Jonathan LaPalme

Co-director - Dark Matter Labs / Co-Founder - Nouveaux voisins, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Jonathan holds a Masters of Science in Design and Urban Ecologies at Parsons The New School for Design in New York. He has been working for more than 15 years on various types of urban related challenges and innovations, acting either as a strategic designer, entrepreneur, curator, documentary filmmaker, writer or speaker. Jonathan co-instigated a number of organisations and initiatives to address issues such as chronic vacancy, heritage destruction, biodiversity loss, and lack of regulatory infrastructures, to name a few. Recently, he co-founded the Canadian arm of Dark Matter Labs, an international studio that focuses on reinventing and demonstrating tomorrow's civic infrastructures, where he plays roles ranging from operations, to strategic design and development. Lapalme's work has appeared in a number of magazines, newspapers and museums.