Intelligent Machines When a Good Idea Works Purity, openness, and simplicity are engines of design. by John Maeda 2009-08-18T00:00:00-04:00
View A Goal of Impermanence Michael Townsend creates large murals with masking tape. And when he’s done, he removes all traces of his artwork. by John Maeda 2008-09-21T00:00:00-04:00
View The Blade Keeper A simple sustainable design captures the unsustainable practice of storing used blades for disposal. by John Maeda 2008-06-07T00:00:00-04:00
View Ceramics Machine At RISD, I happened upon a monumental set of thousands of extruded ceramics parts to go on display for a student’s art-installation project. by John Maeda 2008-05-19T00:00:00-04:00
View Still Figure My days at RISD seem to reveal oddities of artistic acts that apparently flow from every pore of the campus. by John Maeda 2008-05-19T00:00:00-04:00
Intelligent Machines Me on the Wii Nintendo’s design philosophy exceeds that of Apple. Modern design melds with modern fun. “Cool” is augmented with “human comfort”–a rare quality in the digital world. by John Maeda 2008-05-04T00:00:00-04:00
Sustainable Energy Bigfoot Greetings Creating and ordering my greeting cards online was easy, but the layers of packaging make me wonder if I’ve damaged the earth in the process. by John Maeda 2008-04-21T00:00:00-04:00
Intelligent Machines BGI = Before Google Images Wading through the mind of the Google Images database. by John Maeda 2008-04-20T00:00:00-04:00
Sustainable Energy The Green Forest There’s nothing simpler than avoiding having to wash dishes by just throwing them away. Sometimes it’s best to adopt the more complex route for the sake of being green. by John Maeda 2008-04-07T00:00:00-04:00
Intelligent Machines Another Typewriter Falls Typewriters may be meeting their end, but I predict that society will once again yearn for their imperfect and unique imprint. by John Maeda 2008-03-31T00:00:00-04:00
