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Sunny, a soft social robot
01 · sunnyrobotics / 2026
01 · sunnyrobotics / 2026

Co-designed alongside dementia caregivers, Sunny is a soft social robot created to comfort patients experiencing high levels of agitation. Sunny is heated, has a heartbeat, and breathes, to not only calm patients, but provide them with companionship.

Sunny held by a caregiver
Sunny lying across a stool
Sunny seated
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siliXon PCB editor on a laptop
02 · siliXonUI design / 2026
02 · siliXonUI design / 2026

At siliXon, I spearheaded the UX strategy, interface architecture, and experimental testing frameworks to translate complex software into an intuitive tool for hardware creation. My work focused on solving the "abstraction gap" — building a bridge between conversational prompts and rigid vector-based PCB layouts for a diverse user base spanning absolute novices to veteran electrical engineers.

siliXon PCB editor with component list
siliXon projects dashboard on a laptop
siliXon properties panel detail
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Hands assembling the literaSEA sea plant growth kit
03 · literaSEAeco design / 2024
03 · literaSEAeco design / 2024

Based on six weeks of intensive field research into Barbadian marine relationships and hidden pollution, this project pairs an ocean literacy app with a physical sea plant growth kit. It empowers Barbadian youth to learn, cultivate coral or seamoss, track real-world impact, and actively protect local waters.

Kids assembling the literaSEA kit with the growth instructions
literaSEA packaging, growth kit booklet and app detail
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Revivele exhale jar styled with flowers
04 · revivelepackaging / 2023
04 · revivelepackaging / 2023

Directed the visual identity and digital presence for Revivele, a women’s health and wellness brand. Working alongside the marketing team, I led the end-to-end design of the e-commerce platform while translating the brand’s mission into physical packaging and digital campaign graphics.

Full Revivele product lineup
Revivele e-commerce website design
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Omnihealth device and sensor puck styled on a shelf
05 · OmnihealthSpeculative / 2025
05 · OmnihealthSpeculative / 2025

A speculative project exploring hyper-commodified, home-based care. As clinical medicine shifts from public institutions into private spaces, health becomes consumer wellness. Centered on a domestic pod integrating diagnostics, monitoring, and passive treatment, Omnihealth critically examines subscription-driven, privatized care ecosystems.

Hand holding the Omnihealth diagnostic puck
Omnihealth pod integrated into a domestic living room
Omnihealth device and diagnostic puck on a counter
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Sonali Patel is a Canadian designer whose work bridges speculative design, healthcare, robotics, and the evolving relationship between humans, technology, and connection. Studying Innovation Design Engineering at the Royal College of Art & Imperial College, she approaches design as a means of solving problems and shaping possibilities, focusing on how things can develop in conscious and meaningful ways.

Influenced by literature, conceptual art, her own travels, and the places she inhabits, Sonali’s designs embrace the beauty of complexity and the potential within uncharted territory. She is captivated by the act of exploring chaos, letting herself be carried away by the untraditional.