John Maeda

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EDUCATION 1996 Ph.D. Tsukuba University Institute of Art and Design, Tsukuba, Japan. 1989 S.M./S.B. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA. SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2002 Undigital, Paris International Furniture Show, Paris The Process of John Maeda, Colette, Paris 2001 John Maeda: Post Digital, NTT InterCommunication Center, Tokyo, 2001 2000 Post-Digital, Cristinerose Gallery, New York, New York Maeda@Media, CCAC Capp Street Project, California Institute of Arts and Crafts, San Francisco, CA Coded Blue, CCAC Capp Street Project, California Institute of Arts and Crafts, San Francisco, CA Maeda@Media, Institute of Contemporary Art, London 1999 John Maeda: One-line.com, Ginza Graphic Gallery, Tokyo 1997 The Work of John Maeda, Digitalogue Gallery, Tokyo 1996 John Maeda: Paper and Computer, Ginza Graphic Gallery, Tokyo John Maeda: Paper and Computer, Dai Nippon Duo Dojima Gallery, Osaka John Maeda: 30 Prints, Bergamot Station Art Center, Santa Monica 1994 Design Machines, Axis Gallery Annex, Tokyo, 1994 1993 Deconstructing Cyberspace, Axis Gallery Annex, Tokyo, 1993 GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2001 Workspheres, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY 010101: Art in Technological Times, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA Process: A. Birsel, A. Gelman, J. Maeda, M. Newson, P. Starck, The Municipal Art Society of New York, NY New Dimensions in Digital Art, Visceglia Gallery, Caldwell College, Caldwell, NJ 2000 50 Posters: Ecology, Ginza Graphic Gallery, Tokyo 1999 Cooper-Hewitt Design Triennale, New York, NY, 1999 ACG Retrospective, Cooper-Union Herb Lubalin Gallery, New York, NY, 1999 1997 Motion Graphics, Axis Gallery Annex, Tokyo, 1997 1996 NHK 4th Heart Exhibition, Bunkamura Gallery, Tokyo Mr. B, Space 98, Tokyo Digit, Spiral Hall, Tokyo BOOKS 2000 Maeda@Media (English, French, Japanese, German) John Maeda, Thames & Hudson/Rizzoli, London 1999 Design by Numbers (English language), John Maeda, MIT Press, Cambridge 1998 Tap, Type, Write (Reactive Book Series, vol.4), John Maeda, Digitalogue, Tokyo 1997 12 o'clocks (Reactive Book Series, vol. 3), John Maeda, Digitalogue, Tokyo 1996 Flying Letters (Reactive Book Series, vol. 2), John Maeda, Digitalogue, Tokyo 1995 The Reactive Square (Reactive Book Series, vol. 1), John Maeda, Digitalogue, Tokyo, 1995 WRITINGS 2002 “Design Education in the Post-Digital Age.” John Maeda, Design Management Institute Journal, Vol. 13, No. 3, Summer 2002. 1998 "The Roots of Digital Typography Experimentation," John Maeda, Axis, Tokyo: Axis Publishing, vol.75, Sep./Oct. 1998 "The South Face of the Mountain," John Maeda, Technology Review, Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, vol.101 no.4, July/Aug. 1998 "Design Education at MIT," John Maeda, special issue of Japanese Society for the Science of Design, vol.6 no.1, 1998 1997 "Finding Skill and Subtlety in the Computer," John Maeda, Tategumi Yokogumi Magazine, Tokyo: Morisawa Publishing, vol.50, Dec. 1997 "Thoughts on Paul Rand," John Maeda, Idea, Tokyo: Seibundo Shikosha Publishing, no.261, March 1997 1995 Digital Expression, John Maeda, International Media Research Foundation, Tokyo, 1995 "Metadesigning 3," John Maeda, MdN Magazine, Tokyo: MdN Publishing, vol.26, July 1995 "Metadesigning 2," John Maeda, MdN Magazine, Tokyo: MdN Publishing, vol.25, May 1995 "Metadesigning 1," John Maeda, MdN Magazine, Tokyo: MdN Publishing, vol.24, March 1995 1994 "Visual Expression in the Information Age," John Maeda, special issue