Marco Balsinha

Marco Balsinha is a Portuguese Designer, awarded in several international design competitions and sustainability, with a B.A. degree in Product Design from Faculty of Fine Arts - University of Lisbon (2003-2008) and Master in Product Design at the ESAD, Caldas da Rainha (2012-2015). He presented his Master's dissertation in late 2015 with the title: Uroboro - A domestic ceramic vermicomposter (LCiP awarded).

In 2022 he started the PhD in Design at the university of Aveiro.

He is since 2016 an internal Industrial Designer (R&D) at TENSAI indústria - Refrigeration Equipment for Home & Commercial and TENSAI FURNITURE - plastic furniture solutions. He is also involved in several projects related to design and brands as a freelance designer and investigation and a part of the Collective Designer´s Mint: a "multidisciplinary creative office".

Marco worked as a Product Designer and Head Designer at Abrakadabra (2008-2013), with an independent manufacturing unit and a manufacturer of Furniture for kindergarten.

Marco´s research interests focus on innovative environmental sustainability solutions and the optimisation of production lines using design as key factor to achieve its purpose.