Pankhuri Soni
Pankhuri is an experience designer, researcher, and educator with an interest in inclusive design, design research and participatory research frameworks. She is skilled in rapid prototyping, system mapping, and human-centred design to create intuitive user experiences.
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- Faculty:
- Faculty of Arts, Humanities, Education and Social Sciences
- School:
- Cambridge School of Art
- Location:
- Cambridge
- Areas of Expertise:
- Design Research , Design Education , Design Innovation
- Background
Pankhuri completed a Master of Arts in Information Experience Design at the Royal College of Art and holds a Bachelor of Design in Craft Communication Design from the Indian Institute of Crafts and Design. Her background encompasses research at the Indian Institute of Technology, where she focused on game design for geriatric rehabilitation and UI/UX design at the Museum of Art & Photography in Bangalore.
For her master’s thesis at the Royal College of Art, she developed a project titled Conversational Pieces. The project used ridicule and exaggeration to challenge the assumptions that hearing people hold about the deaf community. The work was selected for poster presentations in Universal Design 2026, INCLUDE 2026 and the London Student Sustainability Conference 2026.
- Spoken Languages
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- French
- Hindi
- Punjabi
- Research interests
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- Inclusive design
- User Experience (UX), User Interface (UI), and interaction design for digital systems
- Digital health ecosystems
- Teaching
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Pankhuri currently teaches on the following modules:
- Research Project
- Conceptual Thinking and Practice
- Qualifications
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- MA Information Experience Design, Royal College of Art
- B.Des Craft Communication Design Indian Institute of Crafts and Design