About — Atharva Dnyanmote

About me

The person behind the work.

A little about me

Atharva Dnyanmote

Product Designer @ NorthQuad

Hi, I'm Atharva. I'm a product designer based in Asheville, NC, currently at NorthQuad. I got my Master's in UX from Purdue University.

Most of my work sits at the messy intersection of research, systems, and people. At NorthQuad, I've been building Sample Manager (a compliance tool utilities use to stay on the right side of the Safe Drinking Water Act), Predictive Modeling, and Internal Company Tools. I was also at SAP, building onboarding for new hires across three countries.

I wanted to help foster a design community in Asheville, so I started AVL UX, a meetup where local designers get together to share work, swap perspectives, and learn from each other.

When I'm not in Figma or Claude, I'm usually lifting weights, scuba diving, hiking, or pointing a telescope at something. I also paint miniatures, read more philosophy than is probably useful, and have strong opinions about my own wardrobe.

Living in Asheville, North Carolina

My Professional Journey

What I Do for Fun

Beyond Work

Scuba Diving

Exploring the deep

Philosophy I stand by

"Think lightly of yourself and deeply of the world."

Miyamoto Musashi

How I Work

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Research before pixels

Figma comes after I've talked to people. I'd rather spend a week understanding the problem than a month redesigning the wrong solution.

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Systems, not just screens

I think in components. Every decision I make at the screen level, I'm also thinking about how it holds up at scale across the whole product.

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Cross-functional by default

I sit with engineers early and on purpose. The best constraints I've ever had came from a dev saying "that's going to be tricky" before I got too attached.

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AI in the work, not just the hype

I've shipped products built on AI and I use AI tools in my daily workflow. Knowing both sides makes me a lot more useful when the product touches these systems.