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Courses by John
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John Maeda on Design, Business, and Inclusion23m
John Maeda on Design, Business, and Inclusion
By: John Maeda
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Introducing Semantic Kernel: Building AI-Based Apps17m
Introducing Semantic Kernel: Building AI-Based Apps
By: John Maeda
Articles by John
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Taking GPT-4o-Mini For A Quick Test Drive on Azure AI
Taking GPT-4o-Mini For A Quick Test Drive on Azure AI
By John Maeda
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Notes on Art and [ Subject, Object, Context + You ]
Notes on Art and [ Subject, Object, Context + You ]
By John Maeda
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How do we move forward with AI in business today? Start HERE.
How do we move forward with AI in business today? Start HERE.
By John Maeda
Experience
Education
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
SEMICONDUCTOR PHYSICS + MASSIVELY PARALLEL COMPUTERS: Master's Thesis: “Concurrent Sparse Matrix Equation Solver for Three-Dimensional Semiconductor Simulation.” Courses include: Artificial Intelligence, Computer Architecture, Analog and Digital Circuitry Design, Semiconductor Modeling, Signals and Systems.
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GENERAL MBA + E-ED: Completed one of the first ABA accredited online Masters degrees in Business Administration at the W.P. Carey School of Business at ASU. Courses include: Accounting, Finance, Organization Behavior, Strategic Mgmt, Marketing Mgmt, Ops/SCM, Innovation Mgmt.
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BAUHAUS-STYLE CLASSICAL DESIGN: Majored in Industrial Design. PhD Thesis: “A Framework for Digital Product Design.” Courses include: Product Planning, Product Design, Advanced Typography, Advanced Editorial Design, Sculpture, Plastic Arts, Drawing.
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ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING & COMPUTER SCIENCE: IHTFP
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Harvard Seminar for New Presidents at the Harvard Graduate School of Education (2009)
Course on Exponential Fundraising at the Harvard JFK School of Government (2011-2012)
Volunteer Experience
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Board Member
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Present 22 years 9 months
Arts and Culture
MODERNIZE DESIGN EDUCATION: Advancing the Smithsonian's mission to place design at the center of the nation as a competitive advantage.
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Board Member
Design for Good
- Present 2 years 6 months
Education
DESIGN FOR (REALLY) GOOD: A non-profit alliance of leading global organizations that will directly harness the creative talent of thousands of designers to design and deliver positive impact against the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals.
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New Models of Leadership Council / New Models of Growth Council
World Economic Forum
- 8 years
Science and Technology
CREATIVE LEADERSHIP: Served on the New Models of Leadership Council, and later on the New Growth Models Council.
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Braintrust Member
TED Conferences
- 7 years
Science and Technology
IDEAS WORTH SPREADING: Advised TED organization on topics for the annual conference.
Publications
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» Essay: "Startups are great, but we can learn a lot from 'end-ups,' too"
GigaOm
"For many, startups embody the ideals of passion, innovation and agility that can get lost in mature businesses. But John Maeda, president of RISD, says there is also plenty to admire in 'end-ups.'"
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» 2013 Posts for LinkedIn
LinkedIn
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» Essay: Videogames DO belong in the Museum of Modern Art
WIRED
"Like well-designed cars, well-designed videogames are ways of taking your mind to different places."
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» Essay: "Design is both the insanely radical and the passionately incremental"
GigaOm
"Not all design breakthroughs need to stop the world: sometimes, thoughtful incremental improvements can be just as profound."
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» Opinion: If Design’s No Longer the Killer Differentiator, What Is?
WIRED
"The innovation now needs to occur elsewhere. Outside the design. Into, quite frankly, the world of art."
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» Essay: Spray Glue vs. Elmer's Glue: Leading with Diverse Materials
Huffington Post
"But my biggest lesson so far as a digital native leader has been that certain relationships are best crafted one-by-one, face-to-face."
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» TED Global Talk: The intersection of technology, design, and leadership
TED Conferences
“When people say they don’t get art, that means art is working. It’s supposed to be enigmatic.”
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» TEDxTokyo Talk: On Tora-san
TEDxTokyo Conference
Talk on regaining the optimism of Japan's older generation.
