Terra Carta Design Lab finalist for its groundbreaking VR project, 'Whale Fall'. This immersive experience spotlights the devastating impact of marine plastic pollution on whales, creating an interactive deep-sea environment that invites audiences to engage with the issue firsthand. 'Whale Fall' has been showcased at the IRCAM forum, the London Design Festival, and the SXSW RCA showcase.
Riya’s 'Moody Monsters' project explores emotional literacy in children, using a co-creation workshop where kids express and understand their emotions through art. The result was a digital sculpture garden that helps children navigate their feelings in a creative and engaging way, furthering Riya’s dedication to using design for social impact.
Moody Monsters is a research project which explores children and young people’s (CYP) perspectives on their emotions. The project's aim is to support CYP to develop emotional literacy through narrative design and play, as well as to help adults see the world from the mind of a child. We conducted our research by running a co-design workshop for young people aged 13-14, where we developed and facilitated character design and world-building activities that responded to prompts about emotions.
‘Whale Fall’ is an immersive and interactive Virtual Reality experience that addresses and informs the audience on the issue of marine plastic pollution and its effect on whales. Using the Whale Fall phenomenon as an anchor, the experience invites the audience to witness first-hand how their proactive efforts to clean up the oceans contribute to the thriving of the marine ecosystem. Team: Riya Mahajan, Armelle Mihailescu, Selin Öztürk, Janmejay Singh
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