Madhuri Rao

Hi, I’m a designer and facilitator dedicated to creating work that is human- and planet-centered. I’m currently a Communications Specialist for New York City’s health and wellness program, helping bring free resources and workshops to city workers, and I also conduct natural dye workshops in my free time.

With over seven years of design experience, I focus on projects that connect diverse communities through design research, strategy, and visual storytelling. I love turning big ideas into clear, engaging experiences through workshops, visual design, and community-centered projects.

Before this, I was a vegan baker and yoga teacher, and I bring a background in law to everything I do. My work is shaped by holistic and regenerative design principles, with the goal of creating solutions that tackle today’s challenges while building a healthier, more just future for people and the planet.



Design
Projects
  1. Theater der Welt
  2. AUTONOM Symposium
  3. Social Alpha
  4. London Design Festival
  5. Report Design


Research
Projects
  1. Earth’s Kitchen
  2. Loving The Bronx

Loving the Bronx







                 Cross Bronx Expressway, Parkchester, NY-proposed plan represented in green


    

   

As part of a Communication design course, we had partnered with Nilka Martell, the Founder/Director of Loving the Bronx and ten Residents who are a part of the Residency Program in Primary Care and Social Internal Medicine at Montefiore Hospital to collaborate on the “Cap the Cross Bronx Expressway” project. The project aims to communicate the health impacts of the Cross Bronx Expressway and the Capping Project to the stakeholders in accessible language to involve them in the decision-making process.



     


We facilitated co-design workshops with the Montefiore residents on ways to share awareness on the health impacts of the Cross Bronx Exxpressway.