Design & Research
Toronto, Canada Area
- Current
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- Principal Designer at Mission Specialist
- Editor/Curator at Vague Terrain
- Past
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- Teaching Assistant at Ontario College of Art & Design
- Intern architect at Reigo & Bauer
- Sessional Lecturer at McMaster University - Department of Communications and Multimedia Studies
- Freelance Designer at Serial Consign
- Research Assistant at Lateral Architecture
- Site Editor at Rhizome
- Intern at Taylor Fierce Architects
- Inside Sales at Morningstar Canada
- Education
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- University of Toronto
- LAIAD
- University of Toronto - New College
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Greg J. Smith’s Summary
Freelance designer specializing in print, web and presence. I am interested in providing individuals and organizations with modular, expandable frameworks for commerce, archiving and self-publication. Right now I'm working on nuts and bolts design projects with aspirations to move towards more multidisciplinary information architecture in the future. I also offer consulting services for a variety of media and design companies.
In addition to design I am active as a media, arts and technology writer. I recently had a chapter on information visualization published in the Handbook of Research on Computational Arts and Creative Informatics. I am also a contributor to Rhizome and write regularly at Serial Consign, my blog on digital culture and information design.
Greg J. Smith’s Specialties:
HTML/CSS & CMS driven web design, Drupal & Wordpress, architectural design, technical drawings, editing/curation, graphic design/illustration, branding, grant writing, etc.
Greg J. Smith’s Experience
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Principal Designer
Mission Specialist
(Design industry)
March 2008 — Present (1 year 5 months)
Design studio founded with my partner Jordan Hale.
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Editor/Curator
Vague Terrain
(Writing and Editing industry)
September 2005 — Present (3 years 11 months)
I co-curate & design an online digital arts publication. This journal provides a forum to showcase and discuss contemporary multimedia art & theory.
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Teaching Assistant
Ontario College of Art & Design
(Educational Institution; Design industry)
January 2009 — April 2009 (4 months)
TAing Human Factors in Design course taught by Bill Leeming & Wayne Fisher.
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Intern architect
Reigo & Bauer
(Architecture & Planning industry)
October 2007 — October 2008 (1 year 1 month)
Junior designer at small, progressive Toronto studio focused on
residential work. Responsibilities include project management, millwork
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Sessional Lecturer
McMaster University - Department of Communications and Multimedia Studies
(Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Media Production industry)
September 2007 — December 2007 (4 months)
Taught a third year seminar course entitled "Interactive Digital Culture" to upper year software engineer students in the programs game development program.
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Freelance Designer
Serial Consign
(Design industry)
June 2001 — December 2007 (6 years 7 months)
My side project during school. Print and web work but primarily commercial web design.
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Research Assistant
Lateral Architecture
(Partnership; 1-10 employees; Architecture & Planning industry)
September 2006 — April 2007 (8 months)
I worked with Mason White and Lola Sheppard throughout my final year at al&d. I assisted them an entry for the "The Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design" competition and in staging an exhibit.
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Site Editor
Rhizome
(Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; Think Tanks industry)
February 2004 — February 2007 (3 years 1 month)
Volunteer site editor for the one of the key North American tech-art web portals. This position entailed republishing appropriate content from across the net to the sites news page.
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Intern
Taylor Fierce Architects
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Architecture & Planning industry)
July 2005 — September 2005 (3 months)
Presentation drawings, 3D modeling & rendering and proposal preparation. I also manged a design proposal to rework the plan/layout of the top level of the Hollywood & Highland retail destination (which connects to the Kodak theatre). This job had me interfacing with a number of trades and consultants, budgeting and preparing client presentations.
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Inside Sales
Morningstar Canada
(Public Company; 51-200 employees; Financial Services industry)
July 1999 — August 2001 (2 years 2 months)
Greg J. Smith’s Education
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University of Toronto
M.Arch , Architecture , 2003 — 2007
- Activities and Societies:
- Thesis publication co-editor, Graduate Student Union web presence consultant
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LAIAD
Systems theory , Architecture , 2001 — 2003
Studied design and architecture under William Taylor.
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University of Toronto - New College
B.A. , Philosophy, Sociology , 1995 — 1998
I majored in Philosophy with an active interest in contemporary theory, minored in sociology with research into technology & urban space.
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Drupal Users Group
Greg J. Smith’s Honors:
Travel Fellowship, VISUALIZAR'08 (2008)
USC Academic Fellowship (2006)
Grant - Leap Research Lab (2006)
Greg J. Smith’s Contact Settings
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