John Maeda

John Maeda (born 1966 in Seattle ) is a designer, author and president of the Rhode Iceland School of Design ( RISD ).

John Maeda is a graphic and interaction designers, and computer scientist who studied the link between design and technology again. He developed a variety of software tools, websites, writes books and holds at the MIT Media Lab and many other facilities lectures on the combination of these two important areas.

Life

Maeda received his Bachelor and Master of Science degree in computer science at MIT, his PhD in Design at the University of Tsukuba in Japan. Since 1996 he teaches at the MIT Media Lab and 2001 was there also Associate Director. There he directed along with Henry Holtzman the Physical Language Workshop. From 2004 to 2006 he took a sabbatical to a Master of Business Administration to gain. In June 2008, Maeda was appointed president of the prestigious RISD.

Awards (selection)

  • 2000, Daimler Chrysler Design Prize
  • 2001 National Design Award from the Smithsonian Institution
  • 2001 Muriel Cooper Prize
  • 2001 Cologne Thumper the Cologne International School of Design
  • 2002 Mainichi Design Prize
  • 2003 Honorary doctorate from the Maryland Institute College of Art
  • 2005 Lucky Strike Designer Award

Works

  • John Maeda: Creative Code. Aesthetics and programming at the MIT Media Lab Birkhäuser, 2004, ISBN 3764371080
  • John Maeda: Maeda ( a) Media Bangert Verlag, 2000, ISBN 3925560998
  • John Maeda: Simplicity! Oxford University Press, 2007, ISBN 3827418690
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