About

Product, service and event set designer

Hand-drawn self-portrait of Antoine Raveleau

Trained in product and transport design, I now design everything from objects to inflatable sets several dozen metres tall. My starting point never changes: a real use, a gesture, a problem to solve.

I like to move quickly from drawing to material. I learned about materials before design; I model, prototype and build things myself whenever I can, whether in wood, textile, electronics or screen printing. This way of working has taken me from windsurfing boards to train seats, from home-made musical instruments to JR’s La Caverne du Pont Neuf.

Alongside this, I have been running the label Ravestud Records since 2019, designing its posters and record sleeves. It feeds my taste for collective projects, made with artists, workshops and engineers, and for everything that happens big and in public.

Experience

  1. 2025 – 2026

    Designer and design draughtsman — Air Toiles Concept

    Plougoumelen · January 2025 – July 2026

    Design and follow-up of 20 inflatable set projects, from drawing to delivery, in constant contact with the fabrication workshop, including:

    • JR’s La Caverne du Pont Neuf: full design based on the artist’s drawings, and site manager during the installation.
    • Stage design for the band La Femme at Bercy: an 8-metre head used as a projection-mapping surface, with built-in LED backlighting.
    • Trophies for football match opening ceremonies: Club World Cup in New York, Gold Cup in Houston, Concacaf in Mexico City, Arab Cup in Doha.
    • Kamel Ouali’s musical Le Roi Soleil: a transparent lion that holds a performer inside while others carry it.
  2. 2023

    Product designer — Thales Design Center

    Brest · 6-month internship

    Worked on various projects, including new products for civil and military aeronautics and the redesign of existing defence products.

  3. Since 2019

    President and art director — Ravestud Records

    Nantes · Music label

    Managing the accounts, contracts and projects of the label and its artists.

  4. 2021

    Product designer — Presque Studio (3DPOP Studio)

    Rezé · 2-month internship

    Worked on expanding the product range and on the design language.

  5. 2015 – 2023

    Sailing instructor — Club Nautique de Damgan

    Morbihan

    Teaching windsurfing and catamaran sailing to groups of children and adults.

Education

  1. 2021 – 2023

    Master’s in City Design

    L’École de design Nantes Atlantique

    • Alternative design methodologies
    • User-centred design techniques
    • Event installations and scenography
    • Project management
  2. 2021

    Graduate diploma (DESS) in transport equipment design

    Université du Québec à Montréal · 6 months

  3. 2018 – 2021

    Bachelor in Transport Design

    L’École de design Nantes Atlantique

    • Anthropometry and ergonomics
    • Technological and structural constraints
    • Prototyping
    • Illustration and communication through drawing, 3D modelling
    • Global design
  4. 2016 – 2018

    Two-year degree (DUT) in materials science and engineering

    Université de Nantes

    • Fundamentals of composite materials and polymers
    • Technical drawing and industrial processes
  5. 2015

    Sailing instructor certification (CQP)

    PEP56

    • Teaching
    • Handling unstable environments

Skills

Software

  • Rhino 3D
  • Fusion 360
  • Keyshot
  • Twinmotion
  • Photoshop
  • Illustrator
  • InDesign
  • Ableton

Workshop

  • Clay modelling
  • Joinery
  • CNC machining
  • 3D printing
  • Electronics

Communicate

  • English: good comprehension

Collaborate

  • Working with many different trades
  • Engineers, architects, marketing teams, suppliers

Manage

  • Managing teams
  • Finding the right people to complete a team

Contact

Currently looking for new projects.

I offer my services as a freelancer or as part of your in-house team.

Contact me at araveleau.work@gmail.com

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