Hi, I’m Darya

I love designing tools and spaces that help people think, create, and play

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            Three app interface screenshots: Captures, a Resurfaced Thought, and Self-Messaging

            
              
            
            

          
            
          

        

      

    

    
  


  














































  

    
  
    

      

        

          

          
          

          
            
              
            
            
            
            
            
            
            

            
              
            
            

          
            
          

        

      

    

    
  


  







  
promo-ing → co-leading the nation’s largest student-run music festival (darya’s journey from adobe illustrator → notion)























  
  















































  

    
  
    

      

        

          

          
          

          
            
              
            
            
            
            
            
            
            

            
              
            
            

          
            
          

        

      

    

    
  


  







  
designing a resilient urban water system — performance-driven and ecologically integrated























  
  















































  

    
  
    

      

        

          

          
          

          
            
              
            
            
            
            
            
            
            

            
              
            
            

          
            
          

        

      

    

    
  


  







  
a 10-week sprint to make a multifunctional modular shelving system























  
  















































  

    
  
    

      

        

          

          
          

          
            
              
            
            
            
            
            
            
            

            
              
            
            

          
            
          

        

      

    

    
  


  







  
all things design for a toy company for adults — research, positioning, branding, creative direction























  
  















































  

    
  
    

      

        

          

          
          

          
            
              
            
            
            
            
            
            
            

            
              
            
            

          
            
          

        

      

    

    
  


  







  
designed to transform scattered moments of inspiration into intentional creative momentum























  
  








  
enabling more accurate research of Queen Conch migration patterns























  
  





    

  
  

  



  
    
    


  
  




  

    

    
      
    
    

  

  

    

      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      




  
beyond design, my background is in neuroscience and journalism























  
  















































  

    
  
    

      

        

          

          
          

          
            
              
            
            
            
            
            
            
            

            
              
            
            

          
            
          

        

      

    

    
  


  







  
my first video editing experience in Final Cut: a 45 minute tell-all highlighting humanities research, published as managing editor of the online peer-reviewed journal























  
  















































  

    
  
    

      

        

          

          
          

          
            
              
            
            
            
            
            
            
            

            
              
            
            

          
            
          

        

      

    

    
  


  







  
a featured article from my internship as a neuroscience columnist at an addiction treatment publication