Shwetal is a multidisciplinary designer. Her work spans across product development, Interiors design, documentary film making and archiving. She is an alumna of the National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad, the Faculty of Fine Arts, MSU Baroda and Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore. She is the founder and principal designer of an independent design studio, FoDoMe, which develops and markets copper and glass products, employing in-house skills, local craftsmanship and industrial expertise, since 2005. FoDoMe is also a lab for creative explorations on various foraged materials as well as a space for research in cultural anthropology. Her interest in cultural anthropology, the natural world and creative studies have led her to take on the role of a design educator. Her experience as an entrepreneur, designer, artist and as a parent influences her pedagogical approach.

Every problem is a design problem.

• Micro history of the Navratri festival of Baroda
• Research Interests
• Material studies, Cultural anthropology