Yasaman Sheri is a designer, writer and researcher working at the intersection of science, technology & society. Her practice explores machine + biological sensing and computing inputs, investigating new forms of perception enabled by advanced technologies and their cultural, ecological, and social implications.
She is a leader in Design with over 15 years of experience leading interface design in Hardware, Advanced Sensors and Spatial AI. Her experience spans acorss creation of first Microsoft Hololens Core Operating System, Designing Human-Computer-Spatial Interface for Google (X) Autonomous Robotics & AI, Directing Augmented Intelligence & Domestic AI at IKEA’s research & design studio SPACE10, Recipient of the Ginkgo Bioworks Biotechnology Residency, where she collaborated with scientists & synthetic biologists to develop novel protein-based Biological Sensors, act as Senior Director of Design defining Core OS for Magic Leap 2 and Leading Inputs & Interactions and micro-gestural interfaces for EMG sensing of Meta’s Hardware Neural Band.
Yasaman is also an educator and currently Associate Professor of Graduate Design at Art Center College of Design teaching Critical Design in AI, Sensing & Inputs in Media Design Practices (MDP) at and Interaction Design programmes. She has been long time faculty at Copenhagen Institute for Interaction Design (CIID) and professor and critic at Graduate Industrial Design Program at Rhode Island School of Design (RISD).
Sheri is Research Affiliate at NYU’s Tandon School of Engineering and has been visiting professor at many design institutions including ZhDK, UPenn, Parsons, School of Visual Arts, Stanford to name a few. She advises, juries and supports many programmes and institutions as TBA21, European Commissions S+T+ARTS program, Frame Documentary, UCLA, IxDA, Core77, Umea, Mozilla Labs and continues to mentor young professionals passionate about critical and creative inquiry in Science and Technology.
She is the Principal Investigator of the Synthetic Ecologies Lab at Serpentine Galleries creating platforms, tools & spaces that support critical & artistic inquiry in to Life Sciences. Through deep cross-disciplinary collaboration across Industry, Research, Science, Design and Art, Sheri continues to cultivate and shapenot-yet-defined spaces.