Andrew Leinonen

Andrew Leinonen is an industrial designer with a focus on sustainable development based in Toronto, Canada. He is an Associate member of the Association of Chartered Industrial Designers of Ontario (ACIDO) 1, and is currently Head of Industrial Design at Solar Ship Inc.   Leinonen graduated with honours with a BAT Ind.Des. from Humber College Institute of Technology & Advanced Learning in Toronto, Canada, where he specialized in transportation design.  

Notable Projects

His undergraduate thesis, Solarial 2, is an unmanned, autonomous airship that generates renewable electricity for disaster relief operations. It received a prize for Best in Category at the 2008 ACIDO Rocket Show, and was featured in China's magazine, and on notable technology blog Engadget 3.   Filterbrella 4 is an umbrella with a bioplastic construction that filters rainwater for drinking.   His animated film, Sisyphus, received an award for Outstanding Artistic Achievement and was screened nationally at the 2003 Sprockets Jump Cuts festival, part of the Toronto International Film Festival Group.