Hi There!
I’m Iris (Xiaobi) Pan, designer/artist/writer (……..toomanyhattist) working at the boundary of digital and physical. My passion is spreading love and connection, and various other forms of enlightenment (creativity being one of them) in the world.
Drop me a note: Gmail or Linkedin
Find my writings on Zhihu: @Iris Pan
Work
Lead Designer, XR/AI 2022 - now
Amazon
Sr. UX Designer, New Interface Group Lead 2019 - 2021
Mastercard Labs
Interaction Designer 2015 - 2016
COC (Creature of Creation)
Designer 2012 - 2015
IBM, Qingting. FM, Freelance
Education
Harvard University, Graduate School of Design 2017 - 2019
Master in Design Studies (Technology) | XR, HCI
MIT Media Lab 2018 - 2019
Cross Registration | XR, Design Innovation, Emerging Tech
Tunghai University 2011 - 2012
Exchange Student, Industrial Design Dept.
Zhejiang University, China 2008 - 2013
B.E., Industrial Design (Smart Product Focus)
Awards
2024 Red Dot Design Concept Award Winner
2024 International Design Excellence Awards (IDEA) Awards Finalis
2024 International Design Award (IDA) Winner
2024 The ADC Annual Awards Winner
2024 Creative Communication Award Winner (Social Responsibility)
2024 The BRICS Solutions for Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Award Winner
2024 Design Intelligence Award (DIA) Honorable Mention
2024 GDUSA Health+Wellness Design Award Winner
2024 AVADC Award Winner
2024 Titan Innovation Awards Platinum Winner (Social Impact)
2024 Titan Innovation Awards Gold Winner (User Experience Design)
2024 DNA Paris Design Awards Honorable Mention
2024 Indigo Design Award Gold Winner
2024 Indigo Design Award Silver Winner (Apps)
2024 Indigo Design Award Silver Winner (Mobile App)
2024 Indigo Design Award Silver Winner (Interaction Design)
2024 Muse Design Award Gold Winner (Services)
2024 Muse Design Award Gold Winner (AI)
2024 Muse Creative Award Gold Winner
2024 The UX Design Awards Nomination Award Winner
2021 Fast Company Innovation by Design Award Winner
2019 A' Design Award Winner (Generative, Algorithmic and Parametric)
2011 Red Dot Concept Design Award Winner
2011 IF Top 300 Designs of The World Shortlisted
2010 Asus Innovation China Award Winner
Guest Lecturer
2024 New Stories in a New World- Storytelling with XR | Beijing Film Academy
2024 Bridging Realities: New Technology Design for The Physical & Digital Worlds | Institute for Artificial Intelligence, Peking University
2024 [中文] Designing the Future: Bridging the Digital and Physical Worlds | China Academy of Art
2024 Emerging Tech Design for Social and Business Impact | ArtCenter College of Design
2024 Future Storytelling for Brands Using XR and Other Emerging Technologies | Santa Clara University
2024 Transcending Boundaries: Redesigning Storytelling and Shopping Experience with XR and AI | Tsinghua University
2024 Beyond Realities: Crafting Stories and Shopping Experiences with XR and AI | Indian Institutes of Technology
2024 How to Design Sound/Music for Corporate Branding, Interactive Shopping and Virtual Reality Experiences | Berklee College of Music
2024 The Future is Physital | College of Arts Media and Design, Northeastern University
2019 The Sensual World: Design for the Hybrid Senses | Apple Hardware Group
Conference Speaker/Panelist
2025 Creatives of The Universe: Designing the Future for all Women | GatherVerse SHE Summit
2024 Innovating Cultural and Commercial Experiences with XR and AI | Hong Kong Business of Design Week (BODW)
2024 Transcending Boundaries: XR, AI and Personalized Storytelling | Atlanta Design Festival
2024 Tackling the Global Textile Waste Issue with Virtual Reality | Climate Week NYC
2024 The Workforce Revolution: AI and Human Collaboration in Action | GatherVerse AI Evolve Summit
2024 How Can Designers Drive Emerging Tech Innovation Within Large Companies? | International Conference of Experience Design (IXDC)
2024 Future Space: Where Technology and Sustainability Meet | Sustainable Design China Summit
