How Travel Shaped My UX Design Career

We travel not to escape life, but to meet life in a different colour.

- Saibal Datta

We travel not to escape life, but to meet life in a different colour. Though it sounds clichéd to say that travel is my inspiration and has helped me become a better person, the fact is that for some, travel is not just a way of life - it is life itself! I am one of those people. Years of traveling have galvanized my thoughts and given my work a new direction.

As a child, my father’s job made moving to different parts of India every couple of years a part of our family life. It would be correct to say that the seeds of the traveller and observer in me were sown early during those naïve days. Growing up in a multicultural environment helped me understand objectivity. And it all started with fond memories of exploring myriad facets of the Northeast. The rest, of course, is a passport full of stamps and a heart filled with stories.