
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.



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.




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.



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.
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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.



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.