of Japanese Society for Science and Design, vol. 2 no. 3, Tokyo, 1994 INTERVIEWS 2001 “John Maeda” cover interview, AXIS Magazine, vol. 94 Nov./Dec. 2001. "Green: you want a piece of me?" interview by Ken Kurson, Esquire, New York, vol. 135 no. 5, May 2001 "Das Digital: John Maeda’s Design Manifesto," Priya Bhatnagar, Dialogue, Spring, 2001 "Re Maeda," Manuela Parrino, Carnet, Milan, January 2001 "John Maeda," John Peter Brakewood, Art Actuel, Geneva, Switzerland, Editions d'art Albert Skira : Cosmopress, 2001 "Maeda@Media," Brian Loube, One, San Francisco, Dec./Jan., 2001 2000 “21st Century Renaissance Man In Artist John Maeda’s Work The Medium Truly Is The Message,” Glen Helfand, San Francisco Chronicle, Nov. 17, 2000. "Artistic License," Nick Smurthwaite, Design Week, London, Oct., 2000 "Maeda to Measure," interview by Zoe Ryan, Blueprint, London, no. 176, Oct. 2000 "New Maeda," Jessie Scanlon, Wired, San Francisco, October, 2000 "John Maeda," interview by Elizabeth Resnick, Eye, U.K., vol. 10 no. 37, Autumn 2000 "Incontro con John Maeda," Cristina Morozzi, Interni, Milan, June, 2000 "John Maeda: Learning by Numbers," interview by Sergio Menichelli and Giuliano Tedesco, Abitare, Milan, no. 396, June 2000 "A few words about John Maeda," Matthew McKinnon, Shift, Ontario, June, 2000 "Painting By Numbers," Linton Chiswick, The Independent, London, 2000 1999 "When MIT Artist Shouts, His Painting Listens," Claudia Dreifus, The New York Times, NY: New York Times, late New York edition, vol.148, 27 July 1999 "John Maeda: 'I am thinking'," Hinako Shinozaki, Brain, Tokyo: Senden Kaigi Publishing, vol.39 no.10, Oct. 1999 "John Maeda," Jeremy Blake, ArtByte, New York, April/May 1999, "Maeda's Manifesto," Liz Faber, Creative Review, London: Centaur Communications, vol.19 no.5, May 1999 "John Maeda's Design by Numbers," Bruce Gordon, Axis, Tokyo: Axis Publishing, vol. 82, Nov./Dec., 1999 1998 "The Maeda Touch," Kerrie Jacobs, I.D. Magazine, New York: Design Publications, vol.45 no. 7, Nov., 1998 "Just an old-fashioned digital designer," Peter Hall, Print, Bethesda: RC Publications, vol.52 no.1, Jan./Feb. 1998 1996 "Special Issue on John Maeda: The future of design," Designer's Workshop, Tokyo: Bijutsu Publishing, vol.13 no.81, Dec. 1996 "John Maeda vs. Michio Iwaki: programming and design," Ryoko Tsujimura, Axis, Tokyo: Axis Publishing, vol.63, Sep. 1996 "John Maeda: the frontier in digital design," Masami Kikuchi, Idea, Tokyo: Seibundo Shinkosha Publishing, vol. 44 no. 258, Sep. 1996 1995 "Cover Interview: John Maeda," Akiko Moriyama, Nikkei Design, Tokyo: Nikkei BP Publishing, vol.98, Aug. 1995 "So Long Photoshop," John Maeda, Wired Japan, Tokyo: Dohosha Publishing, vol. 1 no. 5, July 1995 BIBLIOGRAPHY 2001 "In Milan: A keen Eye on the Vanishing Point," Linda Hales, Washington Post, Washington, D.C., pg.c01, 7 April 2001 "RES 10/Ten to Watch in 2001," Res Magazine, New York, Vol. 4 No. 2, 2001 "John Maeda: Design By Numbers," Designer's Workshop, Tokyo: Bijutsu Publishing, vol.18 no.116, June 2001 "John Maeda: post digital (billboard)," Jon Ippolito, Artext, Los Angeles, no. 73, May/July 2001 "Icons of the Small Screen," Rebecca Sonkin, ARTnews, New York, March, 2001 "John Maeda: Design by Numbers," G.R. Winn, Information Design Journal, London, vol. 10 no. 1, 2001 "Digital Media Thoughts: Maeda@media," Axis, Tokyo: Axis Publishing, vol. 89, Jan./Feb. 2001 2000 "Design By Numbers book review," D.V. Feldman, Choice: current reviews for academic libraries, Middletown: Association of College and Research Libraries, vol. 3, p.970, 2000 1999 "Research results fed back to society creates