Summary
Saurabh Datta is a Principal design technologist and maker based in Berlin with 11 years of experience blending interaction design, prototyping, and speculative futures for product and automotive contexts. He has led prototyping and future-design initiatives at Volkswagen Group China and contributed cross-media concept work as a partner at automato.farm and Datta and Baum Studio. Trained at CIID and with a background in civil engineering, he bridges hands-on electronics, immersive interfaces, and thoughtful documentation to make complex systems approachable for teams. Colleagues call him a "craftsman who is an urban monk"—a creator who treats reflection as part of making and invests in foundational simplicity to enable others. He specializes in experiences that have no established norms, translating ambiguous futures into tangible prototypes and installations. Beyond formal roles, he pursues artistic experiments and technical logs publicly, signaling a rare blend of creative play and rigorous engineering.
11 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's in Technology, Civil Engineering, Bachelor's in Technology, Civil Engineering at National Institute of Technology, Agartala
Master's Level, Interaction Design, Master's Level, Interaction Design at Copenhagen Institute of Interaction Design