Tanisha Shaw
About
Tanisha is a creative technologist and design innovator.
Her practice explores the intersection of design, human–computer interaction and emerging technologies, focusing on the creation of meaningful and embodied human experiences. Through experimental interfaces, tangible systems and interactive media, she investigates how technology can move beyond efficiency and functionality to encourage reflection, connection and more intentional forms of interaction.
Tanisha was one of two students selected from LASALLE and one of sixteen students worldwide to attend Parsons School of Design as an exchange student under the BFA Communication Design programme, a highly competitive opportunity awarded on the basis of academic achievement and portfolio merit. During her semester abroad, she also completed the 'How to Grow Almost Anything' course under the MIT Media Lab and Harvard framework, where she received the Outstanding Student–Robot Artistic Integration distinction for her interdisciplinary explorations combining art, technology and interactive systems.
Alongside her academic practice, Tanisha has been heavily involved in volunteering and student leadership initiatives, contributing to numerous events and institutional activities in roles such as event photographer, social media manager, student ambassador and orientation leader. This culminated in her appointment as the overall student lead representing the BA (Hons) cohort for LASALLE Orientation 2025, where she oversaw and coordinated a team of over 80 students. She also designed the official LASALLE Orientation 2026 T-shirt and tote bag branding.
The Beguiling Allure of the Sirens
The Beguiling Allure of the Sirens is an interactive web experience where the myth of the siren is brought to life. The exploration focuses on how immersive effects can be used to recreate the sensation of being lured by these mythical creatures.
Through fluid, water-like interactions, users feel themselves sink deeper, ensnared by the siren’s call. Its primary inspiration comes from two excerpts in 'Music of the Sirens', edited by Linda Phyllis Austern and Inna Naroditskaya.
Find out more: https://tanishashaw.netlify.app/siren
Skills: Interaction Design, UI/UX Design, Front End Development, Figma Prototyping, Computer Vision
Tools: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Figma, TensorFlow, Machine Learning
Project: Interaction design
Type: Solo
Production: [2025]
Website link: https://thisisshaw-04.github.io/siren-final/
Demitasse Coffee
Demitasse is a coffee subscription service offering customisable daily coffee plans with the convenience of skipping lines. The website highlights flexible plans and a seamless app experience, redefining how users enjoy their coffee.
The branding for Demitasse is inspired by the refined, petite cups traditionally used by the elite called 'demitasse'. The website’s art direction reflects this theme, featuring carefully curated imagery of intricately patterned coffee cups, floral motifs and elegant design elements to evoke a sense of sophistication and exclusivity. Care was taken to ensure a fluid, frictionless experience that exudes elegance across both desktop and mobile-responsive versions.
Find out more: https://tanishashaw.netlify.app/demitasse
Skills: Web Design, UI/UX Design, Front End Development, Responsive Design
Tools: HTML, CSS, JavaScript
Project: Website design
Type: Solo
Production: [2024]
Website link: https://demitassecss.netlify.app/
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Lost in Transition
Geylang Bahru MRT
Lost in Transition documents the liminal spaces present in the Singapore MRT system to lay emphasis on the areas of beauty that we often pass by with our noses buried in our phones or with minds preoccupied with our destination.
In Internet aesthetics, liminal spaces are empty or abandoned places that appear eerie, forlorn, and often surreal. Liminal spaces are commonly places of transition which provide the crucial links that enable communities to gather and disperse to and from their respective abodes. However, within these spaces itself, every individual seems contained within themselves–automatons existing without any correlation to the presence of other humans.
The lack of interaction and the crowd's auto-pilot nature ironically evoke a sense of an anti-community despite having the busiest traffic. The photographs reflect this with the sparse presence of humans to mirror the emptiness reeking from the places lost in transition.
Find out more: https://tanishashaw.netlify.app/transition
Skills: Digital Photography, Photo Editing, Artistic Direction, Colour Grading
Tools: Adobe Lightroom, Adobe Photoshop, Sony α7 IV
Project: Photography
Type: Solo
Production: [2024]
Rochor MRT
Marine Parade MRT
Joycey Y Tanesia
Celine Wong Zhi Qing
Eqa’Umyrah Putri Mohammed Adam
Dylia Leong Wye San
Xavier Lim Zi Xu
Chloe Choo Yan Ee
