About
Born and raised in northern France, I started to study design in high school, and pursued my education with a master degree in product design.
During my master, I took a gap year to work as a junior designer in Bucharest, Romania in a furnitur and accessories design studio called Ubikubi (now called Askia).
I then went for a master degree at Konstfack, the university of arts, crafts and design in Stockholm, Sweden where I used crochet and performance as a tool for design.
After graduation from Konstfack, I started to work with Clara von Zweigbergk in her design studio in Stockholm. During my time with Clara I had the chance to work for brands such as HAY, Nordiska Kompaniet, Røros Tweed, Phaidon, Kosta Boda, Holzweiler and Gan Rugs.
I have work with many facets of design process; drawing, 3D modeling, prototyping, building, photographing, editing, presenting, exhibiting and I keep on learning!
Contact
thomasbalestan.contact@gmail.com
+46730469813
Stokholm, SWEDEN
A bit more about me
Together with design, performing burlesque is very important to me, I have tour Festivals in Europe and I host my own show regularly.
I take pride in the costumes I am making myself! (if you are curious, you can have a look at my burlesque alias’s instagram: @thezizibuffet)