Former Rhode Island School of Design president John Maeda explains how design can lie
John Maeda
Former president of Rhode Island School of Design
Ideas
Former RISD president John Maeda explains why octopus tentacles are so smart
Former RISD president John Maeda: “Be sure you can make enough to eat”
Former RISD president John Maeda on what a student taught him about career advising
Former RISD president John Maeda explains why computational design is never finished
Former RISD president John Maeda on why Weizenbaum didn't commercialize ELIZA
Former Rhode Island School of Design president John Maeda on why to study liberal arts, not tech
Former RISD president John Maeda: “Programming is not very complicated, it’s just very boring”
Former RISD president John Maeda on linear vs. exponential thinking
Former RISD president John Maeda explains why UI design must shift to the gulf of evaluation
Former RISD president John Maeda on what a master gardener taught him about design
Why a sushi chef’s knife is hard to hold
Former RISD president John Maeda on what makes great design familiar yet novel
What I learned about leadership by sitting in a sandbox for four days
Former RISD president John Maeda explains why simplicity means more enjoyment and less pain
Former Rhode Island School of Design president John Maeda explains the buyer and customer loops
Former RISD president John Maeda explains why the best leaders leave no fingerprints
Former RISD president John Maeda on what Studio Ghibli’s animation approach is
Former RISD president John Maeda explains why it isn’t about old or new
Former Rhode Island School of Design president John Maeda on Tora-san and the warrior with heart
Former RISD president John Maeda: “In Japan we know that the characters matter”
Former RISD president John Maeda: “Design craft is one part engineering one part design”
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