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Miscellaneous work

Artworks, a summer school in the Netherlands, a handful of vibe-coded tools, and a neighbourhood donation drive — the things I make when a project doesn't need a brief.

Watercolour & IllustrationVibe-CodedCommunitySummer School
TU Delft, 2018

Summer school — planning and design with water

A group project in Scheveningen, with a team of four, as part of a summer course accepting 190 students from across the world.

Across the course I worked through theories of spatial justice and social sustainability — and what it actually takes to design an inclusive, equitable future rather than just talk about one.

Stakeholder InteractionsCommunity EngagementTeam WorkCultural UnderstandingSpatial Justice
Explore the Summer School page
Cohort group picture at TU Delft Summer School
Cohort group picture — TU Delft Summer School
Built with Claude Code

Vibe-coded projects

A crash course in UX design, and what it actually takes to ship something people use daily — from a non-technical starting point.

Ink & Post
01Ink & Post
01Ink & PostA daily writing-practice tool for LinkedIn — one prompt a day, a visible streak, and a Wordle-inspired interface to keep you writing.View
BrainFuel
02BrainFuel
02BrainFuelA daily learning app that replaces doomscrolling — a curated feed each morning, plus a nightly digest of your own notes.In progress
Route Map Generator
03Route Map Generator
03Route Map GeneratorGenerates styled route maps for itineraries — pick a country, a style, and the stops.Built — in use internally
A Pick Me Up
04A Pick Me Up
04A Pick Me UpA little fortune-cookie-style prompt from one of four themes — small, strange, useful missions for a slow afternoon.View
Illustrations & hand paintings

Art therapy

Watercolour and pencil, mostly late at night — the part of the practice that doesn't need a client.

Watercolour of a pine forest at sunset
Watercolour of pink roses
Watercolour of a sunflower
Watercolour of a doorway with vines
Illustrated self-portrait
Pencil sketch of a child
Self-initiated

Neighbourhood donation drive

A community donation drive I organised in Coimbatore, collecting items donated to the Sarvana Foundation.

I designed the posters, ran communications across social media and WhatsApp community groups, and coordinated the end-to-end collection process — from the first carton to delivery.

Online engagement was quiet, but in person the community turned out in full. The most meaningful responses don't always come from where you expect them.

Speaking in front of the whole community beforehand was daunting — seeing them show up made it worthwhile.

Donation drive poster
Donation drive poster
Carton filled with donated clothes
Filled within a week
Carton of donated clothes ready for delivery
Delivered to Sarvana Foundation
Aarti Vijay Raghavan
© Aarti Vijay, 2026