Greg J. Smith is a Toronto-based designer and researcher with interests in media theory and digital culture. Extending from a background in architecture, his research considers how contemporary information paradigms affect representational and spatial systems. Greg is a designer at Mission Specialist and a contributing editor at Creative Applications Network [CAN]. His writing has appeared in a variety of publications including: Rhizome, Current Intelligence, Vectors, the Handbook of Research on Computational Arts and Creative Informatics and Vague Terrain (which he co-founded in 2005).

Greg has presented work at venues and institutions including Eyeo Festival (Minneapolis), the Western Front (Vancouver), DIY Citizenship (Toronto), Medialab-Prado (Madrid) and Postopolis! LA. He is an adjunct instructor in the CCIT program (U of T Mississauga/Sheridan College) and has taught courses for CSMM (McMaster University) and OCAD University.

Greg received a Masters in Architecture from John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape and Design at the University of Toronto in 2007. He also studied design at LAIAD and received a B.A. in Philosophy from the University of Toronto in 1999.