Get in touch:mrinalinixsingha@gmail.com
     
Hi, I’m Mrinalini. I am a creative technologist specializing in immersive experiences, physical interfaces, and AI-enabled interactions. I build real-time systems using Unity, TouchDesigner, microcontrollers, and depth-sensing hardware, creating installations that blend computation with intuitive, embodied play.

Based in Mumbai, I lead creative tech R&D and interactive brand projects at Kulfi Collective. My work includes large-scale gesture-controlled video walls, storefront motion games, digital spray-can installations, and AR activations embedded within consumer apps. I focus on delivering technically robust and emotionally engaging experiences that merge emerging technology with cultural relevance.

Previously, I worked in New York and Pittsburgh with Hyperquake (Potion) and Deeplocal, contributing to interactive experiences for Illumina, Google, Wendy’s, and other global brands.

I hold an M.S. in Art, Culture and Technology from  the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), where I taught graduate courses and conducted research on speculative futures, immersive media, and the social implications of computational systems. I earned my Bachelor’s in Design from the National Institute of Design (NID), where I was a Ford Foundation Fellow.

Across my work, whether a brand installation, a research prototype, or a personal experiment, I explore how emerging technologies can create new forms of participation, storytelling, and sensing in everyday life.







Recent Updates

NOV 2025: Manifest Station for Cannes See It Be It India launched. I led creative technology across concept development and execution.

NOV 2025: Our paper WORLDING Is a Verb: Co-Creating Climate Futures with 3D Game Environments and Community Wisdom was released. This work was developed within the Worlding initiative at MIT Open Documentary Lab in collaboration with Unity Technologies during my time as a research assistant.

AUG–SEPT 2025: Our Swiggy Instamart Monsoon Blues AR campaign went live, receiving wide press coverage and strong engagement. I led creative tech and system development.

AUG 2025: Our Moti Chor storefront motion game launched at Bombay Sweet Shop. It has now crossed 4,000+ playthroughs and 400+ rewards redeemed. I led and executed creative tech development.

MAY 2025: I set up the Kulfi 8-screen Lobby Wall, establishing Kulfi’s internal R&D and creative tech experimentation environment.

MAR 2025: I moved to Mumbai and joined Kulfi Collective to build the Creative Tech Lab, developing and presenting an elemental framework for creative technology that helped define our internal vision and direction.

MAR 2025: The interactive installation I worked on for the Illumina Headquarters Experience Center launched, marking the completion of my time with Hyperquake (Potion, New York).

DEC 2024: Our game “A Mystery for You” was featured in the NeurIPS 2024 Creative AI Track.

OCT 2024: My Master’s Thesis “Disrupting Monocultural Tendencies through Multimodal Montage” became publicly available on MIT DSpace.

OCT 2024: I presented a poster on “Approaches to Thoughtful Tangible Interfacing with LLMs for Educational Gameplay” at UChicago’s Symposium on Communication & Intelligence.

SEPT 2024: Our research was published as an MIT SERC Case-Study - “Mining to E-waste: The Environmental and Climate Justice Implications of the Electronics Hardware Life Cycle.”

JUNE 2024: My paper “Re-Worldings at MIT of Beaver Terrapolis Terristories” based on Stata Island was presented at ISEA.

MAY 2024: I defended my thesis and graduated from MIT with a Master of Science in Art, Culture and Technology!

MAY 2024: Our game “A Mystery for you: A fact-checking game enhanced by large language models (LLMs) and a tangible interface” won the Best Student Game Design Award at ACM CHI! The paper can be found here.

AUG 2023: I completed my internship at Deeplocal, and the Google Cloud Next interactive exhibits I contributed to were launched.

MAY 2023: My solo exhibition “Forensic Artifacts of a Democracy in Crisis” opened at the MIT ACT Student Gallery.







Education

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
M.S. Art, Culture, and Technology
2022-24

National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad
 Bachelors of Design, Film & Video Communication 
2016-21

Royal Academy of Art, The Hague
Interactive Media Design, Exchange
2019

United World College Mahindra, India
International Baccalaureate
2014-16


Teaching Experience

MIT Graduate Teaching Assistant Sept 2022 - May 2024

MIT Kaufman Teaching Certification
2023

Recognition & Awards

ACM CHI
Student Game Competition Winner
2024
Ars Electronica
IDSA Founding Lab Student, 2023
MIT Design X
Venture Design Fellow
2023

MIT Architecture
Scholarship
2022-24

KC Mahindra
Scholarship
2022

Ford Foundation
Fellowship
2020-21
Research & Industry Experience

Kulfi Collective, Mumbai
Creative Technologist
Mar 2025 - Present

Hyperquake (Potion), New York
 Creative Technologist Intern
Oct 2024 - Mar 2025

MIT Schwarzman College of Computing
Social and Ethical Responsibilities of Computing (SERC) Scholar
Oct 2023 - Aug 2024

Deeplocal, Pittsburgh
 Creative Technologist InternJune - Sept 2023

MIT Open Documentary Lab
Research Assistant
Sept 2022- Sept 2023

Alt News, India
 Design ResearcherAug 2021 - Aug 2022
Select Publications

Disrupting Monocultural Tendencies through Multimodal Montage. Master’s Thesis’24.
A Mystery For You: An LLM Powered Fact Checking Game with a Tangible Interface. ACM CHI’24 with collaborator Haoheng Tang.
WORLDING is a Verb: Co-Creating Climate Futures with 3D Game Environments and Community Wisdom. Leonardo Journal’25.


Select Exhibitions & Screenings

Forensic Artifacts of a Democracy in Crisis. Solo Show.
MIT ACT Gallery
2023

Rivers in the Sky, Clouds Down Below.
MIT Media Lab
2023

Counteractions. Group Show.
Distillery Gallery, Boston
2023

Mumbai International Film Festival
2022