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Arun Venkatesan
I'm a product designer, engineer, photographer, and writer. Currently, I'm the founding product designer at Miter. Formerly, I was co-founder and product designer at Carrot Fertility. I'm an alumnus of Columbia University and the South Park Commons. On weekends, I write this blog and newsletter, travel with my wife and kids, run and bike and take photographs.
Latest Posts
Shanghai is my home base in China — and this time, I finally figured out why. A few days, a handful of places, and a tension I didn't expect to find running through all of them.
A pre-dawn run through Lijiang's old town, and the gear, principles, and philosophy behind how I train.
How I turned four years of incremental improvements into something focused and coherent.
After a week in Kanazawa, we returned to Tokyo, the city in Japan I know best.
How the actions of the ruling clan in Kanazawa centuries ago lead to it surviving WWII.
Why did a mid-sized city on the Sea of Japan become a place where contemporary culture flourishes alongside five centuries of tradition?
A Ferrari designer's train delivered us to a city where Pritzker Prize architecture coexists with centuries-old samurai districts. We had no idea what we were in for.
This year has been a return to the routines that once defined how I lived my life
A photo journey the creative landscape that is Savannah, Georgia.
I've made a wallpaper inspired by the icon Mac "hello" and Liquid Glass.
My learnings after five years of writing the newsletter.
How I built a modular USB charging station with a focus on material honesty.
A family trip to Milwaukee, Wisconsin showed me the surprising mix of old and new, urban and rural that this city has to offer.
With devices lasting longer, I now have the unique opportunity to hold on to older designs I love the most.