About Me

Hi! I am Jesal. I'm a designer, educator and maker. I teach Product Design at the Somaiya School of Design, with an interest in New Media and Emergent technologies, as well as traditional craft. My current personal interest is bringing generative art into the physical realm as objects, interactions and experiences. Apart from design and making, I am a student of history, occasional poet, and sometime cyclist. My Website

Previous work

With a background in Mechanical Engineering and Industrial Design, I have worked in Lighting, Healthcare and other domains. I currently work with and teach Product Design at the Somaiya School of Design, Mumbai. I have also wandered into New Media, and am interested in Creative Coding, Physical Computing and Data Visualization.

I was also an active member of the local maker community before the lockdown. ​ At my home studio, I have a few powertools, electronics and a Prusa 3D Printer that I assembled from kit. Living in Mumbai, I have also probably spent as much time building efficient storage for "Stuff" as I have spent on building "Stuff" itself.

Project : Helix Lamp

I like making things for people. For a good friend's birthday, I created this helical paperfold lamp. The body/lampshade is paper, while the based is 3D printed. A bulbholder with an LED bulb are screwed into the base and the wire path goes from underneath in the gap provided.