2024 The Future is Physital – Designs that Bridge the Physical and Digital World with XR, AI and other Emerging Technologies | San Francisco Design Week
2024 The Future is Physital | Asian American Designers Union (AADU) Seattle
2024 Journey After School: A Career in XR and Emerging Technologies | HarvardXR Extended Intelligence Conference
2024 The Future of Visual Poetry in VR | Art Russia International Art Forum
2023 HiStrangers: Interactive Clothing Designed to Elicit Spontaneous Social Interactions after the Pandemic | Positive Technology International Conference HK
2020 Design Multimedia Contents for Cultural Communication & Reinvigoration | The 14th International Conference on Design Principles & Practices
2019 Reinterpreting Chinese Traditional Poetry in VR with Multiple Scales & Senses | IEEE GEM (Games, Entertainment and Media)
2019 Poeceptible: Revisiting an Ancient Poem in VR | New England Graduate Media Symposium
2018 Design Imagery for Cyber Security | Hewlett Cyber Initiative
Interviews
2025 Iris Pan at BODW: The Realms of Design and Technology | Art4d
2024 香港设计营商周（BODW）2024峰会——国际大咖精彩演讲摘录 | 包装与设计
2024 专题讲座：《用新科技讲新故事--如何用混合现实技术进行新的叙事》| 北京电影学院艺培中心
2024 AI-Fusion第二十五期：链接物理和数字世界的科技设计 | 北京大学创新学社
2024 Gathered Cloths VR Interview at Fusion Fashion Technology Summit | Climate Week NYC
2024 跨界: XR 与AI 重塑商业叙事与体验设计 | 清华大学创客空间 MR Talk
2024 AI vs Humans & the Future of Design | The XROM Podcast by Eddie Avil
2024 Iris Pan's Art Installation Turns Your Love Messages into Soundwave Postcards | Creative Boom
2024 Rising Stars: Meet Xiaobi Iris Pan | Voyage LA
2024 Meet Xiaobi (Iris) Pan | Canvas Rebel
2024 Meet Xiaobi (Iris) Pan, New Technology Designer & Artist | Shoutout LA
2024 Meet Xiaobi Pan | Bold Journey
2024 Interview: Xiaobi Pan and Junru Xu | Titan Innovation Awards Interview
2024 Interview with Xiaobi Pan and Junru Xu：Designers from HMW Design Studio | Muse.World
2024 Interview with Junru (Jennie) Xu and Xiaobi (Iris) Pan from the United States | Muse.World
2024 Iris Pan: 元宇宙, 设计+科技先行者 | SDS (Sustainable Design Summit) 可持续设计峰会
2023《人物》第九期：Iris Pan | 学弱渣的精品小屋
2022 AR/VR虚拟体验，到底是谁在沉浸其中? | 硅里谷外播客
2022 关于我：Iris Pan个人介绍高赞和回答整理 | 知乎 Iris Pan专栏
2019 Poeceptible：Xiaobi Pan's VR Transformation of Ancient Chinese Poetry | DesignBoom
2019 从哈佛到MIT，看中国女孩如何玩转设计科技 | MANA 新媒体艺术站
2017 Love Cassette：爱的发声装置 | 文化创意与公共艺术
Jury Member
2025 A’ Design Award Juror
2025 K-Design Award Juror
2025 International Architecture & Design (IAD) Awards Juror
2025 Rome Design Awards Juror
2024/25 World Brand Design Society Awards Juror
2024 Australian Good Design Awards Juror
2024 IxDA Interaction Awards Juror
2024 SF Design Week Awards Juror
2024 Indigo Design Award Juror
2024 MUSE Design Awards Juror
2024 MUSE Creative Awards Juror
2024 NY Product Design Awards Juror
2024 French Design Awards Juror
2024 The London Design Awards Juror
2024 The Design Masterprize (DMP) Juror
2024 Orpetron Web Design Awards Juror
2024 NCDA Awards Juror
2024 TITAN Innovation Awards Juror
2024 TITAN Health Awards Juror
2024 TITAN Brand Awards Juror
2024 LIT Entertainment Awards Juror
2024 Vega Digital Awards Juror
2024 The NYX Awards Juror
2024 The AVADC Competition Juror
Guest Critic
2024 UC Berkeley MDes Thesis Review Guest Critic
2024 California College of the Arts MFA Design Thesis Review Guest Critic
2024 CMU XHacks Guest Critic
2019 Harvard GSD Design Discovery Program Guest Critic
Exhibitions
2024 Red Dot Design Concept Award Exhibition | Red Dot Design Museum, Singapore
2024 Techspressionism | The Museum of Wild and Newfangled Art (MOWNA), Online
2024 Fusion Fashion Tech Summit | Fashion Institute of Technology, New York
2024 Line and Curves Virtual Exhibition | Arts to Heart Project, Online
2024 International Industrial Design Week | Hebei
2024 SoulSpaces GenAI Art Exhibition | China Academy of Art, Hangzhou
2024 GenAI Summit | Palace of Fine Arts, San Francisco
2024 Un-Defined Sensibilities | Sasse Museum of Art, Los Angeles
2019 Harvard Student Art Show | Harvard University, Cambridge
2019 Ten Days of Art | Murze Artist Residency, Online