He graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, Poland with a MA in Industrial Design and taught at the Academy for 5 years (1976-81) before moving to Canada in 1981. He has been involved in the development of two Industrial Design Programs: the first in the Faculty of Environmental Design at the University of Calgary where he taught from 1981-88; and the second, an Industrial Design Program at Emily Carr University of Art + Design where he has been teaching since 1989.