Anushka Parikh is a graphic designer
Pursuing a BFA in Graphic Design and a Concentration in
Computation at the Rhode Island School of Design. Her work
largely revolves around interaction, accessible design,
research, & brand identities.
Computation at the Rhode Island School of Design. Her work
largely revolves around interaction, accessible design,
research, & brand identities.
keyboard smash !
promotional materials + research + website design + conceptual data visualization
In → Winter 2026
A series of keyboard smash visualizations translated from more than 70 collected keyboard smashes.
process:
conducted a survey —> collected 70+ keyboard smashes + emotions [layer 1] —> coded a website archive —> generated heatmap visualizations from responses [layer 2] —> performed [layer 3] a smash on an aluminum sheet [layer 4] above a keyboard with a hammer —> hammer type output [layer 5] —> hammer heatmap output [layer 5]
Guided by Allison Park’s study on the linguistic behavior of key smashes and thank you to Patrick Weid for the heatmap.js library
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© Anushka Parikh 2026 [aparik01@risd.edu]