Antoine Léger
Antoine holds a Diploma of College Studies in Cinema and Communications (2020) and a Bachelor’s degree in Design from Concordia University (2023) in Canada. His work centers on regenerative design, focusing on the exploration and integration of alternative materials across various projects. From crafting small-scale objects to designing public spaces, Antoine is particularly interested in material innovation. He is currently completing a two-year Master’s program (2024-2026) in Material Futures at Central Saint Martins (University of the Arts London), furthering his commitment to sustainable and forwardthinking design practices.
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2025 | Antoine Léger
This 1970 Imperial Signet typewriter was reimagined to reveal the hidden costs of AI. Each keystroke produces a glyph shaped by CO₂ emissions, transforming language into silent warnings. The machine acts as a bridge between analog and digital, foregrounding slowness, gesture, and material honesty while raising questions of labour, obsolescence, and automation. Its typebars were modified through collaboration with the Jewellery Workshop at CSM, replacing type slugs via 3D modeling and resin printing. Using TouchDesigner and Grasshopper, AI emission data was translated into meshes and textures, turning abstract impacts into tangible forms. Visit presshardfeelsomething.cargo.site to find out more about the whole project.
Project carried out as part of the Remix assignment (Unit 2: Material Proposition; MAMF).
2025 | Antoine Léger, Josie Blundell, Weixi Kuang, Polina Goldobina, Scarlett Guy, Richard Gunter
As part of a collaboration between MA Material Futures and DropCity Milan, this proposal responds to the challenge of reimagining what a material archive can be. Rooted in the history of the physical location, our concept bridges historical continuity with forward-thinking ecological values, redefining the role of a ‘material library.’ This library revives the site’s history as a hub for material flow and exchange, where warehouses once connected artisans through shared resources. Movable display units echo this past, allowing materials to shift, adapt, and be reconfigured, just as materials once circulated through the city. Here, materials are not static objects but active participants in a living system of knowledge, craft, and innovation. The library’s structure builds upon this foundation, integrating principles of localism, regenerative design, and adaptability, ensuring that both its technical design and user experience honor its past while embracing a sustainable future.
Project carried out as part of the Material Vault assignment (Unit 1: Material Exploration; MAMF).
2024 | Antoine Léger
The Clapper is a conceptual instrument designed to disrupt, challenge, and rethink the traditional craft of bell founding, the art of casting and tuning bells. The tool consists of a metal-cast wheel, an homage to the bell-founding process, crafted from gilding metal (a copper-zinc alloy) with the phrase “Listen to the materials” engraved on its surface. A contact microphone embedded within the device captures the vibrations and impacts of the wheel on various materials. The instrument acts as a metaphorical clapper, striking materials to produce sound and allowing the symbolism of bells to evolve, existing anywhere and in any form within the built environment. The resulting audio forms an abstract collection of sounds, translating the textures of materials into an auditory experience. Visit theclapper.cargo.site to find out more about the whole project.
Project carried out as part of the Re-Activating Craft assignment (Unit 1: Material Exploration; MAMF).
2023 | Antoine Léger
Exploration of the transformation process of plastics and their assembly methods with the goal of designing a fully disassemblable chair. Simple lines, flat panels, and a minimalist aesthetic: the chair is made from plastic sourced from the chlorine buckets used at the Cégep du Vieux-Montréal swimming pool; high-density polyethylene (HDPE) containers that would otherwise be discarded. The plastic is shredded in an industrial granulator, then compressed and melted in a heated hydraulic press (210°C). Panels are flattened and machined using a CNC machine.
Project carried out as part of an Independent Study (BFA in Design, Concordia University).
2023 | Antoine Léger, Félix Beaudry
Design of a speaker enclosure made from panels of mycelium pressed under heat (200°C). The mycelium, the vegetative part of the fungus, acts here as a natural adhesive, binding the panel particles together. After growing for 30 days, the mycelium is compressed and then dehydrated. The result is rigid, lightweight panels that can be cut with the same tools used to work wood (band saw, sanding disc, drill, etc.). The electronic components are salvaged from an obsolete pair of speakers. The front panel is made from recycled translucent PLA (3D printing waste).
