Bhaswati Banerjee is an Industrial Design graduate with a postgraduate degree in Furniture Design from CEPT University, Ahmedabad. Her core interests lie in Design Theory and Material Exploration—especially with wood and clay, which she finds instinctive and grounding. A lifelong engagement with the arts—dance, music, writing, and visual expression—deeply informs her layered, contextual approach to design.
She sees design as a living conversation between material, culture and imagination—intellectually sharp, culturally informed and structurally compelling. Empathy, for her, is not just a method but a core design principle—one that honours human experience across both contemporary and historical contexts.
Her practice often blurs disciplinary boundaries, weaving together craft, engineering, architecture and storytelling. Guided by systems thinking and a deep curiosity about how things work, she advocates for the right to repair and a material-led, sustainable approach to design.
In the classroom, her focus is on building clarity of thought and form. She encourages students to make connections across disciplines—from craft to science fiction, mythology to mechanics—treating drawing as a powerful tool for inquiry and visual thinking. She values curiosity over convention and process over polish, urging students to look closer, ask sharper questions, and design with structural, social, and historical awareness.
Bhaswati believes in teaching that is rigorous, exploratory, grounded in empathy, and dedicated to shaping responsible, socially aware and future-ready designers.