John Maeda: How art, technology and design inform creative leaders

John Maeda, President of the Rhode Island School of Design, delivers a funny and charming talk that spans a lifetime of work in art, design and technology, concluding with a picture of creative leadership in the future. Watch for demos of Maeda's earliest work -- and even a computer made of people.
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[@Yotipo]

This TEDTalk was all over the place, but still one of my favorites just for the ideas and content Maeda brings up

[@srimansrini]

This TED Talks contains some of the wonderful thoughts about creative leadership. I strongly recommend for this to aspiring leaders and those who think different !

[@zephyrderg]

Incredible how these lectures still resonate for many years (even decades) to come

[@mahlina1220]

Loved his presentation. Genius!

[@bethbartlett5692]

The analogies - are PRICELESS (sorry-no font change - cause he is POINT ON)!

[@CansukiTan]

"I don't get this art" that is the art!? Awesome!

[@gemindrama]

what is presentation Software he use ? it's so powerful & interested.

[@AmirKaviani]

did you find anywhere that the program shows up? am also looking for that.

[@javieresteves6391]

Does anyone knows what tools he used to make his presentaton? Loved how subtle and powerful some of the animations were!

[@jvizcuna]

Excellent presentation Love, Peace and Art!

[@hanncreatives2553]

Inspiring lecture - worth the 16 mins

[@anotherangrymonkey7435]

Worth much more.

[@dorothyedwards7225]

John Maeda Thank You!! This is So Awesome!!❣💯

[@ChecksSuperstore]

Thanks for sharing!

[@KRAZYHAZARD87]

where do you find this PowerShop program that he talks about in the end of the video approx. 14:39

[@amszerejko3990]

Thanks for this. Lots of ways of thinking to chew on.

[@shoutenry]

2 and a half MINUTES!?!? Holy damn! You sure are saving time!

[@YuriPolchenko]

John Maeda is a smart and interesting guy. Thx!

[@imfasa]

Besides being a pretty interesting talk, he's got a great looking presentation. Does anybody know what software he probably used?

[@GRIIIDLOCK]

What app is that? i cant seem to find it (powershop?)

[@thecrippledances]

amazing talk.

[@eddiemc7]

There was a time where the intro was 300% louder than the actual talk and every other video on youtube. the 0:15 button was very convenient at that time.

[@apleno]

what is the program that he use at 15:33 to make organigrams ?

[@carmenceciliaverbelp.5602]

Interesante postura. El líder creativo, interactúa

[@ViperMD]

Personally, I use those 15 second to fullscreen, turn up the quality and get comfortable in my chair. Never quite understood why some people obsess about 10-15 second intros. :P

[@Oohsuger]

Clooney and bollock work forhim, I loved this idea, loved this talk it was great

[@Desert2GardenLV]

This talk must be ART. Im left with a lot of questions.

[@GigaBoost]

You can set KZbin to automatically play on high quality bro, I just saved you a tonne of time.

[@tsukihoshi1129]

one question only: Which program did he use for his presentation???

[@XaphianYT]

I know right? I was thinking the same thing! I want that!

[@AlwaysHaveaMontage]

He has a lot of philosophical undertones also. Lots of process philosophy (i.e. Alfred N. Whitehead-esque material).

[@ViperMD]

A both funny and very interesting TED talk. :)

[@purplegoat2500]

amazing!

[@drgutai1]

does anyone know the name of the python application he uses near the end of the video? please help

[@PontusWelin]

Does anyone know where I can find Powershop?

[@pantelin2]

nice presentation

[@delgadolau]

who can tel me something about this last sofware Maedas use for management? .....please help me , i had look for some like that ... THANKS

[@kenak1000]

I think he talked about the possibility of a creative leadership model as opposed to the traditional ones. "Innovation = Art + Design" I think that's his point. i. e. Innovation involves both technology and leadership, but innovation --as I understood he said one way or another-- is all about combining provocative artistic view points with what makes a good design. And that's all that really "jazz". A new tech shouldn't have any value just because it's new, just as an only old antique nothing.

[@tiffanykushner821]

This talk had more quality content fitted in 15 minute than Creativity, Inc. which explored leadership in creative industry leaders. No offense, I love both lessons.

[@XaphianYT]

the ideas he speaks of and what you refer to are different. Someone stepping in and telling you exactly how to do whatever it is you are doing is micromanaging. His ideas are for leaders to develop themselves in a way to manage their business without doing this. Also, I'd like to point out: "I need to be left alone to accomplish my best work." This is exactly what a creative leader should be doing. :)

[@Mercerium]

i also don't see why people complain about intro audio levels, outro levels sure but the intro is exactly the same as the speech.

[@laprofelili3104]

Me deja pensando en muchas cosas, pero, la más relevante es el poder del maestro, el poder de condicionamiento, que tenemos desde nuestro discurso: "X es bueno para esto o lo otro, malo para aquello", ¿Qué hacemos los maestros con todo el poder que tenemos? Muy bueno, más que conceptos deja cuestionamientos, y es como dice, el arte no se debe entender... Esta enseñanza no es para responder sino para preguntar y preguntarse... Gracias.

[@Trazynn]

The title of this video is the exact average of all TEDtitles taken together.

[@deexus]

this talk is just about the presentation of a simple software

[@TheNebulouslife]

"The Good", as the video mentions, seems really similar to the concept of Quality.

[@mineowyn]

Where do so get this Powershop written in Python?

[@panchtatvam]

the typewriter stuff was cool.