Project carried out as part of a professional internship at Atelier Ecodesign.
2024 | Antoine Léger, Pramila Choudary
Short film produced as part of the Collect it. Wash it. Shred it. Shape it. Recycle it. exhibition at 4th Space in Montreal to promote and share the plastic waste transformation process set up by CP3 (Concordia Precious Plastic Project), an initiative in which Antoine was workshop and design coordinator. From Bin to Coasters looks at the various stages involved in making coasters from the plastic of a damaged polyethylene bin.
Link to the 5-minute video: https://youtu.be/RqvYSZOKUsU
2023 | Antoine Léger, Elisabeth Bureau
Candidature for the Festival des Jardins de Métis 2024: outdoor public installation consisting of monolithic structures made from panels of mycelium. This project invites visitors to enter into a dialogue with the living world through the fungus, a species that brilliantly dominates the world of interspecific communication. The installation allows visitors to recognise the natural evolution of ecosystems and observe the creative freedom of living organisms. It aims to preserve and support biodiversity through its permacultural plant assemblage and the ecological properties of its biomaterials.
This project was carried out for personal purposes and objectives.
2022 | Antoine Léger
Design of a lamp made from compostable, biodegradable, and recyclable materials. The compacted earth base is a mixture of sand and clay sourced from various construction sites in Montreal. The compartment and bottom plate are 3D-printed in bioplastic. Pieces of recycled glass have been cut to form the light unit. The lamp’s packaging is made from mycelium as an alternative to polystyrene.
Project carried out as part of The Future Life of Objects course (BFA in Design, Concordia University).
2022 | Antoine Léger
Bio-material experience: an alternative to industry standards. Packaging made from mycelium. Inoculation of a liquid culture of Reishi on a substrate composed of rye grains and granulated wood. The packaging components are fully compostable, while sharing the properties of polystyrene: lightness, reduced rigidity and impact resistance.
Project carried out as part of The Future Life of Objects course (BFA in Design, Concordia University).
2021 | Antoine Léger
Pinecones have the remarkable ability to adjust their scales based on humidity to maintain their own watertightness and control seed dispersion. They also respond to light and heat by opening. Cocotte is a heater inspired by this natural phenomenon. Composed of multiple scales, the device unfolds in response to heat and light, just like pinecones.
Project carried out as part of the Bio-inspiration in the Design of Objects course (BFA in Design, Concordia University).
2022 | Antoine Léger, Elisabeth Bureau, Aseel Elhariri, Florence Giguère
This project focuses on the study of seasonal affective disorders and the effects of light variations in northern regions. Its goal is to make the living environment more pleasant during the darkest times of the year by examining our interaction with domestic light sources. The Aura lampshade is made from organic cotton dyed with natural pigments and stiffened with a cornstarch mixture. It is designed to be foldable, making it easy to transport.
Project carried out as part of the Socio-cultural Environmental Research and Practice II course (BFA in Design, Concordia University).
2021 | Antoine Léger, Ankine Apardian, Seanty Abraham
The design of this coffee table is based on the theme of sedimentation, referring either to the rock itself or to the process of rock formation: the idea of transition and transformation of one thing into another. This coffee table was first modelled in Rhino 6. The final object consists of a cantilevered steel structure on which a concrete slab rests. The roughness of the finish helps to highlight the materiality of the final product.
Project carried out as part of the 3D Digital Concepts course (BFA in Design, Concordia University).
2018-2024 | Antoine Léger
I've developed a considerable interest in film photography over the last few years. I enjoy being in control of the mechanics of the process as well as being pushed to create an optimal product based on certain random environmental factors, such as ambient light. I study movement as well as stillness; visual as well as narrative contrasts. I have had the opportunity to explore photography in colour, black and white, and more recently colour enlargement in an academic setting.
© Antoine Léger 2025