John Maeda
John Maeda
John Maeda is an American executive, designer, technologist. His work explores the area where business, design, and technology merge. He was a Professor at the MIT Media Lab for 12 years, and then became the President of the Rhode Island School of Design from 2008 to 2013. He is currently Design Partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers where he advises startups on the business impact of design. He also serves on the Board of Directors of consumer electronics...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionDesigner
CountryUnited States of America
Corporations today, by their razor sharp focus on the 'bottom line' and quarterly earnings, have lost their ability to innovate.
Creativity's about ownership.
Organization makes a system of many appear fewer.
Technology makes possibilities. Design makes solutions. Art makes questions. Leadership makes actions.
Art is a conduit toward human needs and perception,
Information is expanding daily. How to get it out visually is important.
I don't really love computers.
I don't like creating software anymore. It's too exact. It's like karate; there's no room for error.
Growing up, I found I was good at two things: Art and Math. To hear my parents say it, though, it was only, 'John is good at Math.
Research universities need excellent means to communicate and express their results to regular people.
If there were a prerequisite for the future successful digital creative, it would be the passion for discovery.
No place in the US better exemplifies the ethos to engineer new digital technologies than Silicon Valley
Think of the computer as a spiritual space for thinking.
Our economy is built upon convergent thinkers, people that execute things, get them done. But artists and designers are divergent thinkers: they expand the horizon of possibilities.