Profile:

Carlos Tiscar received his degree in industrial design in 1982 from the Applied Arts School in Valencia and then continued his studies at Milan´s Polytechnic School of Design. His professional career began in 1987 as a member of the Factoría Diseño Industrial (that year he was also selected by Valencia´s City Council as representative to the Biennale for Young Mediterranean Creators in Bologna). In 1991, he became a founding partner of the consultancy Gesto Design Management, and in 1993 he opened his own studio, which has developed projects in different areas, ranging from office stationary design to staging exhibitions. He currently designs furnishings for homes, offices and facilities as well as serving as art director to certain clients. He has given industrial desing project classes for institutions such as Barreira (Valencia), the Association for Mechanical Metal Industries (Paterna) and Esdi-CEU (Valencia)