PERSONAL DATA
name: Luís César N. Giestas
nationality: Portuguese
based:

Lisbon

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
Apr. 2009:

Product/Industrial Design B.A. at Fine-Arts Faculty, University of Lisbon

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
since Jan. 2017: Product Design teacher at Escola Artistica Antonio Arroio
Nov. 2016 to Aug. 2017: Artist assistant for Miguel Palma
Oct. 2016: Freelancer for Droog
Jan. to Nov. 2015: Product designer at Pedrita Studio
2014: Intern designer at Pedrita Studio
Mar. 2013: Freelancer for Studio Kalff
Sept. 2012 to Mar. 2013: Product designer at Droog
Feb. to Aug. 2012: Intern designer at Droog
Sept. 2009 to Jul. 2011: Artist assistant for Miguel Palma
Apr. to Jul. 2009:

Exhibition assistant at MUDE Museum of Design and Fashion

COMPETITIONS / PRIZES
Jul. 2011: BES Revelacao (BES Revelation) - BES / Serralves Foundation
collaboration with De Almeida e Silva and Goncalo Goncalves
May 2011: POPs (Original Portuguese Projects) - Serralves Museum
1st honorable mention for Moth/Traca
Nov. 2010: Jovens Criadores (Young Creators) - CPAI
Product Design category for Terraplana

SELECTED COLLECTIVE EXHIBITONS
Nov. 2022: OFF Portugal: Novo Folclore at Museu da Cerâmica - Caldas da Rainha, PT
Mar. 2022: Trajetória(s) II at Moagem - Fundão, PT
Out. 2020: XI Bienal Internacional Arte Jovem - Vila Verde, PT
Dec. 2019: Trajetória(s) at SNBA - Lisboa, PT
Sept. 2014: How to pronunce design in portuguese?
Beijing Design Week at Beijing World Art Museum - Beijing, CN
Nov. 2013: Juventude-Projectos at Sociedade Nacional de Belas-Artes - Lisboa, PT
Nov. 2011: BES Revelacao at Casa de Serralves - Porto, PT
Sept. 2011: Pin Anonimum at PIN (EXD'11 biennial) - Lisboa, PT
Jun. 2011: POPs 3rd edition at Serralves Museum - Porto, PT
May 2011: Jovens Criadores 2010 at Palacio Sobralinho - V.F. Xira, PT
Dec. 2009: Designer After School at Rome Design Week - Roma, IT
Jul. 2009: Mercado da Fruta #2 at Fruit market - Caldas da Rainha, PT
Jul. 2009: Polipropileno at Talents in Tendence - Frankfurt, DE