:John Maeda

John Maeda was born in 1966 in Seattle, Washington, where his father owned a tofu factory. Maeda studied Computer Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he became fascinated with the work of Paul Rand and Muriel Cooper. Cooper was a director of MIT's Visible Language Workshop. After completing his bachelor's and master's degrees at MIT, Maeda completed his PhD in design at Tsukuba University's Institute of Art and Design in Japan. He also has an MBA from Arizona State University.{{Cite web|title=John Maeda named president of Rhode Island School of Design|url=https://news.mit.edu/2007/announcement-risd-1222|access-date=2020-12-28|website=MIT News {{!}} Massachusetts Institute of Technology|date=21 December 2007 |language=en}}

As an artist, Maeda’s early work redefined the use of electronic media as a tool for expression by combining computer programming with traditional artistic technique, laying the groundwork for interactive motion graphics on the web. He has exhibited in one-man shows in London, New York and Paris. His work is in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and the Cartier Foundation in Paris.{{Cite web|url=https://www.moma.org/artists/30299|title=John Maeda {{!}} MoMA|website=The Museum of Modern Art|language=en|access-date=2020-04-04}}

He is formerly Executive Vice President, Chief Experience Officer at Publicis Sapient{{Cite web |title=John Maeda Dataful |url=https://origin.publicissapient.com/insights/john-maeda-dataful |access-date=2022-03-03 |website=origin.publicissapient.com |language=en |archive-date=2022-03-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220303021743/https://origin.publicissapient.com/insights/john-maeda-dataful |url-status=dead }} where he developed the LEAD (Light, Ethical, Accessible, Dataful) doctrine{{Cite web |date=February 17, 2020 |first=Omar |last=Oakes |title=John Maeda: a dataful mind |url=https://www.campaignlive.com/article/john-maeda-dataful-mind/1673551 |access-date=2022-03-03 |website=www.campaignlive.com |language=en}} for technology products and services. Prior to that he was Global Head, Computational Design and Inclusion at Automattic where he sought to address the diversity gap in tech{{Cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/columnist/2014/11/09/diversity-panel-stanford-jesse-jackson-facebook-google/18429395/|title=Tech execs acknowledge diversity gap. So, what's next?|newspaper=USA TODAY|access-date=2017-02-19|language=en}} by exploring how inclusion could be a key ingredient for success in the technology industry.{{Cite news|url=https://www.fastcodesign.com/3062981/john-maedas-next-design-problem-the-tech-industrys-utter-lack-of-diversity|title=John Maeda's New Design Problem: Tech's Utter Lack Of Diversity|date=2016-08-19|newspaper=Co.Design|access-date=2017-02-19|language=en-US}}{{Cite news|url=https://traffic.piano.io/2017/12/12/design-for-the-rest-of-us/|title=Design For The Rest Of Us|date=2017-12-12|work=Traffic Magazine|access-date=2017-12-17|language=en-US|archive-date=2017-12-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171222080436/https://traffic.piano.io/2017/12/12/design-for-the-rest-of-us/|url-status=dead}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.fastcodesign.com/90154530/tech-has-a-diversity-problem-so-this-designer-went-to-kentucky|title=Tech Has A Diversity Problem–So This Designer Went To Kentucky|date=2017-12-15|work=Co.Design|access-date=2017-12-17|language=en-US}} Before that he was Design Partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (KPCB) where he advised startups on the business impact of design{{cite web

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}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.fastcompany.com/3041644/the-worlds-top-10-most-innovative-companies-of-2015-in-design|title=The World's Top 10 Most Innovative Companies of 2015 in Design|date=2015-02-09|work=Fast Company|access-date=2017-12-17|language=en-US}}{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.wired.com/2015/03/take-expert-design-important-ever/|title=Take It From an Expert: Design Is More Important Than Ever|magazine=WIRED|access-date=2017-12-17|language=en-US}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/innovations/wp/2015/03/15/john-maeda-says-design-is-winning-in-silicon-valley/|title=John Maeda says design is winning in Silicon Valley|last=McFarland|first=Matt|date=2015-03-15|newspaper=Washington Post|access-date=2017-12-17|language=en-US|issn=0190-8286}}{{Cite web|url=https://venturebeat.com/2016/03/14/kpcbs-john-maeda-3-types-of-design-every-company-needs-to-know/|title=KPCB's John Maeda: 3 types of design every company needs to know |website=venturebeat.com|date=14 March 2016 |language=en-US|access-date=2017-12-17}} and continues as a Strategic Advisor. He also served on the Board of Directors of consumer electronics company Sonos and global advertising firm Wieden+Kennedy.

