Arun Venkatesan
Design Engineer at Petra Security in SF.
Previously, I redesigned and redeveloped the web UI and design system at Miter and co-founded Carrot Fertility.
I run marathons, learn Mandarin Chinese, and travel with my wife and kids.
Experience
- Design engineer, Petra Security
- Design engineer, Miter
- Co-founder & designer, Carrot Fertility
- Early member, South Park Commons
- B.S. Electrical Eng, Columbia University
Interviews
Writing
- Japanese symbols that speak without words
- How Japan's railways stayed one while splitting apart
- Why the Ferrari Luce looks like that
- When the cheap one is the cool one
- On running: principles and gear
- My DIY modular charging station
- Aesthetics over upgrades
- The creative power of constraints
- The tale of two Shanghais
- Leica’s engraved fonts
- When Leica met Apple
- Four books about Apple design
- Three books about Sony design
- Teenage Engineering designed a museum exhibit
- A desk setup for two
- Daylight at the end of the tunnel
- Design Ah! (デザインあ) · learning the fun of design
- The secret formula for Apple's rounded corners
- Make Something Wonderful
- Three books about Muji
- A historical view on the Metropolitan Apple Watch face
- One month of Zwift on a cheap stationary bike
- Leica T: eight years later
- The evolution of the desk setup