John Maeda

Anyone with a computer and a design program can create a page layout. But unless you're trained in design, it won't look very good and it won't communicate very well.

Corporations today, by their razor sharp focus on the 'bottom line' and quarterly earnings, have lost their ability to innovate.

I don't like creating software anymore. It's too exact. It's like karate; there's no room for error.

I've always been very determined, ever since I was a little girl, to make my way.

I love designing costumes that I can actually construct, working to create an environment that people want to be in.

I worked for UFA as a set designer, you know.