growth in education," Yosuko Seki, Axis, Tokyo: Axis Publications, vol.78, March/April 1999 "Design By Numbers," Steve Cannon, I.D. Magazine, New York: Design Publications, Sept./Oct. 1999 "Tap, Type, Write, Maeda Studio (gold awards)," I.D. Magazine, New York: Design Publications, June 1999 "John Maeda (the Esquire twenty-one)," Robert Huber, Esquire, New York, vol. 132 no. 5, Nov. 1999 1998 "MIT Lab Thrives 'out on a limb': Art, Science Tango Towards Future," M. J. Zuckerman, USA Today, Arlington: Gannett, pp.1-2, 29 June 1998 "Collaboration: one trip around the world," Minako Ikeda, Nikkei Design, Tokyo: Nikkei BP Publishing, vol.16, October 1998 "One-line.com Project," Ryuichi Taniguchi, Japan Kogyo Newspaper, Tokyo: Japan Kogyo Newspaper Co., 24 Sep. 1998 "Drawing made with 10 million people," Japan Sangyo Newspaper, Tokyo: Japan Economic Newspaper Publishing, 7 Sep. 1998 "Dancing ABC's felt at your fingertips," Akio Nakamata, Asahi Newspaper, Tokyo: Asahi Newspaper 6, 25 May 1998 "Homage to the typewriter," Macpower, Tokyo: Ascii Publishing, April 1998 1997 "John Maeda Exhibition: The Marriage of Simplicity and Beauty in the Digital Age," Hiroshi Masuyama, Asahi Newspaper, Tokyo: Asahi Newspaper, 16 July 1997 "12 O'Clocks," Maclife, Tokyo: BNN Publishing, no. 107, July 1997 1995 "John Maeda," Shoji Otsuki, MacLife Magazine, Tokyo: BNN Publishing, March 1995 HONORS 2002 Mainichi Design Award 2001 National Design Award Cologne Designer of the Year RES Magazine, Ten to Watch in 2001 2000 Design Management Institute Muriel Cooper Prize Yahoo.com, Ten Masters of Graphic Design American Association of Publishers Best Book in Computer Science 1999 DaimlerChrysler Design Award New York Art Director’s Club Gold Medal Esquire Magazine, The Esquire 21 ID Magazine Gold Prize Milia d’Or Art Prize, Finalist 1998 Japan Ministry of Culture Interactive Prize 1996 Japan Multimedia Association Grand Prix Interactive Prize 1995 Tokyo Type Director’s Club, New Artist Prize 1989 MIT Japan Science & Technology Prize COLLECTIONS Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, Permanent Collection San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Permanent Collection SELECTED RECENT LECTURES 2002 School of the Museum of Fine Arts Boston Commencement Address, Boston Institute of Contemporary Art, London Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum Education Conference, New York University of Oregon, Department of Art Barcelona Museum of Contemporary Art Wisconsin State K-12 Art & Design Education Conference Cooper-Hewitt National Design Award Lecture, New York 2001 Basel University, Department of Design Alliance Graphique Internationale, Paris Columbia University, Department of Architecture, New York Cologne University, Köln NTT InterCommunication Center, Tokyo Musashino Art University, Tokyo Walker Art Center, Minneapolis British Design & Art Direction Superhumanism Conference, London Harvard University, Graduate School of Design University of California at Los Angeles, Department of Design London Institute of Contemporary Art London College of Printing Royal College of Art, London 2000 California College of Arts & Crafts, San Francisco Benetton Fabrica, Venice The Cooper Union School of Art, NY Japan Industrial Designer Association, Tokyo City of Milan Cultural Center, Milan Rhode Island School of Design, Providence American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA) Collisions Conference, NY Tokyo Type Director’s Club, Tokyo San Francisco Museum of Modern Art American Center for Design, Chicago Parsons School of Design, NY Tokyo Design Center, Tokyo