Marcos Toledo

Design Engineer · AI Design Technologist

I build the tools designers and engineers use.

I started in industrial design, moved into computational design and parametric systems, and now ship full digital products end to end: research, design, architecture, code, release.

That path means I sit in an unusual place: I understand geometry, manufacturing constraints and design intent, and I can also build the software that encodes them. Configurators. Validation frameworks. Automation that turns days of manual work into minutes. Consumer apps in production on both stores.

Based in Amsterdam.

Selected work

• PlaYa!: Beach Decision App (2026)
  Beach decision app for the Canary Islands, live on the App Store and Google Play. Every swimming spot - beaches, natural pools, and charcos - gets a real-time 0-100 score on one map, so deciding which beach to go to today, or tomorrow afternoon, takes about 10 seconds instead of five weather tabs.
• Grasshopper Validation Plugin (2024)
  Automated testing for Grasshopper definitions: JSON snapshots capture the full model state, viewport screenshots make regressions visible, and nightly batch runs catch broken geometry before it reaches a client.
• Timber Structures: Parametric Design System (2025)
  Grasshopper backbone for an online configurator of six timber structure typologies. I led the technical overhaul: a three-layer architecture, customer documentation turned into machine checks, and an 80% faster viewport with BOM-ready outputs.
• TH Arquitectos: Certification Documentation Engine (2026)
  Local-first desktop app that takes an Arquímedes construction budget and a folder of technical sheets, and gives back the official sustainability certification template pre-filled, work that used to eat days on every certified project. First of several automations I'm building with TH Arquitectos.
• Flarekeep: Local-First Job Search Copilot (2026)
  Local-first job search copilot that tailors a CV and motivation letter to every application, scores the match, preps the interview, and tracks the whole pipeline. No subscription and no cloud: it runs on your machine, and the AI you already have pays for the computation. AI does the drafting; the human always owns the final word.
• CoorGo: Event Coordination App (2025)
  Event coordination platform for group BBQs and gatherings: guests register with one link, and dietary preferences, shopping lists, and fair cost splits are handled automatically. Validated across 3 real events with zero payment disputes.
• Stairs: Parametric Design System (2025)
  Parametric stair configurator built in Grasshopper that generates multiple stair types with clean geometry and applies customer-defined rules. The system uses native components, solid data tree management and real-time feedback to make stair design faster and more reliable.
• Grasshopper PDF Generator Plugin (2024)
  Grasshopper plugin that turns parametric data and 3D geometry into client-ready PDF reports through RML templates. Report generation dropped from days to hours, and every engineer in the office ships the same format.
• Roof Top-Up: Parametric Design System (2024)
  Grasshopper backend for a prefab roof configurator: product families defined as JSON data, geometry built to stay responsive in real time, and production drawings plus BOM generated from the same source.
• Sun Rays Analysis (2022)
  Reusable Grasshopper workflow that maps how sunlight reflected off an organic building facade lands on the surrounding context, flagging the zones that cross safety thresholds. Built as a consultancy for an engineering firm, which approved the methodology and carried it through to final client delivery.
• Noor: Parametric Furniture (2021)
  Parametric furniture system where a Grasshopper algorithm produces endless unique lamps that still read as one family, with proportion and manufacturing rules encoded so every variation is printable. Paired with an online configurator concept for mass customization.
• Baobé Lamp (2020)
  Portable rechargeable lamp concept for Marset built around a topographic dimmer: light direction is set by physical position, so the lamp needs no manual. From brand portfolio research through photorealistic Keyshot renders.
• Guachinerfe Mojo Packaging (2020)
  Packaging redesign that takes Canarian mojo out of the household glass jar and into single-serve portions for social snacking and tourist gifting. Market research, a three-variety visual identity, and a gift box format, through to 3D visualization.
• Faycán Honey Rum (2019)
  Premium packaging for a Canarian honey rum, built on Guanche aboriginal heritage: gold foil motifs hot-stamped directly onto matte black glass, a palette that echoes the bee behind the honey. From cultural research through manufacturing specifications.

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