Alexander Frings: design engineer and AI researcher
Alexander Frings is a Design Engineer with an MSc in Innovation and Design and an AI researcher at CRTIC, pronounced "critic": the Center for Technological Revolution in Creative Industries. Based in Santiago, Chile.
A designer who thinks with technology. Design Engineer with an MSc in Innovation and Design. AI researcher at CRTIC, pronounced "critic": the Center for Technological Revolution in Creative Industries.
Native Spanish. Fluent English. Japanese N5.
Areas of work and tools
- ai-generative
- ComfyUI · StreamDiffusion · TouchDesigner · MadMapper · body tracking · interactive projection
- ai-applied
- agents (Claude API · n8n · WhatsApp) · computer vision (VLMs · LoRA · edge detectors) · local LLMs
- ai-tooling
- Claude Code · Python · n8n: plugins, automations and tools of my own (PortugalEdge, this system)
- computational
- Grasshopper · Rhino · CNC · laser · 3D print · robotic arm
- art-direction
- brand identity · UI/UX · worldbuilding · product design
Learning now
AI agents · LLM automation · advanced digital fabrication
Career 2023-2026
- 2023: Design foundation: parametric, 3D modeling, spaces, products.
- 2024: The jump to AI: real-time generative, fabrication robotics, first agents and automations.
- 2025: Public-scale installations: Teatro Municipal, StarMatch.
- 2026: Tools of my own, built with AI: edge detectors (PortugalEdge), agents, this system. Writing.
Featured projects
- Romeo & Juliet Flowers: Teatro Municipal (2025): Interactive wall at the Teatro Municipal de Santiago for the Clásica No Convencional gala. A laser tracker detects the visitor's silhouette and transforms it in real time with generative AI into a…
- StarMatch: Networking Data Art (2025): Data art and B2B networking installation designed for events. It transforms the attendee list into an interactive 3D galaxy: each person is a star. When someone activates theirs, the installation…
- Smart Expense Agent (2024): AI agent connected to WhatsApp to receive and process photos of financial documents. Computer vision + NLP to extract data, detect anomalies and structure into a corporate database.
- Metamorphosis (2024): Generative art installation for the CRTIC Lab. A digital mirror that transforms the visitor's identity into permanent mutation, exploring the paradox between persistence and change. Real-time open…
What is on offer
- AI for innovation: A hands-on workshop centred on design methodologies and artistic thinking: how to take an idea to an innovative solution that works, with artificial intelligence as the tool. Automations and agents come in at the end, as one more piece.
- Automations and agents: An agent or an automation connected to the tools you already use (WhatsApp, email, spreadsheets, databases), up and running and in charge of one concrete task.
- Websites that rank: The site designed and built to measure, with SEO from the ground up, and advice on how to distribute the content well.
- Custom software and apps: A web or mobile application, designed and built end to end, with AI built in where it adds something.
- Operations and data flows: A diagnosis, the workflow and data flow defined (content management included), and the tools, with AI, to keep it running over time.