He was a professor at the MIT Media Lab for 12 years where he fostered a community of designers who could code and engineers who could design called the Aesthetics + Computation Group,{{cite web|url=http://acg.media.mit.edu/|title=aesthetics + computation group :: mit media laboratory|website=acg.media.mit.edu}} and then created the Physical Language Workshop{{cite web|url=http://plw.media.mit.edu/|title=Physical Language Workshop|website=plw.media.mit.edu}} with Henry Holtzman. Shortly after the launch of the Design By Numbers{{Cite web|url=http://dbn.media.mit.edu/|title=Design By Numbers|date=1999}} project to teach artists and designers how to code, he helped to accelerate the Scratch language project in an NSF proposal with outreach across the digital divide.{{Cite web|url=https://wiki.scratch.mit.edu/wiki/Development_of_Scratch_1.0|title=Development of Scratch 1.0 - Scratch Wiki|website=wiki.scratch.mit.edu|language=en|access-date=2018-01-14}}{{Cite web|url=http://web.media.mit.edu/~mres/papers/scratch-proposal.pdf|title=A Networked, Media-Rich Programming Environment to Enhance Technological Fluency at After-School Centers in Economically-Disadvantaged Communities|last=Resnick|first=Mitchell|date=2003|website=MIT}} He resigned from MIT in 2008{{Cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB122031259187688831|title=Design for Learning: RISD Gets a New Type of President|last=Browning|first=Dominique|date=2008-09-02|newspaper=Wall Street Journal|access-date=2017-02-19|issn=0099-9660}} to become the President of the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), just as the global financial crisis of 2007-09 took hold.{{Cite news|url=https://www.fastcompany.com/1007032/digital-thinking-rhode-island-school-design|title=Digital Thinking at Rhode Island School of Design|date=2008-10-01|newspaper=Fast Company|access-date=2017-02-19|language=en-US}}

In 2011, RISD's faculty majority passed a vote of no confidence in Maeda.{{Cite news|url=https://www.fastcompany.com/1747593/risd-old-guard-clashes-its-tweeting-president-john-maeda|title=RISD Old Guard Clashes With Its Tweeting President John Maeda|date=2011-04-20|first=Linda|last=Tischler|newspaper=Fast Company|access-date=2017-02-19|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.providencejournal.com/breaking-news/content/20131204-risd-president-john-maeda-to-leave-for-job-in-silicon-valley.ece|title=RISD president John Maeda to leave for job in Silicon Valley|last=Siclen|first=Bill Van|newspaper=Providence Journal|date=2013-12-04|access-date=2016-09-27}}{{Cite web|url=http://artfcity.com/2011/03/11/risds-president-john-maeda-responds-to-no-confidence-vote/|title=RISD's President John Maeda Responds to No-Confidence Vote|last=Johnson|first=Paddy|date=2011-03-11|website=Art F City|access-date=2016-09-27}} He survived the vote,{{Cite news|url=https://www.fastcompany.com/90185231/john-maeda-mulls-risds-backlash-against-his-cyber-style-leadership|title=John Maeda Mulls RISD's Backlash Against His Cyber-Style Leadership|date=2011-04-26|first=Linda|last=Tischler|newspaper=Fast Company|access-date=2017-02-19|language=en-US}} and subsequently led RISD to be recognized by the business community as number one in the world{{Cite web|url=http://www.businessinsider.com/the-worlds-25-best-design-schools-2012-11#1-rhode-island-school-of-design-25|title=The World's 25 Best Design Schools|last=Dickey|first=Megan Rose|website=Business Insider |access-date=2012-11-23}} while shepherding the national STEAM movement,{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/02/education/edlife/putting-art-in-stem.html?_r=0|title=Putting Art in STEM|last=Fontain|first=Henry|website=The New York Times |date=31 October 2014 |access-date=2014-10-31}}{{Cite web|url=http://seedmagazine.com/content/article/on_meaningful_observation1/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101230134231/http://seedmagazine.com/content/article/on_meaningful_observation1|url-status=unfit|archive-date=2010-12-30|title=On Meaningful Observation|first=John |last=Maeda |website=seedmagazine.com|language=en|access-date=2018-03-04}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.media.mit.edu/events/john-maeda-stem-steam/|title=John Maeda: STEM to STEAM|website=MIT Media Lab|access-date=2018-03-04}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2012/08/john-maeda-steam.html|title=CultureLab: From STEM to STEAM: Adding art to science|website=www.newscientist.com|language=en|access-date=2018-03-04}} feeling that "art and design are poised to transform our economy in the 21st century like science and technology did in the last century."{{cite web|url=https://bonamici.house.gov/press-release/reps-bonamici-and-schock-announce-bipartisan-congressional-steam-caucus|title=Reps. Bonamici and Schock Announce Bipartisan Congressional STEAM Caucus|date=February 2013|publisher=Office of Congresswoman Bonamici bonamici.house.gov website|access-date=2016-01-07|archive-date=2016-01-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160121112335/https://bonamici.house.gov/press-release/reps-bonamici-and-schock-announce-bipartisan-congressional-steam-caucus|url-status=dead}} For his work in advancing STEAM education, Maeda was recognized with a Tribeca Film Festival Disruptor Award{{Cite news|url=https://www.disruptorawards.com/2013-honoree-blog/2017/1/19/john-maeda-stem-to-steam-initiative|title=John Maeda - STEM to STEAM Initiative|work=Disruptor Awards|access-date=2018-03-04|language=en-US}} and the Nancy Hanks Lecture on Arts & Public Policy{{Cite news|url=https://www.americansforthearts.org/nancy-hanks-lecture-2016-john-maeda|title=Nancy Hanks Lecture 2016: John Maeda|date=2016-03-21|work=Americans for the Arts|access-date=2018-03-04|language=en}} at the John F. Kennedy Center.{{citation needed|date=June 2019}} Maeda resigned from his RISD presidency at the end of 2013{{cite web | url= http://www.risd.edu/about/news/2013/john-maeda-moves-on/ | title= John Maeda Moves On | publisher= Rhode Island School of Design | date= December 18, 2013 | access-date= 2014-01-25 | archive-date= 2014-02-02 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140202133016/http://www.risd.edu/about/news/2013/john-maeda-moves-on/ | url-status= dead }}{{Cite news|url=http://www.providencejournal.com/opinion/commentary/20131228-steve-cronin-maeda-deserves-better-as-he-leaves-risd.ece|title=Steve Cronin: Maeda deserves better as he leaves RISD|last=Cronin|first=Steve|newspaper=providencejournal.com|access-date=2017-02-19|language=en}} and joined KPCB.{{Cite web|url=https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/make-it-new|title=Make It New|website=MIT Press|language=en-US|access-date=2017-02-19}} Around the same time he also joined eBay's Design Advisory Board as chairman.{{Cite web|url=http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20131204006457/en/John-Maeda-Chair-Newly-Formed-eBay-Design-Advisory|title=John Maeda to Chair Newly-Formed eBay Inc. Design Advisory Board|website=www.businesswire.com|date=4 December 2013 |language=en|access-date=2017-02-19}}

