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Thibault Lerailler

Thibault Lerailler

Founder, Punctuate Design | Product Design & Development in Montreal, QC, Canada

Founder of Punctuate Design, an industrial design and product development studio in Montréal, Canada. Since 2019 we take physical products from strategy to manufacturing for hardware startups and SMEs in Canada and the US. Most hardware studios design what a product looks like and how it's built. We design whether people choose it, use it and keep it. 12 design awards, including Grands Prix du Design, Good Design Award 2025 and IDA Silver. ADIQ board 2023 to 2025, jury of the Hardtech Awards 2025 and 2026. www.punctuatedesign.com

About Thibault

Montreal, QC, Canada
Founder, Punctuate Design | Product Design & Development

Function Experience More information about Function Experience

100% Design

Industry Experience More information about Industry Experience

100% Consumer Products

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75% Founder
25% Advisor

Accomplishments

Board and jury roles in Quebec product design

Board member and jury member
ADIQ / Hardtech Awards / FemTech Breakfast Club
January 2023 - Present

Summary

Board member of ADIQ, the Quebec industrial designers’ association, from 2023 to 2025; jury member of the Hardtech Awards in 2025 and 2026; jury member and workshop lead at the FemTech Breakfast Club in 2025.

Founded Punctuate Design, industrial design and product deve

Founder and Creative Director
Punctuate Design
July 2019 - Present

Summary

Built a ten-person industrial design and product development studio in Montréal that takes physical products from strategy to manufacturing for hardware startups and SMEs in Canada and the US.

Fabli, screen-free audio toy for children

Creative Director
Punctuate Design
January 2024 - June 2026

Summary

Led design and development of Fabli, a screen-free audio toy for children aged 0 to 10, from concept to production, including the repairability work and the user testing with children.

Novagrow 2.0, countertop microgreens garden

Creative Director
Punctuate Design
January 2020 - December 2021

Summary

Design and development of the second generation of Novagrow, a countertop garden for microgreens, from product strategy through design for manufacturing and crowdfunding launch.

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Experience

ADIQ / Hardtech Awards / FemTech Breakfast Club

Product Design

Board member of ADIQ, the Quebec industrial designers’ association, from 2023 to 2025; jury member of the Hardtech Awards in 2025 and 2026; jury member and workshop lead at the FemTech Breakfast Club in 2025.

Punctuate Design

Product Design

Built a ten-person industrial design and product development studio in Montréal that takes physical products from strategy to manufacturing for hardware startups and SMEs in Canada and the US.

Punctuate Design

Product Design

Led design and development of Fabli, a screen-free audio toy for children aged 0 to 10, from concept to production, including the repairability work and the user testing with children.

Punctuate Design

Product Design

Design and development of the second generation of Novagrow, a countertop garden for microgreens, from product strategy through design for manufacturing and crowdfunding launch.

Skills

Industrial Design Hardware Startups Femtech Product Development Design Community Mentoring Product Strategy Product Design Design for Manufacturing Sustainable Design Design for Repairability User Testing Design Strategy Manufacturing Strategy Creative Direction