Nikhil Sethi

I'm a writer, product designer, and occasional cyberartist based in Brooklyn. I've been making stuff online for a few years and I wanted to gather it all in one place for easy access. My product design work can be found in this Figma Deck.


You can also find me on Instagram and Are.na.

Title Type Year Link
Splash Newsletter July 2017 - Present Archive ↗
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A weekly personal newsletter exploring ideas and perspective related to my personal life as a product designer and writer from San Francisco. I started writing this in order to give shape to my writing practice and it has been an important part of my life for many years.

dithercam iOS app August 2025 Tweet ↗
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Images coming soon

An iOS camera app to apply glitch effects to photos.

Departures Board Website May 2025 Tweet ↗
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Images coming soon

A digital departures board to query and view public transit options around you. (API issues ongoing...)

Reflecting Pool Newsletter January 2023 - July 2023 Substack ↗
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A monthly personal newsletter where I reflect on the past through the experiences I've had and the content I've consumed

Lens Publication January 2023 - June 2023 Writer's Page ↗
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I'm a contributing writer for Lens, a publication focused on inspiring, informing, and entertaining creators.

"there was a part of me" Poem June 2023 Site ↗
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I wrote a poem about a tower and made a website to animate it.

Twentysomethings Collab Poems Website June 2023 Site ↗
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In 2021, some friends and I collaborated on some poems in a style similar to the exquisite corpse method and I made a website to house them.

Two Poems Published Poems April 2022 PDF ↗
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Two poems published in a lit mag called "Anatomy Lesson" and "the future sounded more promising when we were younger." These poems encompass feelings of identity and alienation. I wrote them in periods of growth, as I learned to accept myself and the nature of life itself.

Dirt: Just chatting Published Essay April 2022 Substack ↗
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A piece I wrote for the daily newsletter Dirt about the ambient nature of Twitch streams and how they relate to my childhood experience of watching my brother play video games.

Dirt: For you and you and you Published Essay November 2021 Substack ↗
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A piece I wrote for Dirt about how I attempt to find agency in the algorithmic world of TikTok by creating multiple accounts.

"73 degrees in San Francisco" Published Poem July 2021 Twitter ↗
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A poem I wrote about changing times and changing relationships.

A Website as a Conversation Website / Net Art February 2021 Link ↗
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An experimental website exploring the question, "what if a website was a converation?" Made using Ink. I didn't spend a ton of time on it, but it really seemed to resonate with people. I'd like to return to this idea again someday.

Reboot: Everything Is Entertainment Published Essay December 2020 Substack ↗
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An essay I wrote for Reboot digging into Neil Postman's incredible work Amusing Ourselves to Death and applying its thesis to the social media era.

100 Days of Illustration Illustrations July 2017 Link ↗
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The year after my 100 day photo challenge, I realized that photography was never going to be my passion. So, I made 100 illustrations over the course of 100 days to see if illustration was my medium. Although I enjoyed the experience, I didn't end up sticking with the practice.

100 Days of Photography Photography July 2016 Link ↗
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I took 100 photos over the course of 100 days to see if photography was the medium of art for me to focus on. I still take photos frequently, but it's more of a hobby than an earnest creative practice meant to lead somewhere.