Jay Vidyarthi is an attention activist and the founder of Still Ape - the world's first UX design studio focused exclusively on mindfulness, compassion, and wellbeing. He is working toward a society where access points to self-care and collective transformation are as diverse as the people who need them. He also teaches mindfulness to individuals and groups, where he inspires people to reclaim their freedom of attention in our culture of influence.
As a human-centered designer, Jay's been involved in creating Muse: the brain sensing headband, Sonic Cradle, the Healthy Minds Program, Brightmind, and 10+ more mindful technologies. He helped start the Mindful Society Global Institute and serves on its advisory council. He’s taught design at major institutions and his work and ideas have been recognized and featured internationally (Harvard, MIT, CHI, UToronto, Mindful.org, Forbes, Vice, World Happiness Week, Fast Company, TED, TransTech200, UX Awards, etc).
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“The core of Jay’s strength as a designer is his deep empathy for the people who his design decisions will affect. From this empathy Jay derives valuable insights, data and context that he shares with everyone around him, improving their work and ultimately improving the product.”
“His research abilities and innovative methodologies shared with a profound respect of teamwork have won the mutual respect of his peers and clients.”
“The years he’s spent refining his craft are evident when you work with him. Even though we only spend a little bit of time with him each week, he is able to deliver a disproportional amount of value.”
“Jay helped us operationalize human-centered design into all aspects of our work and culture. His value is measured not only by his design expertise and creativity but his ability to connect with people. Jay took Character Lab to the next level and I’ll always be grateful.”
“A great mentor, very talented and patient with his students. His classes made me realize that I want to work with UX in the future and build a career, I’m very thankful for that.”
“It’s not easy to be a designer and a leader; to be someone who can produce great work and equally give time and patience to teach, motivate and care for your team.”
“One of the most talented professionals I’ve ever had the chance to work with.”