Photo: Greg Van Alstyne Greg Van Alstyne
Associate Professor
Contact by email
Phone: Ext. 434

Areas of Expertise
Creative direction, Interaction design, Typeface design

Education
BA (Hons), self-designed program with a minor in philosophy, University of Toronto
MS, Integrated Digital Media, Polytechnic Institute of New York University

Overview
Greg Van Alstyne is an accomplished creative director and design educator with proven abilities in research, writing and concept development, along with visualization, art direction, and design management. His strengths are in presentation, process facilitation, and team management, as well as program development, group critique, and evaluation.

Selected Publications
Van Alstyne, Greg; Logan, Robert K.. "Designing for Emergence and Innovation: Redesigning Design" Artifact 1.2 (2007). 26 May. 2009 <http://www.informaworld.com/10.1080/17493460601110525>
Van Alstyne, Greg. “From Induction to Incitement: Inside the Massive Change Project.” What People Want: Populism in Architecture and Design. Ed. Michael Shamiyeh. Basel: Birkhäuser, 2005, 188–205.
–––––. “Cybernetics, Modernism and Pleasure in moma.org.” UNESCO journal Museum International, 52.1 (2000): 36–41.
–––––. “Cyberspace and the Lonely Crowd.” Span 2 (1994): 35–39.
Van Patter, G.K. “Embracing Change: A Design Education Hybrid! A Conversation with Greg Van Alstyne.” NextD Journal 1.3 (2003). 29 Nov. 2004 <http://www.nextd.org/02/pdf_download/NextD_1_3.pdf>.

Web Links
slab.ocad.ca, gregvanalstyne.com, metabolo.org