SHELAIN

ASPIRING
ASTROPHYSICIST

Shelain seated in profile, looking upward
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XX/XXABOUT METORONTO / CANADA

SCIENCE / DESIGN / SOFTWARE / PHOTOGRAPHY

CURIOUS
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I'm Shelain Fernando, an aspiring astrophysicist based in Toronto. I build tactile digital products designed to help further my own passions, explore how ideas connect across disciplines, and photograph the systems and spaces people move through in their everyday life. My work sits between science, function, design, software and visual storytelling, while also having some fun along the way.

BASE
TORONTO, CANADA
FOCUS
SCIENCE, SOFTWARE & PHOTOGRAPHY
APPROACH
DEVISE, BUILD, TEST, OBSERVE
H/02HAPPENINGS02 / 02

ASTRONOMY / COMPETITION / 2026

IAAC
FINALIST

BRONZE HONOUR

Placed among the top 8% of participants in the 2026 International Astronomy and Astrophysics Competition Final Round.
ISSUED
06 JUL 2026
RESULT
FINAL ROUND / TOP 8%
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IDEAS / YOUTH / EVENT / 2026

TEDxSMCS
YOUTH

ORGANIZER

Organized a Toronto youth event built around “Redefining Perspectives”—bringing together speakers, students and ideas that challenge conventional ways of seeing the world.
EVENT
16 JAN 2026 / TORONTO
THEME
REDEFINING PERSPECTIVES
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MUSIC / MOBILE / INTERACTION

HIFI

A tactile, vintage-inspired music player that turns a local library into a focused listening experience on iOS.

iOS ↗
VINTAGE · HI-FI
MODEL VS-1
STANDBY
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TRACK LIST — 1 TRACK⊕ LOAD FILES
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FILM / SOCIAL / FULL-STACK

CINELOG

A social movie and television diary for logging, rating, reviewing and sharing what you watch—with profiles, hubs and viewing stats.

WEB ↗iOS ↗
Greatest Picks
Pacific Rim#1

Pacific Rim

Along with the Gods: The Last 49 Days#2

Along with the Gods: The Last 49 Days

English Vinglish#3

English Vinglish

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WRITING / KNOWLEDGE / DESKTOP

MOT

A minimalist desktop writing environment where notes, extracted ideas and backlinks grow into a visual knowledge graph.

macOS ↓
mot.untitled thoughtsaved
14 words · just now
APPEARANCE
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CHESS / MOBILE / GAME DESIGN

CYBERBOARD

A neon tactical chess game with five AI depths, face-to-face play, randomized Chaos Mode armies and a progression-driven Neural Rank system.

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Cyberboard chess match against the P4wn engine.

02P4WN PROTOCOL

503WORK IN PROGRESSPHOTOBOOK / ONGOING

PHOTOGRAPHY / TRANSIT / PRINT

STATIONS

A developing photobook studying the architecture, signals and quiet systems that shape movement through Toronto.

STATIONS / STUDY02 — 03
A warm-toned subway direction sign mounted on a tiled station wall.An illuminated exit sign, security camera and exposed station infrastructure.A symmetrical tiled stairwell descending through a Toronto subway station.

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