John Maeda on how better design can lead to better health

Om Malik — Wed, 08 May 2013 21:32:00 +0000

Rhode Island School of Design President (RISD) John Maeda, a well known author of popular and influential books such as Redesigning Leadership (Simplicity: Design, Technology, Business, Life) and The Laws of Simplicity, believes that health and medicine are going to change for the better because of design-oriented thinking.

In a presentation at the TEDMED 2013 conference last month, he talked about how design principles lead to more discovery and better treatment. Maeda (a speaker at our RoadMap 2012 conference) is persuasive, to say the least. Enjoy the video, and make sure to check out our RoadMap 2013 conference in November in San Francisco, as Maeda is working with us on the event (tickets will go on sale in the summer).

Announcing RISD President John Maeda to speak at RoadMap

Katie Fehrenbacher — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 17:31:00 +0000

We’re super excited to announce that the president of the Rhode Island School of Design, John Maeda, will be giving a talk on the future of design, leadership and connected culture at our RoadMap event taking place on November 5th in San Francisco. RoadMap is a day-long event that will take a deep dive into the idea of design in the age of connectedness, focusing on how user interfaces and user experience are the keys to delivering meaningful experiences in the connected age.

If you don’t know Maeda, he pioneered computer-based visual art at the MIT Media Lab and his work appears in the Museum of Modern Art. Now as the head of Rhode Island School of Design, he is pushing forward the boundaries of expression, design, connected culture and leadership. He’s given numerous TED Talks on themes like Designing for Simplicity, and his Journey in Design and recently wrote an article for GigaOM on how “design is both the insanely radical and the passionately incremental.”

Maeda wrote:

In the year since the passing of Steve Jobs, design has experienced a moment — a renaissance. Walter Isaacson’s biography cemented the fact that Jobs’ unusually acute passion for both art and design within the tech industry was the key to its dominance today. Design-driven startups, including Rhode Island School of Design’s own Airbnb, are garnering much more attention in Silicon Valley and the more design-driven New York tech scene.

Design is emerging as a key focus for today’s web, mobile and gadget creators. That’s why at RoadMap we’re bringing together both the thought leaders who are creating tomorrow’s connected products, and those who are dominating the connected industry today. Speakers at RoadMap will include:

Perry Chen, CEO, Kickstarter
David Karp, Founder and CEO, Tumblr
Ben Silbermann, Co-Founder and CEO, Pinterest
Kevin Systrom, Co-Founder and CEO, Instagram
Evan Williams, CEO, The Obvious Corporation
John Maeda, President, Rhode Island School of Design
Yves Béhar, Founder, fuseproject
Stefan Olander, VP, Digital Sport, Nike
Tony Fadell, Founder and CEO, Nest
Dave Gilboa, Co-Founder and Co-CEO, Warby Parker Eyewear
George Blankenship, VP, Worldwide Sales and Ownership Experience, Tesla Motors
Alex Ljung, Founder and CEO, SoundCloud
Katia Beauchamp, Co-Founder, Birchbox
Steve Case, Founder, Revolution
Paul Mascarenas, CTO and VP, Ford Motor Company Research and Innovation
Oren Jacob, CEO, ToyTalk
Jennifer Pahlka, Founder and Executive Director, Code for America
Bobby Podesta, Head of Creative, ToyTalk
Scott Wilson, Founder, MINIMAL

There’s a limited number of tickets, so buy yours now here. Come be inspired at RoadMap 2012 on November 5th.

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John Maeda on how better design can lead to better health

Announcing RISD President John Maeda to speak at RoadMap