In 2014 and 2015, he guest curated and hosted PopTech: REBELLION{{Cite news|url=https://www.xconomy.com/boston/2014/10/21/john-maeda-on-poptech-and-vc-life-conferences-are-the-new-college/|title=John Maeda on PopTech and VC Life: "Conferences Are the New College" {{!}} Xconomy|date=2014-10-21|work=Xconomy|access-date=2017-12-17|language=en-US}} and PopTech: HYBRID.{{Cite news|url=https://www.xconomy.com/boston/2015/05/14/hybrids-and-the-slash-generation-john-maeda-breaks-the-funk/|title=Hybrids and the Slash Generation: John Maeda Breaks the Funk {{!}} Xconomy|date=2015-05-14|work=Xconomy|access-date=2017-12-17|language=en-US}}

In 2015 he published his first Design In Tech Report{{cite web

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}} to connect the investing world with the world of design and technology. A 2nd Design in Tech Report was published in 2016 and later in 2017, a 3rd Design In Tech Report was published.

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From 2019 until 2020, he was an Executive Vice President and Chief Experience Officer at Publicis Sapient{{Cite web|last=Schwab|first=Katharine|date=2019-06-18|title=5 years ago, this design guru went to work in Silicon Valley. Here's why he's done|url=https://www.fastcompany.com/90365280/five-years-ago-this-design-guru-went-to-work-for-tech-heres-why-hes-done|access-date=2020-04-04|website=Fast Company|language=en-US}} where he helped businesses bridge strategy and engineering with computational design.{{Cite web|last=Maeda|first=John|title=John Maeda says there are three kinds of design—but one is most important|url=https://qz.com/1585165/john-maeda-on-the-importance-of-computational-design/|access-date=2020-04-04|website=Quartz|date=2 April 2019 |language=en}}

In 1999, he was named one of the 21 most important people in the 21st century by Esquire.{{cite web|url=http://www.esquire.com/features/twenty-one-more-1199|title=More of The Esquire 21|date=November 1999|publisher=Esquire Magazine; Hearst Communications, Inc.|access-date=2008-04-11}} In 2001, he received the National Design Award for Communication Design in the United States and Japan's Mainichi Design Prize.{{cite web|url=http://sap.mit.edu/resources/portfolio/maeda/|title=Maeda Named One of the Year's Most Influential Designers|date=June 2005|publisher=MIT School of Architecture + Planning|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131211085307/http://sap.mit.edu/resources/portfolio/maeda/|archive-date=2013-12-11|url-status=dead|access-date=2007-07-17}}

