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Jan Kubasiewicz, Professor at Massachusetts College of Art and Design in Boston. Founder and coordinator (2000–2016) of Dynamic Media Institute, the graduate program focused on communication design in the context of emerging technologies. He teaches information architecture, data visualization, user experience and interface design, as well as theory and history of communication design, media, and technology. He lectured at many universities in the United States, Australia, China, Italy, Japan, Lithuania, Mexico, South Korea and Poland. He has curated exhibitions and organized workshops, seminars, conferences and publications on the topic of communication, design and media. His personal work has been exhibited in North America, Asia and Europe. He is an affiliate of the Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies at Harvard University where he serves as curator of the Giedrojć Gallery.

Industry Experience

Selected Lectures, Conferences

• 4th International Festival of Motion and Interactive Typography, Dublin, Ireland.
  Euroacademia International Conference: Identities and Identifications. Venice, Italy.
• Vilnius Academy of Arts, Vilnius, Lithuania.
• Tsinghua University, Academy of Arts & Design, Beijing, China.
• Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Cuajimalpa, Mexico City, Mexico.
• Motion Design Education Summit, Dublin, Ireland.
• Generative Art, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy
• Seoul National University, Intermedia Lab, Seoul, Korea.
• Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, China.
• Design Management Institute, International Summit: Empowered Innovation, Boston.
• Tongji University, College of Architecture Design & Urban Planning, Shanghai, China.
• University of Western Sydney, School of Communication, Design and Media, Australia
• Osaka University of Arts, Osaka, Japan.

Selected Publications

• Jan Kubasiewicz. Łódź-ORWO. A Project by Jan Kubasiewicz, Warsaw, Poland 2019
  Jan Kubasiewicz. Objects in Motion, Warsaw, Poland 2017
• “The Łódź-ORWO Collection by Jan Kubasiewicz.” in: 52 Typo: 52 stories on type, typography and graphic design. Étapes: Editions, 2017.
• “Type on Wheels Brief Comments on Motion Design Pedagogy.” (co-author Brian Lucid), in: MODE (Motion Design Education Summit) 2015, Conference Proceedings. Routledge, A Focal Press Book, 2016.
• “Sound—Image—Text—Motion. An Overview of Audiovisual Explorations.” in: Motyf 2014. Warsaw, Poland, 2015.
• “Bogusław Balicki & Stanisław Łabęcki.” in: Very Graphic. Polish Designers of the 20th Century. Warsaw, Poland, 2015.
• “Design Research Is Design Practice. Mapping Design Intelligence.” in: Research in Graphic Design, Conference Proceedings. Katowice, Poland, 2012.
• “Współcześni kartografowie.” (“Contemporary Cartographers.”) in: 2+3d quarterly, No. 41/2011.
• “Mapping the Experience of Dynamic Media.” in: The Experience of Dynamic Media. Dynamic Media Institute, Jan Kubasiewicz, Ed.; Boston, 2010.
• “Communication in the Language of Dynamic Media.” in: 2009 Icograda Educational Conference Proceedings. Beijing, 2010.
• “Motion Literacy.” in: Jon Krasner, Motion Graphic Design. Applied History and Aesthetics. Focal Press of Elsevier, 2008.
• “Motion Literacy.” in: The Education of a Graphic Designer. Steven Heller, Ed.; Allworth Press, New York, 2005.
• “Motion Literacy and the Language of Dynamic Media.” in: The Language of Dynamic Media. Dynamic Media Institute, Jan Kubasiewicz, Ed.; Boston; 2005.

Selected Curatorial Projects

• Occupying Paris: 1968 and the Spaces of Protest, Harvard University, Cambridge.
• Poles Apart—Poland’s Culture Wars, Harvard University, Cambridge.
• West Meets East. Photographs from Germany by Barbara Klemm, Harvard University, Cambridge.
• Landscapes of History. Photography by Vivien A. Schmidt, Harvard University, Cambridge.
• Politics on Paper. Contemporary Polish Poster Art, Harvard University, Cambridge.
• Makoto Saito: The Art of the Poster, Massart, Boston.
• The Themersons and the Gaberbocchus Press, MJS Books & Graphics, New York.

Selected Solo Exhibitions

• Łódź Everyday: Jan Kubasiewicz’ Project, Re:Medium Gallery, Lodz, Poland.
• MetaGeometry @ASP, Kobro Gallery, Lodz, Poland.
• Panorama “Transform”, 2b Gallery, Warsaw, Poland.
• Panorama, New Space Gallery, Lodz, Poland.
• MetaGeometry @Łódź, Patio Gallery, Lodz, Poland.
• MetaGeometry @Sanibel, Big Arts Gallery, Sanibel, Florida.
• MetaGeometry @Skydoor Gallery, Aoyama, Tokyo, Japan.
• MetaGeometry @Gutman Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Connect:

• jankuba.com
• LinkedIn: Jan Kubasiewicz
• Vimeo: Jan Kubasiewicz