originally posted on: http://www.inspiredm.com

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≈This man can play the slide yo!

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When: Thursday, July 21, 2011
4:00 PM ET

When renowned designer and computer scientist John Maeda was tapped to be president of the celebrated Rhode Island School of Design in 2008, he went from being a professor -- free to speak his mind against "the man" -- to being "the man." Asked if he has stopped designing, Maeda replied (via Twitter) "I'm designing how to talk about/with/for our #RISD community." Maeda's creative nature makes him a different sort of leader – one that prizes honest critique and learning how to "productively fail."
In this talk, with Becky Bermont, co-author of his new book Redesigning Leadership, he uses Perspectives from his various backgrounds – as an artist and designer, a technologist, and a professor – to discuss leadership lessons he's learned since taking the helm months before the Great Recession. Much of the focus of their discussion is on the limits of using social media in the new, networked organization.
In this DesignCast you will:

Gain valuable insight from an industry legend into what the future of design and technology will look like

Learn tips and tricks on how to prepare yourself and your team for an ever-evolving design landscape

Hear advice on effective team building and leadership from Maeda and Becky Bermont

Discover new ways to successfully communicate your design skills in a progressively multi-media world

And uncover Maeda's tips for what he likes to call "productively fail "

About the Presenters:

John Maeda–President, Rhode Island School of Design
John Maeda is a world-renowned artist, graphic designer, computer scientist and educator whose career reflects his philosophy of humanizing technology. For more than a decade, he has worked to integrate technology, education and the arts into a 21stcentury synthesis of creativity and innovation. A recipient of the National Design Award and represented in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art, Maeda became president of the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) in June 2008.

A former professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Maeda taught media arts and sciences there for 12 years and served as associate director of research at the MIT Media Lab. Maeda's early work redefined the use of electronic media as a tool for expression by combining skilled computer programming with sensitivity to traditional artistic concerns. He has published four books including The Laws of Simplicity, now translated into 14 languages. His new book written with Becky Bermont, Redesigning Leadership, expands on his micro-posts on leadership and innovation as @johnmaeda on Twitter. In 2008 Maeda was named one of the 75 most influential people of the 21st century by Esquire magazine and in 2010 he was called the "Steve Jobs of academia" by Forbes magazine.

http://www.designboom.com/eng/interview/maeda.html

Becky Bermont–Vice President, Media Group, Rhode Island School of Design
Becky leads the Media + Partners group at the Rhode Island School of Design, which seeks to create compelling external communications and relationships to strengthen RISD's reputation in the world-at-large. Media + Partners designs, produces, and maintains RISD's print, online and video communications vehicles, and leads communication efforts within the College and Museum. The team also forges partnerships with a network of innovative corporations and nonprofit organizations, including Target, GAP, and Toshiba, to create positive and powerful educational experiences for students.

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≈Boo-ya baby!!!
No Big ignorant war
No fake banner or applause cue cards in the background
No loud embarrassing uneducated rhetoric 2 the rest of the peeps that share living space w/ us on this beautiful earth. Most of all thou, when it came to what was (supposedly) most important to us after 2001: ~there was NO FRONTIN'.....

Mentioning it, only when the task was completed, and including proof to show the world, instead of preaching about it. that "naive" candidate:" JUST got the job done.
Plain and simple. †Amen
≈So I am gonna RT one of my favorite people here because I couldn't have said it betta ma-self: "I don't wanna hear one more negative word about Obama or Spoelstra...EVER."

Well said Comadre.

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Love Anthropologie! I do.

I've actually never bought a shred of clothing from them, but I always spend more than I should on their hardware. Different apartments....Different cities.

So when I got their catalog for this month, I really thought, the fact that it is all shot, in what is my favorite city in Colombia really brought me a smile. 

In my opinion, following Paris, Cartagena is one of the most beautiful places in the world.

The catalog's photos are stunning :^}

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Since we just pased 4/20 and today earthday....
Via GOOD. Click on the image to see in full

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Slick Banksy piece at the MOCA. 

Stained Window, made with the help of Students from LaLaLand.

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Interesting clip from Hardball with many of the same views I've held when having this same discussion with Reps across the political table.

Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy

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I love this guys work!
I love that it was shown in Versailles more!

So WE, or should I say: (or our art) has stomped in the gilded chambers and sculpted gardens of the Château de Versailles in the form of an exhibition by one of our creative rockstars: Jeff Koons.

Koons is like the Andy Warhol of our time, but better, (well, in my opinion) I mean, -because I love silk screening-, I dig Andy; but his pieces were manipulated photos and images in pop culture that came from someone else's eye. Not the case with Koons.

He style is pop art that HE creates, so what seems 2 be simplistic to some, is to me a fun, bright version of his surroundings and our culture. Very American, I meant his work may be loud and in your face, but in a way that makes me smile, as oppose 2 cringe. The french always have had a love hate relationship with us Americans and our culture. It cracks me up that allowing Koons to exhibit in the Château de Versailles is a national admittance that they DO love our loud brash style sometimes. 

We see you France: don't hate! 

Versailles in all it's pomp has, in recent years only shown a few select works of contemporary artists and So to host one that is so fun and whimsical makes this hella-neat. I mean it's Marie Antionette & Louis's crib yo!

I understand that this exhibit was in 08' but I think the dichotomy of these images are breathtaking. When I was in Versailles, I felt like it was so amazing 2 witness what was the setting for the story of the Sun King.
Louie and Antoinette were the pinnacle examples of overkill in art, money, Class, politics and privilege that the world got to witness and became a important part of our history. You can see the beauty yet complete overkill and gluttony. Who can remember that and not their end? I feel Koons is the like loud, fun, pretty pop culture overkill of the times. No need to starve the poor here.

The exhibition of 17 Koons sculptures marked the first time that the chateau built by Louis XIV organized so ambitious a retrospective of one contemporary artist. Since then it was widely criticized. My, my, how far we've all come from the days of art in the Paris Salon.

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≈I always get the "What, u still rollerblade?" 
Well, not so much, anymore now that I live downtown 
where the streets are steep and life is cheap. 
These boys show how it's done w/ in-lines, in Frisco BAY-bee!

Rollerblading in San Francisco Episode 3 from Matthew Rice on Vimeo.

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So I really think the Coffee and Cigarettes poster is gnarly! 

I really love fore ground/ background pieces. My 2nd business card while still in school had my name done with what was my 1st try at a foreground/background piece.

Part of the piece I'm referring to is on the left.

Since it was my 1st try, you can see my version is not as clear cut as the poster, which is what generally makes the foreground/background piece so tight, smart and elegant to look at. Even so, I ended up carrying the concept threw to most of my identity and it worked. 

The execution of this piece on the Coffee and Cigarettes poster seems so natural and flawless. Unlike mine, it is clean and simple. 

The image is from Piccsy.

Another neat example I recently ran into on the web is the Snow White Macslap decal on Etsy.

Snow White has fallen from the trickery of the Wicked Witch..and the description says .. She's taken a bite of your MacBook Apple! I thought is way neat in a non-cheesy way. Check it out yourself. Snow White Macslap

Piccsy has a great collection of art and photographs, free to browse, but an invite is required to post and submit your own images. It is a site that has a large number of ‘erotic’ images, so if you are of a puritanical disposition, best walk away now.

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