Ian Wojtowicz

If profound intractable problems exist in society, it follows that the professions needed to fix them have not yet been invented.

Ian Wojtowicz (he/him) (SMACT ’12) uses data visualization and participatory design to create discussions around cultural change. Themes of futurism, historical dissensus, editing, and repair run through his work. Wojtowicz has shown projects and lectured throughout North America, and in China and Europe, and has shown projects in Wired Magazine, Atlantic Monthly, and on PBS and Discovery channels.

Professionally, Wojtowicz has consulted for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation on creative technology and on exhibit design for the US National Coast Guard Museum, the Redwoods National and State Parks, and indigenous cultural projects at Nk’Mip and Wanuskewin. He is currently the founder of Graphite Design Labs, a creative software company focused on new approaches to reading and drawing.

He holds a degree in Art, Culture, and Technology from MIT’s School of Architecture and is editor of a collected volume from MIT Press on Polish-American artist Krzysztof Wodiczko’s influential design philosophy. Wojtowicz currently lives and works in Vancouver, Canada, on the traditional unceded territories of the Squamish, Musqueam and Tsleil-Waututh people.