Alejandro Excia
A Puerto Rican multidisciplinary Designer with over 10 years of experience. His education in architecture and product design informed and provided him with tools to tackle diverse and complex concepts. Excia co-founded PostData.Design and then founded aexcia|Studio; that energized the design community in his hometown of Puerto Rico. He was awarded & mentioned in various AIA local chapter and CEMEX international competitions as well as recognition in the Wanted Design Showcase in NYC, with his Silhouette Coffee Table as part of the Design in Puerto Rico collective.
Responsibilities piled on, nonetheless, as a member of the Architecture and Product Design faculties in the top design institutions on the island, he Co-Coordinated Entrepreneurial Initiative in Design and Digital Fabrication. His multidisciplinary design skills applying creative strategized solutions; as well as his passion for the intricacies of storytelling, kept him busy visualizing and coordinating projects as the former Senior Exhibit Designer part of the Chicago based exhibit design studio Space Haus staff.
Alejandro Excia has under his belt successfully lead hardware, exhibit, UX/UI design projects for companies like The Microsoft Stores, AT&T, Verizon, Apple, National Aquarium of New Zealand, Acuario de Mazatlán México, Kansas City Zoo Aquarium and terraFirma where he has the opportunity to strategize full circle digital tools for digital platforms.
Publications & Awards |
Publication: Contemporary Architec- ture in Puerto Rico: 1923-2010.
Domus Academy Group project “NUCLEUS”, published on the Illywords Magazine,2010 part #28 issue Convivi- ality. pp. 30,32.
Exhibited: Charrette Roosevelt Roads in State Department, San Juan, PR. Publication of projects on di erent newspapers in Puerto Rico “El Nuevo Día” and “Primera Hora”.
Publication + Interview of urbanism project on “ZUBEA” Cultural Magazine.
Publications of various works generat- ed by myself and teams which I participated during school year on the book "100 preguntas que nos hemos hecho sobre Puerto
First Place: ‘Cone of Vision’ Project with in.formation.studio, for Built Works, at the AIA
Lectures /
Faculty Best Practices: Cross-Campus Arts Integration Mixing Innovation and Entrepreneurship for Unique Venture Development. CEO Conference 2012
Loisaida STEAM deliver Analog STEAM+D,a 3day entrepreneurship and innovation bootcamp.
DePaul University Chicago
Design Entrepreneour Collaboration co-Director