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
When you're younger, think less and do more; when you're older, do less and think more.
If you are going to have less things, they have to be great things.
All I want to be is, someone that makes, new things and, thinks about them.
Good problem-seekers are in higher demand than good problem-solvers.
The best designers in the world all squint when they look at something. They squint to see the forest from the trees - to find the right balance. Squint at the world. You will see more, by seeing less.
Too little confidence, and you're unable to act; too much confidence, and you're unable to hear.
The problem isn't how to make the world more technological. It's about how to make the world more humane again.
Simplicity and complexity need each other.
Design is a solution to a problem. Art is a question to a problem.
What’s next for technology and design? A lot less thinking about technology for technology’s sake, and a lot more thinking about design. Art humanizes technology and makes it understandable. Design is needed to make sense of information overload. It is why art and design will rise in importance during this century as we try to make sense of all the possibilities that digital technology now affords.
Simplicity is about subtracting the obvious and adding the meaningful.
When people say, 'I don't get art' ... that means art is working.
Art shows us that human beings still matter in a world where money talks the loudest, where computers know everything about us, and where robots fabricate our next meal and also our ride there.
With regard to what is designed really well, I think people are the best-designed objects in the world. Seriously.