About Me

Portrait of Neda Rahimi smiling, wearing a black blazer

I’m Neda, a product designer, curious creative, and someone who is always looking at the details.

My path into UX was shaped by art, different cultural perspectives, and a curiosity about how people experience the world.

I grew up watching products get designed without people like me in mind.

That’s a big part of why accessibility and inclusive design matter so much to me. Good design should make room for everyone, and I notice quickly when it doesn’t.

Art is where it started. A background rich in different cultures gave me more than one way of looking at things, and I still carry that into my work: asking who a product is really for, and who might be left out.

UX gave me a way to bring those threads together. I’m endlessly curious about people, and I love turning that curiosity into experiences that feel clear, considered, and kind.

Neda looking out over the lower Manhattan skyline from a fenced overlook

When I’m not designing I’m…

Neda in a Paris rooftop overlook with the Eiffel Tower behind her Neda and a friend seated on the mosaic benches of Park Güell Neda in front of the Sagrada Família in Barcelona

Going somewhere new

I love going to new places! I love the feeling of going somewhere new and realizing how similar we all are.

Neda and a friend in a restaurant booth above the city lights A woman walking through a park toward the lower Manhattan skyline Neda smiling and eating a cup of fruit on a New York sidewalk A plate of French toast with berries and chocolate

Eating & walking

The best part about living in NYC is the food and living in a walkable city! Trust me I take advantage.

Sea lions resting on a rocky shore beside the ocean A gallery wall covered in small black and white photographs A painting of a ballerina in a colorful tutu on a gallery wall

Taking picz & seeing art

Photography gives me a reason to slow down and pay attention. And I love viewing other people’s art (all forms) and finding meaning in it.

More photography on Instagram

Quote that has stuck with me

“If you want to be a better designer, don’t study design books. Study sculpture. Study paintings. Study cars, watches, philosophers, movies, fiction, music, people. Study the world.”