[@LeonidasGGG]

Image, sound, movies... But videogames break the cicle. You can't have the same gameplay tru all platforms. The videogame IS the game changer.

[@ViperMD]

Perhaps finding out where your volume button, and/or Caps lock key, is located, would better equip you to watch videos on KZbin. Calm down.

[@shoutenry]

Yes.

[@communistninja9]

Wow, a program able to monitor people and their interactions without having a kind of Minority Report level of privacy violation.

[@takeontherocks]

love

[@TheNebulouslife]

Has anyone read Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance?

[@xinxin226]

His daughters go to my school! :)

[@papayab2733]

Yes! Imagine the future, how will technology encompass and explore our other human senses, touch, taste, smell, 3 dimensional and inuitive possibilities we have yet to imagine

[@Vladd7]

you might be right, but I enjoyed it

[@unzahid]

দারুণ।

[@ViperMD]

It was in no way or form meant as condescending. If it was perceived that way, I apologize. As I said, for me personally, I use those 15 second to refresh my cup of coffee, adjust the volume or get comfortable in my seat. That was the entirety of it. :)

[@GodEquals3]

This video shows the humanity quest to understand and use communication. We have new tools and new tools are cumming. How will we communicate with aliens? The problem is ambiguity. We have to be pure to discover the true meanings (if they exist) of the information we use to communicate.

[@PedanticNo1]

He seems to be advocating more micomanaging. Personally, I perform MUCH worse when I know someone is monitoring me, and may step in at any moment. I just get nervous; I need to be left alone to accomplish my best work.

[@forthinkerer]

Seemed digressive a little bit to the title and I did not really get the idea or the point of those typing letters, even though they were fun indeed.

[@marcussmith7669]

I was done with the video when I first scrolled down.

[@Mikaelaxo1]

How to input, did i miss that.. and leadership, 1 biljon programmers and hiararchy is..?

[@AlwaysHaveaMontage]

What's so bad about the lecture material? He didn't drive home is overall point, which apparently left some of you aimless and confused, but the point is that technology (as an extension of our biological limits) is developing at an exponential rate and that it needs to be re-evaluated in order for innovation to continue at the accelerated pace (because we're getting to repetitious). Being conditioned to appreciate 'art' is a big part of this new 'paradigm' of innovation.

[@freezman13]

butbtubtutbutbutbtutbutbut the awesome intro

[@lolakoko7808]

WoW

[@yoshihirov4]

WOW

[@jsherpa25]

Go art!

[@superhamzah85]

Only Lawrence Krauss could get something from this talk.

[@aducksecho]

was that SID?

[@brod2man]

Interesting talk, but it seems all over the place

[@dvdragon]

Stern Asian Father: You good at MATH! Hope not make money. L0L!

[@ChristieNel]

I have thought about doing this... but with ants.

[@sjkdec18]

Oh my God! it's Smithers! (from the Simpsons) ...smithers is very smart :)

[@facucabanne]

Play Button: 00:15 you are welcome.

[@julesdenis989]

"creative leaders": what about the ones being leaded ?

[@superhamzah85]

How do you overclock a human computer? Cocaine? Coffee?

[@glugglug21]

someone gave him these slides 5 mins before he went on and he just went with it, it was actualy suposed to be a talk about fonts

[@razergang7421]

Owlypia gang wya

[@sreyporsong9388]

here xDDDD

[@М47]

😂👏

[@DeoMachina]

Rather than telling us anything new, all he's doing is telling us what we've heard on TED a dozen times before. But it's kinda smug, he's all like "Aha, but that's the point!"

[@PabloHernandez-tt9wc]

crack to smoke, chocolate to eat. gotta make moves.

[@TheOnceAndFutureDoug]

The only real substance for the talk was in the last two minutes. The rest was the speaker showing off previous work. If he had gone more into about how technology and design were going to change people's lives that would have been one thing. However, he got caught up in process. Which, for the record, is a problem common at RISD. Process is interesting but not important.

[@mediatapwater]

he's a great designer, philosopher and innovator, but when it comes to fine arts he doesn't have it.

[@ciucinciu]

Thirst

[@uncledummy]

He looks like Bart Simpson.

[@ding-a-ling4640]

Honestly, I don't understand, I just turned 13 XD

[@keith-is-mad]

I still don't quite understand why such people are watching TED.

[@ahmedkhtr]

Mohamed TEDx cairo is realy low profile version of such a speeches or events related to technology, Entertainment and Design..they provide nothing just a waste of time and moeny.

[@bethbartlett5692]

Evidence of an obvious interpretation that is bent due to self-unworthyness (and typo troubles) :-) Jealous is the average term -

[@MrKohlenstoff]

You mean like to another arbitrary number?

[@Moniranan]

Actually, that is a lot of time

[@Overbruce]

u mad bro

[@bethbartlett5692]

When "Intelligence" encompasses Creative - specifically the "hurdle of arts" and "SPIRITUAL" - there lies - the "Holy Grail" - 0;-)

[@MoMoMan0]

15 sec? That's disappointing.

[@spider123666]

that"talk nerdy to me" video and now this......I think we should be very selective in watching TED talks....

[@kingtooty3moor]

Haters gonna Hate

[@bysykkel]

I dislike the intro because the sound is so much louder than the rest of the video. Annoyingly loud "theme-tune".

[@infinitystar]

10 people were only good at math

[@leonscott543]

stop buying apple products and it will be about nothing

[@frunchzz]

That was all very cool, but didn't really see the point

[@655432655432]

is amazing the amount of useless stuff this guy done,that`s why u dont mix art and math.