about me

I’m your local #information_design #interaction_design #information_visualisation designer.
In both traditional and experimental ways, I try make interfaces to help us understand, navigate and learn from the world.
Enjoy your visit!

feel free to email me at netmail at knapek dot org
or call me at +358-50-320-2616

you can find more of me on:
twitter ( @miskaknapek )
linkedIn
flickr : professionsal
flickr : off hours
vimeo

professional experience

2014/01 - ongoing -

Freelance visualisation, including work for
The World Wide Web Foundation,
NASA,
Open Government Partnership,
The Finnish Meteorological Institute,
The Aalto University, etc…

2014/05 - 2017/05 -

Information visualiser designer & coder,
The Open Government Partnership

2015/08 - 2016/07 -

Information visualiser designer & coder,
Baltic Marine Environment Protection Commission (helcom)

2014/01 - ongoing -

Co-coordinator, Nordic open knowledge interested network

2013/11 - 2013/12 -

The Web Index of the W3 Foundation information visualisation work
World Wide Web Foundation

2013/08 - 2013/10 -

Open Data Barometer researcher for Norway + infographics work
Open Data Research Network

2012/09 - 2012/10 -

Interaction design and information visualisation research assistant,
for the People map project
Aalto University / Information & Computer Science + Aalto Media Factory

2009/10 - 2009/11 -

Open Knowledge Festival 2012 Coordinator
Datajouranlism and Datavisualisation topic stream coordinator
Open Knowledge Foundation (volunteer)

various occasions in
2011-2012 -

Open Data & information visualisation workshop holding
As part of the WeLoveOpenData(.com) team
at festivals/conferences in Berlin, Amsterdam & Helsinki

2010/06 - 2012/12 -

Research assistant, web developer and information architecture tutor
Aalto University / Design Department, Helsinki

2010/11 - 2011/04 -

Teaching assistant and project coordinator
Helping coordinate a Computational Photography course
& planning the first Fablab in Finland
Aalto University / Media Lab | Media Factory, Helsinki

2009/12 - 2010/05 -

Helsinki energy Consumption information visualiser
Helping coordinate a Computational Photography course
& planning the first Fablab in Finland
Aalto University / Media Lab | Media Factory, Helsinki

2009/12 - 2010/05 -

Time-imagery photographer, programmer and compositor (freelance)
Kiasma - Modern Museum Helsinki

2007/02 - 2007/04 -

Time lapse photographer (freelance)
YLE - National Finnish Broadcasting Company

2006/01 - 2006/05 -

Graphic designer consultant
Världsbutiken, in Malmoe, Sweden

2001 - 2006 -

Information design + graphic design freelancing

2001/01 - 2001/07 -

Information design consultant
Information design for Greenpeace.org.uk
Rechord.com, London

1991 - 2005 -

Art director and graphic design consultant
(below: yes that's dad's company :)
Dr Knapek Kemi AB, Sweden

exhibitions and publications

2013/07 -

Nordic Now new photography publication
Joint publication of the documentary + critical
photography magazines of Norway, Denmark and Finland

2011/08 -

Art == Data / Data == Art exhibition
Aalto University, School of Art, Design and Architecture, Helsinki, Finland

2011/03 -

Exhibition of (Computational Photography)
students I taught, at pixelAche 2011, Helsinki

2010/08 -

Catherine Bay : Carte Blance : Centre Pompidou
Centre Pompidou, Paris

2010/08 -

Lab.preparat at Kopenhagen Contemporary

2010/07 -

Lab.preparat at Sofia National Museum

2010/07 -

Les Recontres Internationales in Berlin

2010/06 -

Ok-do Science Poems Exhibition

2010/04 -

Articles about my “Windcuts” work
in Infosthetics, Creative Applications, Designboom,
Wired UK, and a few more

2010/04 -

Les Recontres Internationales in Madrid

2010/03 -

pixelache 2010 / Helsinki

2009/12 -

Les Recontres Internationalesin Paris

2009/09 -

Ars Electronica Festivals / Linz, Austria

2009/08 -

FILE festival + exhibition / Sao Paolo, Brazil

2009/06 -

Les Recontres Internationales in Berlin

2009/04 -

Les Recontres Internationales in Madrid

2009/04 -

pixelAche 2009, Helsinki, Finland

2009/01 -

Climate Hacking workshop at Transmediale’09 / Berlin

2009/01 -

Annual General Meeting 09 at the Derby Quad, UK

2008/12 -

Les Recontres Internationalesin Paris

2008/08-11 -

NorthEastWest exhibition, Paris

2008/07 -

Ars Electronica Animation Festival

2008/02-04 -

Fluid/Flow, Milk Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark

2008/01 -

Transmediale 08, Berlin

2007/10 -

Netfilmmakers.dk, Coffe with Sugar, in Korea

2007/10 -

Article in NEW magazine
and opening of magazine literary evening talk
Paris

2007/09 -

Netfilmmakers.dk at the Alternate Copenhagen Art Fair
Copenhagen, Denmark

2007/03 -

Timespace II, Galerie Rose Marie, Malmoe, Sweden

2006/09 -

Netfilmmakers.dk at the Alternate Copenhagen Art Fair
Copenhagen, Denmark

2006/08 -

Netfilmmakers.dk edition : Rhythm
Copenhagen, Denmark

2006/08 -

Transient Images, Galleri Hornbaek, Hornbæk, Denmark

2004/05 -

Crossing borders, New media art exhition, Gothenburg, Sweden

2003/05 -

Intersections, Art & Technology exibition, Gotheburg, Sweden

education

2007 - 2011 -

New Media: Information Visualisation & Algorithmic Design
Aalto University / School of Art, Design & Architecture

2002 - 2004 -

Art&Technology
Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden

1998 - 2001 -

Graphic Information Design, Ba(Hons)
University of Westminster, London

1997 - 1998 -

Foundation Course in Art and Design
Salisbury College, Salisbury, United Kingdom

1996 - 1997 -

Painting and Drawing course
Den Tredimensionelle Skole, Copenhagen, Denmark

1994 - 1996 -

International Baccaleureate
Copenhagen International School

languages

fluent -

danish, english, czech, swedish

moderate -

norwegian

basic

polish, french, german

coding languages

strong -

Processing

good -

Python

general -

Python / Pandas

beginner -

C/C++

good -

html / css

good -

javascript

mid -

javascript / ReactJS

good -

javascript / jQuery

good -

javascript / D3

good -

javascript / canvas

beginner -

javascript / leaflet.js

ok -

javascript / _underscore

beginner -

php

average -

SQL

average -

postgis

average -

superCollider

intermediate -

maths for algorithmic movement and form

average -

math generally, statistics, data analysis

software skills

beginner -

drupal

beginner -

QGIS

intermediate -

wordpress

strong -

adobe creative suite (...when I don't code my own :)

somwhat -

apple final cut pro