Ben Van Dyke (*1976), is Vice President of DesignInquiry. Started in 1992 as the Maine Summer Institute of Graphic Design, DesignInquiry brings together thinkers and makers from diverse fields to research and identify an urgent and timely topic. Today, DesignInquiry is an international network of people disseminating radical ideas through exhibitions, essays, workshops and creative experiments as a way of sharing design knowledge and shaping design discourse. In addition, Van Dyke has had over 50 exhibitions in North America, Europe, Asia and the Middle East. He is currently the Head of the Communication Design program at the State University of New York at Buffalo.