From Designer to Design Leader: A framework that actually works

A practical guide to growing as a designer, balancing craft and leadership, and building design teams that thrive. Personal experiences rooted in real…

Jul 29 • 

Kedar Nimkar

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Designing for Scale: How we built PropertyGuru’s HIVE System, Brick by Brick

Built HIVE, a multi-brand multilingual WCAG compliant design system at PropertyGuru across 4 countries with legacy code, delivering real impact in…

Jul 29 • 

Kedar Nimkar

2

300% growth in ratings and review through pure design

How we redesigned ratings & reviews at BookMyShow, making it faster, easier, delightful and more trustworthy for 50M+ MAU

Jul 29 • 

Kedar Nimkar

April 2025

Designing for Scale: The evolution of Jupiter’s Debit Card Experience

At Jupiter.money, I redesigned our debit card kit, drastically cutting dispatch times and improving security.

Apr 12 • 

Kedar Nimkar

1

October 2024

Experience India’s first one-click booking - Expressway

Cleartrip's Expressway enables one-click flight bookings by securely storing payment and traveller details—making travel booking faster and easier than…

Oct 18, 2024 • 

Kedar Nimkar

May 2024

Saving Made Simple: The UX Behind Jupiter’s Pots Feature

Jupiter's Pots help you save easily for goals with flexible sub-accounts, no lock-ins, and 2.5% interest—making financial planning simple and…

May 7, 2024 • 

Kedar Nimkar

April 2024

Designing first impressions of your product: opening a Jupiter account

A behind-the-scenes look at how we designed Jupiter’s onboarding—balancing trust, compliance, and user delight in a high-stakes flow.

Apr 20, 2024 • 

Kedar Nimkar

Reimagining BookMyShow: From Ticketing Giant to Entertainment Powerhouse

Transformed BookMyShow into a content-first platform with Buzz, Watch Guide & Ad-tech—boosting engagement, slashing costs & unlocking new revenue.

Apr 20, 2024 • 

Kedar Nimkar

July 2023

5 frustrations of designers and ways to deal

From being unheard to rushed timelines; countered with practical mindset shifts and actions to build credibility and influence.

Jul 31, 2023 • 

Kedar Nimkar

2

List of podcast episodes on languages and words in the Indian context

As the world gets divided, something that units us. Languages. An ongoing list of podcast episodes.

Jul 3, 2023 • 

Kedar Nimkar

1

May 2023

Designer’s pledge

If you think good design is expensive, you should look at the cost of bad design — Dr. Ralf Speth.

May 29, 2023 • 

Kedar Nimkar

1

Effective Ways to Hire Designers: My Experience and Insights

I share my 5-step hiring process, interview questions that I ask and my learnings so far.

May 23, 2023 • 

Kedar Nimkar

1