Janki Senghani

Hi! I’m Janki Senghani, a Melbourne-based designer currently completing my Master of Design at Swinburne University of Technology. With a background in Interior Design, my practice explores how spatial design, technology, and human behaviour intersect to create meaningful experiences. My work focuses on human-centred and sustainable design, often blending physical and digital environments. Through the Design Factory Melbourne (DFM) program, I have collaborated on multidisciplinary projects that address global challenges such as water sustainability and environmental health. One of my recent projects, Aerozen, reimagines atmospheric water generation as a clean, accessible solution for PFAS free drinking water in Australia. Beyond academic projects, I enjoy exploring retail and experiential design, where storytelling and interaction play a key role in shaping user engagement. I’m passionate about transforming spaces into experiences that not only look good but also feel intuitive, inclusive, and sustainable. As a designer, I aim to contribute to a future where design bridges innovation, empathy, and environmental responsibility creating spaces and systems that move people, both emotionally and physically.

Pulse - 2XU Retail Reimagined

Pulse redefines the 2XU retail experience by merging performance, movement, and technology. The design replaces static screens with immersive, motion-inspired lighting and interactive surfaces. Each zone from entry to checkout reflects the rhythm of athletic energy and emotional engagement.

Food Deserts

Food Deserts explores design solutions to address limited access to nutritious food in urban communities. The project envisions modular, mobile systems that bring fresh produce closer to people in need. It highlights how urban design can bridge health, equity, and sustainability.

Aerozen

Aerozen is a home-based atmospheric water generator designed to deliver PFAS free drinking water. It uses sustainable technology to extract and purify moisture from air, promoting clean water access for all. The design blends innovation with everyday usability and aesthetic appeal.

Acknowledgement of Country

The School of Design and Architecture respectfully acknowledges the Wurundjeri peoples of the Kulin Nation as the Traditional Owners and knowledge-keepers of the lands, waters and sky that surround us, where we work, learn, create, communicate and make place. We recognise that sovereignty has never been ceded and this always was and will always be Wurundjeri Country. We pay our respects to Elders past, present and to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who continue to make a better world through design.

We extend our acknowledgement to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander staff, students, alumni, real-life clients, and knowledge keepers, who have contributed to our own education diversity and growth. We will continue to ensure that staff and students respectfully honour ancestral connection to Country and Place in everything that they do.

We are dedicated to the notion of design to make a better world and we acknowledge that making tools, shaping place, sharing stories, making meaning, wayfinding and collaborating have long been and continue to be both central and integral to First Peoples' cultures. We recognize that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples’ cultural contributions have continued relevance to design practice and commit to: reconciling ancestries of design and contemporary practice as well as pursuing culturally and professionally appropriate ways to engage with a diverse population of colleagues, industries and clients. In a time of treaty-making and voice we understand that there are overlaps between caring for Country and the sustainable production of goods, services, experiences, products and buildings.

Guided by the principles of respect, reconciliation, and reciprocity we undertake to indigenising and decolonising design practice by dismantling colonial structures and challenging biases that have marginalised Indigenous voices and design.

As students of SoDA you will be given opportunities to both engage with and educate yourself in Indigenous creative practices and cultural protocols through a lens of inclusivity, diversity, respect, mutual understanding, inter-cultural dialogue in all aspects of design practice. Indigenous people have been telling stories, making tools, and connecting to Country through visual media, placemaking and place marking for more than 60,000 years and these practices are part of an ongoing, evolving and live tradition.