● Available for select projects — 2026
Alejandro
Leal.
Designer & Builder — exploring problems,
building solutions.
A multidisciplinary practice across industrial design, product development, research, and interactive experiences. From physical objects to digital worlds — the work is the same: understand, decide, make.
(02) About
I design and build products, systems, and experiences — from physical objects to digital worlds.
Trained as an industrial designer and educated in design management, my practice has moved through manufacturing floors, product development teams, research labs, and indie game studios. The thread is consistent: understand the problem, coordinate the people, design the solution, build the thing.
Today I coordinate research and innovation projects at the Brookfield Sustainability Institute at George Brown College Polytechnic — and continue independent work across product, research, and interactive design. I'm equally comfortable in a fabrication shop, a stakeholder workshop, or a game engine.
Education
B. Industrial Design Postgrad, Design Management
Currently
Brookfield Sustainability Institute, GBC
Based
Toronto, Canada Open to remote
Focus
Product · Research Interactive systems
(03) Experience
- 2025 — PRESENT/ONGOING
Research Assistant / Project Coordinator
HybridBrookfield Sustainability Institute, George Brown Polytechnic
Toronto, Canada
Coordinating sustainability research and innovation initiatives across multiple parallel Industrial Design projects, driving stakeholder engagement through multidisciplinary teams.
- 2024 — PRESENT/ONGOING
Solo Game Developer
RemoteIndependent project
Toronto, Canada
Independently designing and developing a story-driven pixel art game, handling all aspects of game design, art, soundtrack, and development as a solo project.
- 2020 — 2025
Search Engine Evaluator
RemoteTelus Digital
Anywhere
Evaluated search engine queries for accuracy and relevance, identifying user behavior patterns and collaborating with cross-functional teams to optimize search ranking metrics.
- 2017 — 2021
Industrial Designer/ CNC Fabricator
On-siteIndustrias Penticon
Hermosillo, Mexico
Developed CNC machining plans, while preparing technical drawings for prototyping and fabrication, optimizing production times and increasing client approval rates.
- 2014 — 2017
Industrial Designer/ Drafter
On-siteBioDAF Water Technologies
Guadalajara, Mexico
Created detailed CAD models and renderings for metal fabrications across water treatment facilities, performing QC reviews on electrical and hydraulic blueprints, and collaborating with engineering teams to optimize facility infrastructure.
(04) Capabilities
Across the entire
design lifecycle.
Design
- Industrial Design
- Digital Fabrication
- Design Strategy
- Design Research
Technical
- CAD
- 3D Modeling
- Rendering
- Prototyping
- Manufacturing
Management
- Project Coordination
- Stakeholder Management
- Workshop Facilitation
- Strategic Planning
Digital
- Game Design
- Storytelling
- UX Thinking
- Interactive Systems
(05) Contact
Have something
worth building?
I take on a small number of projects each year — product, research, and interactive work. If you're early and figuring it out, that's the right time to talk.
Toronto, Canada · GMT–5