NIJ
BALAR
about.
Driving impactful design solutions that transcend boundaries is my passion. My proven global expertise spans award-winning spatial design and sustainable materials research.



I combine intentional thinking with clean execution. For me, the best designs are so intuitive they don’t even feel designed.
I grew up in a household where patterns and plans shared the dinner table. My mother, a fashion designer, ran her boutique and our home with intuitive finesse. My father, an engineer with a business degree who saw the world in binary: black or white, efficient or not.
India’s chaotic brilliance became my first classroom. Watching my mom sketch ideas one minute and solve a logistics mess the next taught me that design wasn’t just about aesthetics, it was about systems thinking in disguise. From my dad, I absorbed a mindset of clarity, structure, and decisive action.
This duality, creative adaptability and logical precision became the foundation of my practice. I pursued a Bachelor’s in Architecture in India, where spatial thinking and physical design deepened my appreciation for tangible problem-solving. Later, I moved to New York to earn a Master’s in Strategic Design and Management at Parsons School of Design, where I honed my ability to zoom out - connecting dots across culture, systems, and strategy.
Today, I approach challenges with a multidisciplinary lens, part storyteller, part system thinker, crafting strategies that are as thoughtful as they are impactful.
I grew up in a household where patterns and plans shared the dinner table. My mother, a fashion designer, ran her boutique and our home with intuitive finesse. My father, an engineer with a business degree who saw the world in binary: black or white, efficient or not.
India’s chaotic brilliance became my first classroom. Watching my mom sketch ideas one minute and solve a logistics mess the next taught me that design wasn’t just about aesthetics, it was about systems thinking in disguise. From my dad, I absorbed a mindset of clarity, structure, and decisive action.
This duality, creative adaptability and logical precision became the foundation of my practice. I pursued a Bachelor’s in Architecture in India, where spatial thinking and physical design deepened my appreciation for tangible problem-solving. Later, I moved to New York to earn a Master’s in Strategic Design and Management at Parsons School of Design, where I honed my ability to zoom out - connecting dots across culture, systems, and strategy.
Today, I approach challenges with a multidisciplinary lens, part storyteller, part system thinker, crafting strategies that are as thoughtful as they are impactful.
I grew up in a household where patterns and plans shared the dinner table. My mother, a fashion designer, ran her boutique and our home with intuitive finesse. My father, an engineer with a business degree who saw the world in binary: black or white, efficient or not.
India’s chaotic brilliance became my first classroom. Watching my mom sketch ideas one minute and solve a logistics mess the next taught me that design wasn’t just about aesthetics, it was about systems thinking in disguise. From my dad, I absorbed a mindset of clarity, structure, and decisive action.
This duality, creative adaptability and logical precision became the foundation of my practice. I pursued a Bachelor’s in Architecture in India, where spatial thinking and physical design deepened my appreciation for tangible problem-solving. Later, I moved to New York to earn a Master’s in Strategic Design and Management at Parsons School of Design, where I honed my ability to zoom out - connecting dots across culture, systems, and strategy.
Today, I approach challenges with a multidisciplinary lens, part storyteller, part system thinker, crafting strategies that are as thoughtful as they are impactful.
ways i add value.
QUAL RESEARCH
BRAND ART
SPATIAL DESIGN
UI&UX DESIGN
PRODUCT DESIGN
DATA VISUALIZATION
ILLUSTRATION
WORKSHOPPING
QUAL RESEARCH
BRAND ART
SPATIAL DESIGN
UI&UX DESIGN
PRODUCT DESIGN
DATA VISUALIZATION
ILLUSTRATION
WORKSHOPPING
QUAL RESEARCH

BRAND ART

SPATIAL DESIGN

UI&UX DESIGN

PRODUCT DESIGN

DATA VISUALIZATION

ILLUSTRATION

WORKSHOPPING






