Medhavi is a multidisciplinary creative and communication designer whose practice connects thoughtful research with purposeful design. Deeply curious by nature, her work spans storytelling, cultural inquiry, visual communication, and experimentation, often exploring how design can become a medium for expression and social impact. Embracing a 'jack of all trades' mindset, she approaches problems from multiple perspectives, allowing her practice to remain adaptable, exploratory, and constantly evolving.
The Sacred Third
Examining work, stigma, and cultural representation among transgender communities in Bengaluru, India.
The Sacred Third examines how work, stigma, and cultural representation shape the lives of transgender women in Bengaluru, India, using re-storytelling to foreground dignity, struggle, and memory beyond tokenism. Grounded in everyday life, it draws from labour and cultural practices such as traffic signal collection and ritual blessings, alongside structural barriers to employment. Through visual documentation of workplaces and shared living spaces, it reflects how identity is negotiated and how communities build support systems despite social exclusion.
