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 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 The ADC Annual Awards Winner
2024 AVADC Award Winner
2024 International Design Excellence Awards (IDEA) Awards Finalist
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
2021 Fast Company Innovation by Design Award
2019 A' Design Award (Generative, Algorithmic and Parametric)
2011 Red Dot Concept Design Award
2011 IF Top 300 Designs of The World Shortlisted
2010 Asus Innovation China Award

Speaking Engagements

2025 Creatives of The Universe: Designing the Future for all Women | GatherVerse SHE Summit
2024 Bridging Realities: New Technology Design for The Physical & Digital Worlds | Institute for Artificial Intelligence, Peking University
2024 Innovating Cultural and Commercial Experiences with XR and AI | Hong Kong Business of Design Week (BODW)
2024 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 Transcending Boundaries: XR, AI and Personalized Storytelling | Atlanta Design Festival
2024 Tackling the Global Textile Waste Issue with Virtual Reality | Climate Week NYC
2024 Future Storytelling for Brands Using XR and Other Emerging Technologies | Santa Clara University
2024 The Workforce Revolution: AI and Human Collaboration in Action | GatherVerse AI Evolve Summit
2024 AI vs Humans & the Future of Design | XROM Podcast Hosted by Eddie Avil
2024 Transcending Boundaries: Redesigning Storytelling and Shopping Experience with XR and AI | Tsinghua University
2024 How Can Designers Drive Emerging Tech Innovation Within Large Companies? | International Conference of Experience Design (IXDC)
2024 Beyond Realities: Crafting Stories and Shopping Experiences with XR and AI | Indian Institutes of Technology
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 How to Design Sound/Music for Corporate Branding, Interactive Shopping and Virtual Reality Experiences | Berklee College of Music
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
2024 The Future is Physital | College of Arts Media and Design, Northeastern University
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 The Sensual World: Design for the Hybrid Senses | Apple Hardware Group
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

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 International Industrial Design Week, Hebei
2024 Line and Curves Virtual Exhibition, Arts to Heart Project | Online
2024 SoulSpaces GenAI Art Exhibition, China Academy of Art, Hangzhou
2024 Un-Defined Sensibilities, Sasse Museum of Art, Los Angeles
2024 GenAI Summit, Palace of Fine Arts, San Francisco
2019 Harvard Student Art Show, Harvard University, Cambridge
2019 Ten Days of Art, Murze Artist Residency | Online
2019 GSD Project Wall, Harvard University, Cambridge

Jury Member

2024 IxDA Interaction Awards Juror
2024 Australian Good Design Awards Juror
2024 SF Design Week Awards Juror
2024/25 World Brand Design Society 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 California College of the Arts MFA Design Thesis Review
2024 XHacks @ CMU User Experience Association (UXA)
2019 Harvard GSD Design Discovery Program Final Review

Interviews

https://www.creativeboom.com/inspiration/love-cassette/
https://www.designboom.com/art/poeceptible-xiaobi-pan-ancient-chinese-poetry-into-vr-experience-08-09-2019/
https://muse.world/interview-with-junru-jennie-xu-and-xiaobi-iris-pan-from-the-united-states/
https://aiaseattle.org/event/aadu-s-x-iris-pan-the-future-is-physital/
https://sfdesignweek.org/event/the-future-is-physital-designs-that-bridge-the-physical-and-digital-world-enabled-by-xr-ai-and-other-emerging-tech/
https://vyrs.art/about
https://womentalkdesign.com/speakers/xiaobi-iris-pan/
https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/1aWx1ioO-w_5-w1Yi4PQEQ
https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/tKF6xYNi_SWjXUuxUV_6yA
https://www.xiaoyuzhoufm.com/episode/6317f690b688bcb37c378f1a
https://zhuanlan.zhihu.com/p/659202362
https://zhuanlan.zhihu.com/p/502815862
https://www.harvardxr.com/people/iris-pan
https://www.designmasterprize.com/jurors/
https://nydesignawards.com/our-judge.php
https://titaninnovationawards.com/grand-jury-panel.php
https://www.indigoaward.com/juries/xiaobi-iris-pan-indigo-design-award-jury
https://awards.ixda.org/jury
https://good-design.org/judges/xiaobi-iris-pan/
https://sfdesignweek.org/awards-2024/
https://gatherverse.org/aievolve/speakers/
https://canvasrebel.com/meet-xiaobi-iris-pan/
https://voyagela.com/interview/rising-stars-meet-xiaobi-pan-of-mountain-view/
https://shoutoutla.com/meet-xiaobi-iris-pan-new-technology-designer-artist/
https://boldjourney.com/news/meet-xiaobi-pan/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U21TyuErdHw&t=3s