Shahar Livne – Alchemy and material design

Conceptual Material Designer Shahar Livne’s practice is narrative-based on materials as a central theme. She aims to create a critical perspective on the use of materials in humans and nonhumans to understand and communicate wide public social, philosophical, and ecological issues. By using Critical, speculative, and Discursive design as methodologies, she presents the complex systems of the world by communicating through neutrality, giving the viewer an open space for developing opinions, understanding the world’s complex and entangled systems, stimulating discussions about ecology and material culture and spark the feeling of wonder and discovery.