Bengaluru is loud.
Try taking a call here.
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A quiet room in the middle of Bangalore.
A quiet room in the middle of Bangalore.
A quiet room in the middle of Bangalore.
Havn is a work pod you book from your phone and find in a park: the pod, the app that gets you in, and the screen that runs your session.
Havn is a work pod you book from your phone and find in a park: the pod, the app that gets you in, and the screen that runs your session.
Havn is a work pod you book from your phone and find in a park: the pod, the app that gets you in, and the screen that runs your session.
Product Design
Visual Design
UX Research
ROLE
Product & visual design, research
YEAR
2025
TOOLS
Figma · After Effects · ChatGPT · Gemini
A group project, built with Aditya S Vellal and Harshini Chander.
A group project, built with Aditya S Vellal and Harshini Chander.
Working from anywhere, until you can’t
Working from anywhere, until you can’t
Working from anywhere, until you can’t
Bengaluru works from cafés and cabs. It stops working the moment a call is confidential, the Wi-Fi drops, or someone’s on the only plug point.
Bengaluru works from cafés and cabs. It stops working the moment a call is confidential, the Wi-Fi drops, or someone’s on the only plug point.
Urban professionals in Bangalore lack quiet, private workspaces in public areas.
Urban professionals in Bangalore lack quiet, private workspaces in public areas.
Urban professionals in Bangalore lack quiet, private workspaces in public areas.
So we asked
So we asked
So we asked
Two in three people said they like working outside but can’t focus there. The rest sounded like this:
Two in three people said they like working outside but can’t focus there. The rest sounded like this:
“Cafes have such few plug-points.”
“Most places have really bad wi-fi.”
“It’s really crowded and disturbing sometimes.”
“Cafes have such few plug-points.”
“Most places have really bad wi-fi.”
“It’s really crowded and disturbing sometimes.”
“Co-working spaces are way too expensive to go to regularly.”
“I just feel really stuffy if I’m always working in my room.”
“Co-working spaces are way too expensive to go to regularly.”
“I just feel really stuffy if I’m always working in my room.”
“Cafes have such few plug-points.”
“Most places have really bad wi-fi.”
“It’s really crowded and disturbing sometimes.”
“Cafes have such few plug-points.”
“Most places have really bad wi-fi.”
“It’s really crowded and disturbing sometimes.”
“Co-working spaces are way too expensive to go to regularly.”
“I just feel really stuffy if I’m always working in my room.”
“Co-working spaces are way too expensive to go to regularly.”
“I just feel really stuffy if I’m always working in my room.”
“Cafes have such few plug-points.”
“Most places have really bad wi-fi.”
“It’s really crowded and disturbing sometimes.”
“Cafes have such few plug-points.”
“Most places have really bad wi-fi.”
“It’s really crowded and disturbing sometimes.”
“Co-working spaces are way too expensive to go to regularly.”
“I just feel really stuffy if I’m always working in my room.”
“Co-working spaces are way too expensive to go to regularly.”
“I just feel really stuffy if I’m always working in my room.”
Pods already exist
Pods already exist
Pods already exist
Existing pods are
Existing pods are
Existing pods are
They were designed as furniture, not as a room. So we did it better.
They were designed as furniture, not as a room. So we did it better.
Who we designed for
Who we designed for
Who we designed for
Three working days we tested every decision against.
Three working days we tested every decision against.
Somewhere quiet to work, with no timing or location strings attached.
A place to code without distraction and take client calls between lectures.
A private room for confidential calls, wherever the day ends up.
Somewhere quiet to work, with no timing or location strings attached.
A place to code without distraction and take client calls between lectures.
A private room for confidential calls, wherever the day ends up.
Somewhere quiet to work, with no timing or location strings attached.
A place to code without distraction and take client calls between lectures.
A private room for confidential calls, wherever the day ends up.
Somewhere quiet to work, with no timing or location strings attached.
A place to code without distraction and take client calls between lectures.
A private room for confidential calls, wherever the day ends up.
Why a park
Why a park
Why a park
In a city this loud, the quiet already exists in its parks — we just made it usable, and designed every pod to pass BBMP’s licensing rules.
In a city this loud, the quiet already exists in its parks — we just made it usable, and designed every pod to pass BBMP’s licensing rules.
The pod
The pod
The pod
Solar-powered, step-free, soundproof, and quiet enough for a call.
Solar-powered, step-free, soundproof, and quiet enough for a call.
The pod, in a park.
A single-person pod, solar-powered and built for a full workday, with smart glass that turns opaque when you need privacy.
Inside the pod
Inside the pod
Inside the pod
The pod has its own screen — temperature, volume, your timer, and Zoom already signed in.
The pod has its own screen — temperature, volume, your timer, and Zoom already signed in.
THE APP
Productivity,
Productivity,
Productivity,
reimagined.
reimagined.
reimagined.
Book in a few taps
Book in a few taps
Book in a few taps
Home, map, park, check-in, your bookings. The whole flow, one screen at a time.
Home, map, park, check-in, your bookings. The whole flow, one screen at a time.
Find your Havn
Search by park or just hit the parks near you. A free trial waits on the first screen.
See what is free, live
Every park shows how many pods are open right now, before you leave the house.
Pick a time that works
Price, date and slot on one screen, with a chart of when the park gets busy.
Your phone is the key
Walk up and check in. The pod unlocks, and the session timer starts.
Back tomorrow?
Past and upcoming sessions in one list, with one tap to book the same pod again.
See what’s free before you leave
See what’s free before you leave
See what’s free before you leave
Every park shows how many pods are open right now, so nobody walks to a full one.
Every park shows how many pods are open right now, so nobody walks to a full one.
Lalbagh Botanical Garden 1.2 km · ₹250/hr8freeTry the booking flow
Try the booking flow
Try the booking flow
We built it instead of handing over screens. Find a pod, book a slot, pay, check in.
We built it instead of handing over screens. Find a pod, book a slot, pay, check in.
On your desktop, too
On your desktop, too
On your desktop, too
A small widget on your laptop shows the booking and opens your meeting the moment the session starts.
A small widget on your laptop shows the booking and opens your meeting the moment the session starts.
Reflections
Reflections
Reflections
The constraint was the brief.
The constraint was the brief.
BBMP’s rules shaped the ramp, the footprint and the power.
BBMP’s rules shaped the ramp, the footprint and the power.
Ask about someone’s day, not your idea.
Ask about someone’s day, not your idea.
Nobody asked for a pod. They complained about plug points, noise and privacy.
Nobody asked for a pod. They complained about plug points, noise and privacy.
Build the flow, not the screens.
Build the flow, not the screens.
The prototype found gaps no static frame did.
The prototype found gaps no static frame did.