He received the 2005 {{ill|Lucky Strike Designer Award|lt=Lucky Strike Designer Award|de|Lucky Strike Designer Award}} from the Raymond Loewy Foundation.{{Cite web |title=John Maeda wins the Lucky Strike Designer Award |url=https://www.domusweb.it/en/design/2005/11/14/john-maeda-wins-the-lucky-strike-designer-award.html |access-date=2023-04-30 |website=www.domusweb.it |language=en-gb}}

In 2009, he was inducted into the New York Art Director’s Club Hall of Fame, and he received the AIGA Medal in 2010.{{Cite news|url=http://www.aiga.org/medalist-johnmaeda|title=2010 AIGA Medalist: John Maeda|newspaper=AIGA {{!}} the professional association for design|access-date=2017-02-19}} He is a trustee of the Cooper–Hewitt, National Design Museum.{{cite web|url=http://www.cooperhewitt.org/board-trustees|title=Board of Trustees|publisher=Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202141626/http://www.cooperhewitt.org/board-trustees|archive-date=2014-02-02|url-status=dead|access-date=2014-01-25}}

Honorary doctorates awarded by City University of Hong Kong (2022), Drexel University (2017),{{Cite web|url=https://drexel.edu/now/archive/2017/March/Commencement-speaker-John-Maeda/|title=Art and Tech Innovator John Maeda to Speak at Drexel Commencement at Citizens Bank Park|date=2017-03-20|website=DrexelNow|language=en|access-date=2020-04-04}} Simon Fraser University (2014),{{Cite web|url=https://www.sfu.ca/convocation/honorary-degrees/past_honorary_degrees/2014.html|title=SFU 2014 Honorary Degree Recipients}} Maryland Institute College of Arts (2003).{{Cite web|url=https://www.mica.edu/annual-events-series/commencement/history-of-mica-s-honorary-degree-recipients/|title=History of MICA's Honorary Degree Recipients|website=MICA|language=en|access-date=2020-04-04}}

Maeda is married to Kris Maeda and together they have five daughters.{{Cite web|last=Resnick|first=Elizabeth|date=Autumn 2000|title=Reputations: John Maeda|url=http://www.eyemagazine.com/feature/article/reputations-john-maeda|access-date=2020-12-28|website=Eye Magazine}}{{Cite web|title=Out of the Lab: An Interview with John Maeda|url=https://www.aiga.org/out-of-the-lab-an-interview-with-john-maeda|access-date=2020-12-28|website=AIGA {{!}} the professional association for design}} Kris and John Maeda worked together on the design consultancy, MAEDASTUDIO.

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• {{Cite book|last=Maeda|first=John|title=How To Speak Machine: Computational Thinking For The Rest Of Us|publisher=Penguin Books Limited|year=2019|isbn=9780241976616}}
• Redesigning Leadership (Simplicity: Design, Technology, Business, Life), MIT Press, 2011
• The Laws of Simplicity, MIT Press, 2006.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lh9gRQ4i_zwC|title=The Laws of Simplicity|last=Maeda|first=John|date=2006-07-07|publisher=MIT Press|isbn=9780262260954|language=en}}
• Creative Code, Thames and Hudson, 2004.
• maeda@media, Thames and Hudson / Rizzoli / Bangert Verlag, 2000.
• Design By Numbers, MIT Press, 1999.
• Tap, Type, Write, Digitalogue Co., 1998.
• 12 o’clocks, Digitalogue Co., 1997.
• Flying Letters, Digitalogue Co., 1996.
• Reactive Square, Digitalogue Co., 1995.

• Software art
• Internet art
• List of presidents of the Rhode Island School of Design

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• [http://www.kpcb.com/partner/john-maeda Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (KPCB) site] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151114111539/http://www.kpcb.com/partner/john-maeda |date=2015-11-14 }}
• [http://designin.tech/ 2015 KPCB #DesignInTech Report site] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230325170026/http://designin.tech/ |date=2023-03-25 }}
• {{TED speaker}}
• [https://www.ted.com/talks/john_maeda_how_art_technology_and_design_inform_creative_leaders "How art, technology and design inform creative leaders" (TEDGlobal 2012)]
• [http://www.ted.com/talks/john_maeda_on_the_simple_life "Designing for simplicity" (TED2007)]
• [http://creativeleadership.com/ Creative Leadership blog]
• [http://lawsofsimplicity.com/ The Laws of Simplicity site]
• [http://www.maedastudio.com/ Maedastudio site]

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