
Austin Davis is a “Play Experience Designer”, passionate about the idea of “Learning + Problem-solving through PLAY”. After his Bachelor's in Mechanical Engineering, he pursued his Master’s in Toy & Game Design discipline at the National Institute of Design where he discovered “PLAY”. He went on to design games for digital platforms as well as physical ones for the domains of leisure & entertainment, games as a promotional tool, child development & professional training. Since then he has been in the pursuit of discovering frameworks for coming up with design intervention through PLAY. And his journey continues as a faculty at his alma mater.

Working at
the intersection of
PLAY & DESIGN
WORK EXPERIENCE
12 yrs & counting
National Institute of Design
Professor
8 years
March 2015 - Now
Design Consultancy
Play Experience Designer
1.5 years
Jan 2013 - March 2015
Gameshastra
Level Designer + Game Designer
2 years
Dec 2011 - Dec 2013
Pink Katalyst
Game Designer
6 Months
Dec 2010 - May 2011
Nov 2019 - now (4 yrs)
Professor | Toy and Game Design Department
Head | Skill Development Lab (NID Gandhinagar Campus)
Nov 2017 - Nov 2019 (2 yrs)
Associate Professor | Toy and Game Design Department
July 2015 - Nov 2015 (4 months)
Teaching Associate | Toy and Game Design Department
March 2015 - July 2015 (4 months)
Visiting Faculty | NID
March 2015 - March 2015 (2 yrs)
Trainee Faculty | NID
Design Consultancy
Board Game Design
DIY Kit Design
Logo Design
Illustration
Visiting Professor
NID
UID
E-Learning Apps | Edutainment Games
Client: Mango Learning
Sholay: Bullets of Justice | Side-scrolling Platformer Action Game
Client: Hungama
Dare to Fly | Move Motion controller-based casual game
Client: Sony Playstation
Casual Games | Online web-based
Inspired from Indian Mythology

EDUCATION

2008-2011 | 2.5 yrs
National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad, Gujarat
India
M.DES
Toy and Game Design

2004-2008 | 4 yrs
Government Engineering College, Thrissur, Kerala
India
B.TECH
Mechanical Engineering

1995-2007 | 12 yrs
St. Columba's School, Delhi
India
CBSE
Higher Secondary Education
