Jonathan Aitken's educational background is communication and industrial design. He owned and operated a design studio, Pages Design Ltd, in Toronto for 15 years, where he was involved in designing and producing everything from corporate annual reports, web sites, identity programs and books to exhibit displays and signage. He also taught at Ryerson University for several years.
Aitken is currently the Director of the Health Design Lab at Emily Carr University of Art + Design. The Lab is committed to providing design opportunities to students and faculty through collaborative partnerships that apply solution-focused, human-centred research methodologies to complex problems in health care. Current projects can be viewed at http://www.healthdesignlab.ca. Aitken also teaches courses in Communication Design. Examples of past work can be found at jonathanaitken.ca.