About / Sara Sohrabi

A little more about me.

Portrait of Sara Sohrabi

I turn complex workflows into clear, intuitive products—designed to earn trust and scale with confidence.

I’m a product designer working across AI, aviation, and fintech. I’ve shaped 200+ screen ecosystems, reduced onboarding from 5 steps to 3, and built design systems with 100+ components.

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01 / Curiosity

I've always been curious about why things are the way they are.

Why we do things a certain way. Why some experiences feel natural while others make us stop and think. And why we so often accept things simply because they've always been that way.

I think that's what drew me to design in the first place.

Over time, I've realized that the part I enjoy most isn't necessarily finding the answer. It's getting to the question that changes how we understand the problem.

Sometimes, what looks like a usability issue is actually a much bigger question about behaviour, expectations, or the way a system was imagined in the first place.

And I find that fascinating.

02 / Design

I don't think design is only about solving problems.

Of course, making things work better matters. But I also think design has the ability to question what we're trying to make work in the first place.

We spend so much time asking how to improve things that we sometimes forget to ask whether they could be entirely different.

That's the kind of thinking I try to bring into my work.

I like understanding the bigger picture before getting lost in the details. And then, perhaps contradictorily, I love getting lost in the details.

The smallest interaction can change how someone feels about an entire product. I think that's worth paying attention to.

03 / Outside work

Outside of design, I'm interested in almost everything that makes us human.

I read a lot of literature, listen to classical music, and find myself drawn to art that leaves something open to interpretation.

I love the way a novel can make an ordinary moment feel significant, or how a piece of music can communicate something without needing a single word.

Maybe that's why I'm interested in the space between what people do and what they feel.

I don't believe everything needs to be explained, but I do believe everything deserves to be questioned.

And while I spend my working days trying to bring clarity to complexity, I rather enjoy a little ambiguity everywhere else.

04 / Still learning

I'm still figuring things out. I hope I always will be.

The more I learn, the more I realize how many different ways there are to look at the same thing.

I don't want to become the kind of designer who has a familiar solution for every problem.

I'd rather keep asking questions, exploring unfamiliar ideas, and occasionally being wrong about something I was convinced I understood.

Because I think curiosity is what keeps our thinking from becoming repetitive.

And ultimately, I'd like my work to reflect that.

Not just in how it looks or functions, but in the questions behind it.

One more question?

If something here resonates with you, I'd love to have a conversation.

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