Quicksand

Quicksand is a design research & innovation consultancy.
We co-create & imagine meaningful futures, seeking inspiration from the everyday lives of people.

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What happens when #GenAI meets real life?
Human in the Loop explores its unintended futures in India through comics, stories, and public imagination.
🌐 https://t.co/xfrEmcmrAA
#SpeculativeStorytelling #TechFutures

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What does #GenAI mean for India's future?
Along w/ @DigiFuturesLab, we explored GenAI futures through trend research, expert workshops, public stories, and comics co-created with artists.

Check it out: https://t.co/xfrEmcmZq8
Funded by @RNP_Foundation

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We’ll explore:
🔹 Ethical & practical reasons to involve PWLE
🔹 Challenging hierarchies in mental health science
🔹 How funders can back meaningful engagement

Join the conversation.
#NothingForUsWithoutUs #MentalHealthCare #DesignForImpact

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How can we move beyond tokenism in mental health? 🧠
Join us for Nothing for Us Without Us—a webinar on centering lived experience in mental health innovation.

📅 April 17, 2025
🔗 Register:https://t.co/iaxv1dvXKL
#PrototypingChange #MentalHealth #LivedExperience

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Following our film #PrototypingChange: Designing Mental Health for All, we're hosting a 3-part webinar series on the future of mental health in South Asia.

💬 Lived experiences
🌍 Climate justice
📱 Digital solutions

📅 Stay tuned for details.
#QuicksandAt20

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At DiFi for All, we are researching onboarding challenges and solutions to make digital finance more accessible. Join us for the DiFi for All Global Webinar to explore solutions with experts.
📅 April 16 & 17 | ⏳ 90 mins | 📍 Zoom
Register here: https://t.co/ghBhGFXY4Q

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In our first film, #PrototypingChange: Designing Mental Health for All, we reflect on our recent work to advance mental health innovations in South Asia.

📽️ Happy viewing! https://t.co/51h3LBPZJs

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🔍 How can design thinking unlock creative solutions to complex global challenges?

Produced by @quicksand, #PrototypingChange explores innovation in social development, health, climate, and finance. Stay tuned!

#DesignForImpact #QuicksandAt20

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Last weekend, we were in Deoria for the Deoria Development Alliance launch w/ @jecpurvanchal & @shashankmanibjp

As part of our collaboration, we are excited to set up the Design Center of Excellence, an innovation sandbox for🔹 Co-creation🔹Experimentation 🔹 Scalability

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Seamless onboarding is the cornerstone of digital financial inclusion- but what happens when the process itself becomes a barrier?

Join the DiFi for All Global Webinar to explore solutions for inclusive digital finance.
📅 April 16 & 17, 2025
📍 Register: https://t.co/ghBhGFXY4Q

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@gatesfoundation @SomiaCX @ThreeStonesIntl @Bigd_BracU 2/2 The webinar will feature:
➡️Data-driven insights on user adoption barriers ➡️Practical takeaways for FSPs & policymakers
➡️Discussions on inclusive finance solutions
📅 April 16 & 17 | ⏳ 90 mins | 📍Zoom
Register now: https://t.co/e8QBb8JNqv

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🌐Join our DiFi for All—#GlobalWebinar, where we unveil key ethnographic insights on onboarding underserved users onto digital financial services across India, Indonesia, Bangladesh & Uganda

Supported by @gatesfoundation& produced with
@SomiaCX,@ThreeStonesIntl, @Bigd_BracU

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Quicksand visited @_mgims, to explore how they integrate gender equity in medical education. This work is part of GenderCollab, a partnership with @OPMglobal to advance gender intentionality in health systems.
Watch here: https://t.co/4ZKDoW3M4k

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The project features music production by electroclassical pioneer Sri Rama Murthy aka Murthovic (Hyderabad), Gopi on vocals and Som on Sarod. Our visual collab for realtime workflows featured Studio Ocupus (Goa) with Yash aka Cursorama and Jaidevh.

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Antariksha Studio, Quicksand's media & entertainment lab) presented an exciting new Gen-AI collaboration today at @awscloud AI Conclave. The performance ‘Fusion of Epochs,’ was a symphony of Human-AI artistic collaboration with bharatanatyam dance legend Jayalakshmi Eshwar.

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We crafted a complex transmedia performance using several Gen-Ai pipelines, including a realtime expression of the dancers avatar - exploring how human artists can work more harmoniously with AI.

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A big thank you to our amazing partners in @reachnetworkHCD🌟 Since 2008, we’ve worked together to deliver value worldwide. As core partners of the network, we remain committed to this mission. 🙌#ReachNetwork #Collaboration

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Exciting news!🚀Quicksand and Stby are now officially one company! With offices in Delhi, Bangalore, Goa, London, & Amsterdam, the merger connects our diverse teams across continents🌎 #DesignResearch #Innovation #GlobalCollaboration

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For over 2 decades, Quicksand & Stby have pioneered and collaborated on design research & innovation across sectors. Now, as one company, we’re amplifying our work to bridge gaps between geographies & communities. We believe small can be both beautiful and resilient. ✨🌱

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#AlternativeFutures With Lagori Collective & Quicksand, we're bringing together innovators, researchers, technologists, civil society organizations, & thinkers to cocreate transformative ideas for a participatory digital future. Apply by 15.01.25, here https://t.co/p0l3kkc0CZ