WaygroundVisual Designer
Aug 2025 — PresentBengaluru, India
Develops visual systems for the student learning platform, including the Wayground AI identity and game experiences. Art direction, game UI and 3D world design for Code Busters.
Darshita Patankar is a brand and visual designer working across identity, typography, illustration and interactive experiences. Her projects include Wayground’s Code Busters classroom game and the Demure typeface; she shares her approach to design and storytelling in the short film DESIGN IS DEAD.
Darshita Patankar is a brand and visual designer working across identity, typography, illustration and interactive experiences. Her projects include Wayground’s Code Busters classroom game and the Demure typeface; she shares her approach to design and storytelling in the short film DESIGN IS DEAD.
Career
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Led brand strategy, identity systems and websites as the sole brand designer for hospitality and wellness projects, including Wellim and Stack Results.
AirtribeDesign Intern
2023 — 2024Bengaluru, India
Created social campaign assets supporting the education startup’s brand and marketing.
GitPOAPIllustrator (Freelance)
2022 — 2023
Created collectible digital illustrations for blockchain communities, translating brand and event themes into POAP designs.
Life & HalfDesign Intern
2022 — 2022Remote
Designed social content, stickers and packaging for consumer brands.
Cosigns Received
Featured Media
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DESIGN IS DEAD
A short film about Darshita’s design practice, typography and creative storytelling.
darshitapatankar.com
Code Busters
Art direction, game UI and a 3D heist world for Wayground’s multiplayer classroom game.
darshitapatankar.com
Demure typeface
A calligraphic display typeface developed from ink sketches during Practica Program’s Latin One course.
darshitapatankar.com
Wellim brand identity
Branding, illustration and motion for a hospitality platform that matches travellers with places by feel.
