--- title: "Projects in design, AI and installations · Alexander Frings" description: "16 projects by Alexander Frings: installations, applied AI, computational design and digital fabrication, software and tools." image: "https://apexdesign.cl/og/apex.jpg" url: "https://apexdesign.cl/en/files" lang: en content-signal: "search=yes, ai-input=yes, ai-train=no" --- # Projects by Alexander Frings 16 projects in 4 families: installations, applied AI, computational design and digital fabrication, software and tools. ## Installations - [Romeo & Juliet Flowers: Teatro Municipal](https://apexdesign.cl/en/files/flores-romeo-julieta) (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… - [StarMatch: Networking Data Art](https://apexdesign.cl/en/files/starmatch) (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… - [Metamorphosis](https://apexdesign.cl/en/files/metamorfosis) (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… ## Applied AI - [ActiveUnlock: Exergaming](https://apexdesign.cl/en/files/activeunlock) (2026): CRTIC research and prototype on body-tracked physical play to increase active breaks at work. Using MediaPipe as the computer-vision engine, it proposes a background app that… - [CRTIC-Chat](https://apexdesign.cl/en/files/crtic-chat) (2026): CRTIC's own conversational assistant built on nanochat, Andrej Karpathy's small open language model. It is fine-tuned on a synthetic dataset that represents the centre's identity… - [Digital Signage with Audience AI](https://apexdesign.cl/en/files/digital-signage) (2026): Digital signage that reacts to who is looking at it. On the screen's own hardware, a vision model estimates presence, attention (where the person is looking) and audience… - [Oráculo: A Digital Twin of Chile](https://apexdesign.cl/en/files/oraculo) (2026): A multi-agent simulation engine to support decisions at CRTIC. From real Chilean signals it builds a knowledge graph, generates dozens of synthetic people and has them debate in… - [PortugalEdge: Live Detection by Distillation](https://apexdesign.cl/en/files/portugaledge) (2026): Detect, live and at over 30 frames per second, only the Portugal players in a match. A large vision-language model, slow but able to understand “the ones in red shirts”, acts as… - [Smart Expense Agent](https://apexdesign.cl/en/files/agente-rendiciones) (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… - [Gus: AI Brand Assistant](https://apexdesign.cl/en/files/gus-asistente-marcas) (2024): A platform of AI agents for the food business, born as a thesis for UAI's MSc in Innovation and Design. n8n automation for small owners: it manages the brand identity (palette… ## Computational design and digital fabrication - [Perforated Wood Structure](https://apexdesign.cl/en/files/estructura-perforada-madera) (2024): Architectural membrane that modulates light through computationally generated perforation patterns. Algorithmic optimization for structural lightness and aesthetic complexity. - [3D Modular Structure](https://apexdesign.cl/en/files/estructura-modular-3d) (2023): A construction system where no panel is the protagonist: architecture emerges from assembly. An exploration of how the repetition of a simple unit generates spatial complexity… - [Parametric Spatial Mapping](https://apexdesign.cl/en/files/mapeo-espacial-parametrico) (2023): Color as data. Data as geometry. A translation exercise where spatial information (density, flow, temperature) becomes built volume. The form isn't decorative: it's the direct… - [Parametric Tree Table](https://apexdesign.cl/en/files/mesa-arbol-parametrica) (2023): Nature doesn't design in straight lines. This table was born from a concrete purpose: making the inorganic look organic. The base was algorithmically generated from how a tree… ## Software and tools - [La Vega: An Isometric Map of the Market](https://apexdesign.cl/en/files/la-vega) (2026): Santiago's Mercado La Vega Central as an interactive isometric map: you fly over it, click a stall and get its name, trade, typical produce and hours. The 555 stalls are… - [VOLT.EXIF](https://apexdesign.cl/en/files/volt-exif) (2026): A mobile app for photographers: it reads a photo's EXIF metadata (camera, lens, aperture, shutter, ISO), applies filters with character and composes the image with that data in a… ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://apexdesign.cl/#website","name":"APEX OS","alternateName":"APEX OS · Alexander Frings","url":"https://apexdesign.cl/","description":"Design, engineering and AI. 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