About Me

Hi! I am Jesal. I'm a designer, educator and maker. I have always been making things as far as I can remember, from papier-mache as a child to products as a professional.

I am developing curriculum as well as teaching various aspects of Product Design at the Somaiya School of Design, with an interest in New Media and Emergent technologies, as well as traditional crafts and materials. I am also into Generative Art and Data Visualisation.

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 next deep dive will probably be Speculative Design and Design Fiction, connecting the dots between history and design.

Find me elsewhere :
My Website : JesalMehta.com
Jesal Mehta on LinkedIn
Cabinet of Curiosities on Instagram

The best way to contact me generally if you don't already have my number or email is to just DM me on Insta or Twitter.

Previous work

With a background in Mechanical Engineering and Industrial Design, I have worked in Lighting, Healthcare and other domains. As founding faculty at NMIMS School of Design, I have also developed curriculum and taught Product Design as well as New media there.

I was also an active member of the local maker community for years at Maker's Asylum 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 the "Stuff" itself.

Projects

My coolest professional project - so far - has been the Clubfoot Brace.

I also 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.