Khyati Trehan
Designing the Doing
No process is ever linear, yet we often set out with the hope of a frictionless path from brief to final. But the longer you linger in ambiguity, the more you’re likely to stumble upon. In this talk, Khyati Trehan makes an argument for creative detours. She advocates for experimentation: the practice of choosing tools not for their speed but for their novelty, for misusing software, creating your own, and mining forgotten work for future gold.
Real-world projects rarely afford the luxury of wandering without a goal for a long stretch, which is why she carves out time to deliberately get a little … lost. It’s how she discovers what she’s capable of.
About Khyati Trehan
Khyati Trehan is an Indian graphic designer and visual artist based in Brooklyn, New York. At Google Creative Lab, she develops visual systems and experimental tools, while parallelly dedicating time to her personal art practice and tinkering with early stage technology. She was previously a senior communication designer at IDEO. Khyati draws inspiration from each project’s context to create visual work for clients like Oscars, The New York Times, Apple, Instagram, WIRED, Vogue, and The New Yorker. Her design work has earned her several honors, including a spot on the Forbes India’s ‘30 Under 30’ list, ADC Young Guns 19, Artistry Creator of the Year awarded by Adweek and Print magazine’s ‘15 New Visual Artists Under 30.’
