Methods Unlimited is led by Arkadiusz Banasik (Arek), an independent artist and designer based in New York. His work and research involves computational graphics, interaction design, reactive fashion, responsive furniture, music and sound. In 1994, he co-founded a multi-disciplinary design studio in New York called i/o 360º where he helped launch the field of computation design. Before it was acquired by Rare Medium in 1998, his work was featured in publications such as Designing Multimedia (Lisa Lopuck), Graphis New Media 1, Website Graphics (den Boer, Strengholt, Velthoven), Hotsites (Roger Walton), Applied Typography 7, Cool Type (Drate, Salavetz, Smith), ID Magazine, Blueprint, Nikkei Design, Print Magazine, Forum, Axis, Aesthetics of Surveillance and Re:Buzz. Awards include Top 40 ID Magazine, Casie Awards, ID Annual Design Review, Channel 7 Net Tech Award, Net Tech 21, Cooper Hewitt Triennial, Annual 100 Show American Center for Design,  and the ADC Young Guns Award. He is a graduate of the Cooper Union for the Advancement of Arts and Sciences in New York.