Responsible design & research practice
Ventouri Design helps game studios and AI / XR teams get representation, research and risk right, by building with the communities their products portray and serve, from first concept to global launch.
Background across
Five years inside Meta, from trust & safety to Reality Labs responsible innovation. A global-risk background from Control Risks and Johns Hopkins SAIS. And lived experience as an enrolled member of the Native Village of Atka. One advisor who can speak to a game director, a policy team and a tribal council in the same week.
01 Practice
Representation, research and risk are product decisions. The practice makes them with the people your product portrays and serves.
Culturally authentic representation of Native American, Indigenous, Alaska Native and First Nations communities across character design, story, dialogue, gameplay and world-building. Also gender representation, female-aligned characters, accessibility and equitable player experiences.
Co-design sprints with communities and outside experts. Research that turns community feedback into product requirements, prototypes and roadmap calls, not a report on a shelf.
Spot cultural and representation risks early, before assets lock. Cultural accuracy reviews from in-game experience to go-to-market campaign, plus red-teaming for trust, safety and accessibility.
Frameworks, inclusive product councils, research operations and evaluation programs for AI, AR/VR, wearables and robotics teams. Long-term representation strategy that scales.
02 Approach
“Designing at the margins is not designing for a minority — it is the most efficient way to design for the full range of human experiences.”
Map the communities, assumptions and risks in play before anything locks.
Community members and experts join as partners from the very first decision, not as a sign-off at the end.
Rapid prototypes, dogfooding and red-teaming surface usability, accessibility and trust risks while they are still cheap to fix.
Insight becomes engineering requirements, shepherded through phase gates so it stays in the roadmap.
Pick the depth that fits the decision
Surveys, interviews and expert review inform the team’s decisions.
Community members and experts work alongside the team in co-design sprints.
Communities set direction and own key decisions; the team builds with them.
Note
One advisor is never a stand-in spokesperson for a whole identity group. Native people are not a monolith.
The practice brings the right community voices in.
03 Track record
Five years at Meta: trust & safety first, then responsible innovation at Reality Labs.
Ran Reality Labs’ Codesign and Inclusive Product Council programs.
Built inclusive design frameworks and accessibility evaluation methods adopted across 10+ product lines.
Led 12+ cross-functional innovation initiatives producing 30+ wearable hardware and software prototypes, including more inclusive fit systems for diverse body types.
Created a women’s gaming creator program from the ground up, redesigning competition criteria and success metrics.
Developed a “win with women” strategy with AR/VR leadership to remove barriers to wearables adoption among women.
Protected the platform from abuse and mis/disinformation targeting the world’s most at-risk elections.
04 In their words
She scaled codesign programs and leveraged user-centered insights from external co-designers and stakeholders to change product roadmaps, not just to produce research findings for a report.
“Her ability to identify systemic gaps, advocate for underrepresented communities, and operationalize equity principles into product and policy work is unmatched.”
“It’s one thing to talk about inclusive design in theory, and another for students to learn from someone who’s built it from the inside.”
05 About
Founder · she/her
Natasha founded Ventouri Design in 2026 after five years at Meta, where she led responsible innovation across AR/VR, AI and robotics at Reality Labs. She is an enrolled member of the Native Village of Atka (Unangax̂ / Aleut) in the Aleutian Islands, Alaska, and works from the San Francisco Bay Area with teams worldwide.
“Technology can be the greatest extension of our humanity when designed responsibly.”
06 Ways to engage
Pick a format, or simply tell Natasha where you are in development.
Ongoing counsel for a game or product through development.
Ask about thisA focused sprint with community members and experts.
Ask about thisA cultural accuracy and risk review of builds, scripts or campaigns.
Ask about thisCo-design and inclusive design sessions for teams.
Ask about thisContact
Tell Natasha what you’re building and where you are in development.
San Francisco Bay Area · working worldwide, remote