I have a confession: I'm not a man of simplicity. I spent my entire early career making complex stuff. Lots of complex stuff. John Maeda careercomplexconfession Change image and share on social
Corporations today, by their razor sharp focus on the 'bottom line' and quarterly earnings, have lost their ability to innovate. John Maeda abilitybottomcorporation Change image and share on social
Apple products aren't simple technologies by any stretch, but there is a beautiful simplicity to them. John Maeda applebeautifulproduct Change image and share on social
I like stuff designed by dead people. The old designers. They always got it right because they didn't have to grow up with computers. All of the people that made the spoon and the dishes and the vacuum cleaner didn't have microprocessors and stuff. You could do a good design back then. John Maeda backcleancomputer share on social
There is a construct in computer programming called 'the infinite loop' which enables a computer to do what no other physical machine can do - to operate in perpetuity without tiring. In the same way it doesn't know exhaustion, it doesn't know when it's wrong and it can keep doing the wrong thing over and over without tiring. John Maeda callcomputerconstruct share on social
Research universities need excellent means to communicate and express their results to regular people. John Maeda communicateexcellentexpress Change image and share on social
Our economy is built upon convergent thinkers, people that execute things, get them done. But artists and designers are divergent thinkers: they expand the horizon of possibilities. John Maeda artistbuildconvergent Change image and share on social
The best scientists that I've met are those that are humanists and scientists at the same time. John Maeda havehumanistmeet Change image and share on social
Information is expanding daily. How to get it out visually is important. John Maeda dailyexpandimportant Change image and share on social
A designer is someone who constructs while he thinks, someone for whom planning and making go together. John Maeda constructdesignermake Change image and share on social