Dhanush Petluri

Dhanush Petluri

product designer working on ai-native experiences

product designer working on ai-native experiences

A deep dive into Kondapalli’s wooden toy craft — 400 years old, still handmade, but slowly disappearing. I talked to the artisans making them and wrote about what’s changing and why

A deep dive into Kondapalli’s wooden toy craft — 400 years old, still handmade, but slowly disappearing. I talked to the artisans making them and wrote about what’s changing and why

PUBLICATIONS & RESEARCH

PUBLICATIONS & RESEARCH

Selected for an international photography exhibition at Château de Boisbuchet in France, presenting a visual project shaped around place, material memory, and quiet architectural details.

Selected for an international photography exhibition at Château de Boisbuchet in France, presenting a visual project shaped around place, material memory, and quiet architectural details.

2021

2021

2022

2022

2025

2025

2025

2025

May 2024–Nov 2025

May 2024–Nov 2025

2022–2023

2022–2023

JUNE2022

JUNE2022

Visual Designer — Talent Resourze

Visual Designer — Talent Resourze

Selected for International Exhibition — Château de Boisbuchet, France

Selected for International Exhibition — Château de Boisbuchet, France

M.S. HCI — DePaul University

M.S. HCI — DePaul University

Product Designer — Rypil Technologies

Product Designer — Rypil Technologies

VP, Experience Round Table — DePaul

VP, Experience Round Table — DePaul

UX Researcher & Product Design Associate — Aditya Electronics

UX Researcher & Product Design Associate — Aditya Electronics

B.Des, Interaction Design — O.P. Jindal Global University

B.Des, Interaction Design — O.P. Jindal Global University

JOURNEY

JOURNEY

WHAT I DO

WHAT I DO

Product Design

Designing end-to-end product experiences, from research to high-fidelity UI.

AI-Native UX

Building intuitive interfaces for AI-powered tools and workflows.

Design Systems

Creating scalable component libraries for consistency and speed.

User Research

Running usability tests and interviews to ground decisions in real behavior.

ABOUT

ABOUT

I’m Dhanush Petluri, a product designer focused on AI-native experiences — designing interfaces where AI isn’t a bolted-on feature, but part of how the product thinks and responds. I hold an M.S. in HCI from DePaul University and a B.Des. in Interaction Design, and I’ve spent my career at the intersection of research, craft, and systems thinking. What draws me to this work is the same thing that’s always drawn me to design: getting the details right in a way most people never consciously notice, but always feel.

I’m Dhanush Petluri, a product designer focused on AI-native experiences — designing interfaces where AI isn’t a bolted-on feature, but part of how the product thinks and responds. I hold an M.S. in HCI from DePaul University and a B.Des. in Interaction Design, and I’ve spent my career at the intersection of research, craft, and systems thinking. What draws me to this work is the same thing that’s always drawn me to design: getting the details right in a way most people never consciously notice, but always feel.

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