John Maeda

Author

Bio

John Maeda is an American technologist, designer, engineer, artist, investor, author, and teacher. He was recently appointed Chief Experience Officer at Publicis Sapient, the technology marketing consulting and delivery arm of communications conglomerate Publicis. He has held positions with Automattic, the parent company of WordPress.com, the venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins, led research at the MIT Media Lab, and served as president of the Rhode Island School of Design. Named as one of the 75 most influential people of the 21st Century by Esquire, Maeda draws on his diverse background as an MIT-trained engineer, award-winning designer, and executive leader to bring people and ideas together at scale. He is the author of several celebrated books, including The Laws of Simplicity and Redesigning Leadership. He has appeared as a speaker all over the world, from Davos to Beijing to São Paulo to New York, and his talks for TED.com have received millions of views. He was born, raised, and lives in the United States of America.

John Maeda Books

Nonlinear

Kevin G. Bethune

Reimagining Design

Kevin G. Bethune

How to Speak Machine

John Maeda

The Importance of Small Decisions

Michael J. O'Brien

Mismatch

Kat Holmes

The Acceleration of Cultural Change

R. Alexander Bentley

The Storm of Creativity

Kyna Leski

Make It New

Barry M. Katz

I'll Have What She's Having

R. Alexander Bentley

Redesigning Leadership

John Maeda

The Laws of Simplicity

John Maeda