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Book: "Redesigning Leadership"
MIT Press
Thoughts on managing and leading a legendary academic institution. Available in 8 languages.
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» 99% Talk: "Looking for Superman"
Behance
"Leading with a willingness to struggle, to make mistakes, to live with ambiguity – and to tackle the creative's biggest challenge: How to lead other creatives."
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» Essay: "Your Life in 2020"
Forbes Magazine
"Rather than be content to accept corporate anonymity, we will rediscover the value of authorship. In 2020 technology will continue to enable individual makers to operate in the same way that once only large corporations could do."
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» Online Exhibit: "Atoms + Bits = the Neue Craft"
Adobe Museum of Digital Media
"Computers let us imagine digitally what we once could only validate by handcraft in physical form - the infinite malleability and reusability of bits have forever changed the creative process. But just as it took Icarus to first imagine human flight by carefully observing how birds can fly, digital tools have relied on many of the original tools and media used by artists in the pre-digital world."
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» Essay: "Why Apple Leads the Way in Design"
Huffington Post
"Apple products aren't simple technologies by any stretch, but there is a beautiful simplicity to them. How does Apple do it?"
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» Blog Posts: "Leadership as a Creative Act"
Harvard Business Review
"Stories about what creative leadership has meant personally; our experiments, successes, and failures with leading though change with design principles, openness, clarity, and transparency."
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» TED Talk: "On the Simple Life"
TED Conferences
"Living at the intersection of technology and art is a place that can get very complicated. This is talk about paring down to basics."
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Book: "Laws of Simplicity"
MIT Press
Ten laws and three keys for realizing simplicity in design, technology, business, and life. MIT Press’ all-time bestselling book and used by Philips, Orange, and Nokia in defining their simplicity strategies. Available in 14 languages.
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Book: "Creative Code"
Thames & Hudson
Compendium of thinking around computational aesthetics and the future of digital art/design.
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Book: "MAEDA@MEDIA"
Thames & Hudson
480-page retrospective of over 100 digital media projects for Shiseido, Absolut, Sony, The New York Times, and others. Available in 5 languages.
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» Essay: "The South Face of the Mountain"
MIT Technology Review
Powerful and inspired computer art requires a melding of the aesthetic and engineering sensibilities in the same person.
Projects
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» Exhibition: "John Maeda is the Fortune Cookie"
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Solo exhibition in London at Riflemaker Gallery.
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» Exhibition: "John Maeda: Nature + Eye'm Hungry"
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Solo exhibition in Paris at Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain.
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» Exhibition: "John Maeda: Post Digital"
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Mid-career retrospective in Tokyo at the NTT InterCommunication Center.
Honors & Awards
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AIGA Medal
American Institute of Graphic Arts
"The medal of AIGA—the most distinguished in the field—is awarded to individuals in recognition of their exceptional achievements, services or other contributions to the field of design and visual communication. The contribution may be in the practice of design, teaching, writing or leadership of the profession."
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Hall of Fame Inductee
Art Director’s Club
"Recognizes and honors those innovators who have made significant contributions to art direction and visual communications, and whose lifetime achievements represent the highest standards of creative excellence."
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Raymond Loewy Foundation Prize
Raymond Loewy Foundation
"Presented to one recipient each year in recognition of either his or her lifetime achievements, or career of an individual whose work in design has helped improve the social and cultural conditions of everyday life."
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Mainichi Design Prize
Mainichi Shimbun
"Annual award given to outstanding Japanese designers. The award, founded in 1952, is sponsored by Japanese newspaper Mainichi Shimbun. It is considered Japan's most prestigious award for design."
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National Design Award
Smithsonian Institution
"Celebrates design in various disciplines as a vital humanistic tool in shaping the world, and seeks to increase national awareness of design by educating the public and promoting excellence, innovation, and lasting achievement."
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DaimlerChrysler Design Prize
DaimlerChrysler
"Celebrating the achievements of individuals who have consistently championed seminal works of architecture and design, and significantly influenced modern American culture."
Languages
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Japanese
Native or bilingual proficiency
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Spanish
Elementary proficiency
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