Shira David

Hi I'm Shirp. My graduate studies focused on research and development of regenerative and compostable materials. Coming from fashion studies in Philadelphia, I looked forward to expanding material exploration through stem and environmental research. I am really interested by the collaboration of nature and science, specifically fungal and bacteria materials as textiles or building components. I am a designer and architect, definitely see myself as an alchemist, humanist, and craftsman. Looking forward to collaborative creative developments!

Publications

Eldy S. Lazaro Vasquez, Sepideh Mohammadi, Latifa Al Naimi, Shira David, Mirela Alistar. 2025. “Bio-e-Nails: a Sustainable Design Approach to Biobased Nail Interfaces”. In: TEI '25: Proceedings of the Nineteenth International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction. (Bordeaux/Talence, France, March 4 - 7, 2025).

Mirela Alistar, Shira David, Eldy S. Lazaro Vasquez. 2025. “Engaging with the making and the end-of-life of artificial interactive nails”. In: TEI '25: Proceedings of the Nineteenth International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction. (Bordeaux/Talence, France, March 4 - 7, 2025).

Mirela Alistar, Latifa Al-Naimi, Sepideh Mohammadi, Shira David, Julia Tung and Eldy S. Lazaro Vasquez. 2024. "Exploring the Affordances of Bio-Electronic Nails". In: Companion of the 2024 on ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing (UbiComp '24), (Melbourne, Australia, October 5-9, 2024).

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