Tuur Van Balen (Belgium, 1981) is a designer and researcher eager to push the boundaries and methodologies of design in order to explore the rich interaction between people and technology. He has a special interest in invisible cities, synthetic biology and the 'Metro weird-feed'.

He holds an MA degree in Design Interactions from the Royal College of Art and works as a freelance designer and researcher in service design, interaction design and design strategy. Tuur also initiates his own design research projects, often collaborating with scientists, from synthetic biologists to sociologists.

Keen to experiment with different places for design, Tuur has worked with London based thinktank Demos, participated in a workshop at the Institute for Advanced Studies in Lancaster and collaborates with the department for bio-engineering at Imperial College.

Before moving to London, Tuur graduated a MSc degree in Industrial Design Engineering at the Delft University of Technology and worked at several design agencies in the Netherlands.

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