Toying with the idea of combinations

By Shivani Chakrachhattri

Shivani Chakrachhattri leads an initiative called Design Play store which works with the mission of bringing design thinking to education with physical learning games and toys. She has a master’s in Product Design from NID, Ahmedabad, India, and Fachhochschule, Hannover, Germany. She is also an Electronics Engineer, NIT Surat, India. Before taking the entrepreneurial plunge, she was working with Deloitte Digital as a Designer. Her belief that physical products provide a more fulfilling experience compared to all-digital products led her to the journey of building physical products/ toys. She is known for her product called ‘Bulby for kids’. It is a creative light and shadow ideation game based on the art of novel combinations.