{"id":337496,"date":"2017-04-03T23:00:46","date_gmt":"2017-04-03T15:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/techcrunch.com\/?p=1471544"},"modified":"2017-04-03T23:00:46","modified_gmt":"2017-04-03T15:00:46","slug":"automattics-head-of-design-on-diversity-the-three-kinds-of-design-and-the-four-quarters-of-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/automattics-head-of-design-on-diversity-the-three-kinds-of-design-and-the-four-quarters-of-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Automattic\u2019s head of design on diversity, the three kinds of design and the four quarters of life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"embed-youtube c5\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player c4\" type=\"text\/html\" width=\"640\" height=\"390\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LU3y-5Peh9A?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;autohide=2&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\">[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>John Maeda is the head of design and inclusion at Automattic. In this episode, we discuss how he turned RISD into the best design school in the country, why inclusivity is the secret weapon on design teams, and why design is ultimately about the customer.<\/p>\n<p>Classical design, design thinking and computational design: Maeda says these are the three kinds of design and elaborates on the issues that arise when you take a classical approach to computational design.<\/p>\n<p>He also goes deep on when designers should or should not go to college, and what they should actually study if they do.<\/p>\n<p><em>This post and episode notes were put together by freelance writer,<\/em> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gannonburgett\"><em>Gannon Burgett<\/em><\/a><em>. Watch for<\/em> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/highresolution.design\"><em>High Resolution<\/em><\/a> <em>episodes to drop every Monday on TechCrunch at 8 a.m. PT. You can also listen on<\/em> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/tc-highres-itunes\"><em>iTunes<\/em><\/a> <em>and<\/em> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/tc-highres-overcastfm\"><em>Overcast<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"680\" height=\"383\" src=\"https:\/\/tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/03\/techcrunchimageep8.png?w=680\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/03\/techcrunchimageep8.png?w=680 680w, https:\/\/tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/03\/techcrunchimageep8.png?w=150 150w, https:\/\/tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/03\/techcrunchimageep8.png?w=300 300w, https:\/\/tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/03\/techcrunchimageep8.png?w=768 768w, https:\/\/tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/03\/techcrunchimageep8.png 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/>&nbsp;John Maeda is the Head of Design and Inclusion at Automattic. In this episode, we discuss how he turned RISD into the best design school in the country, why inclusivity is the secret weapon on design teams, and why design is ultimately about the customer. <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2017\/04\/03\/automattics-head-of-design-on-diversity-the-three-kinds-of-design-and-the-four-quarters-of-life\/?ncid=rss\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Techcrunch?a=6JH3azav62Y:y2QJghUAV5E:2mJPEYqXBVI\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Techcrunch?d=2mJPEYqXBVI\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Techcrunch?a=6JH3azav62Y:y2QJghUAV5E:7Q72WNTAKBA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Techcrunch?d=7Q72WNTAKBA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Techcrunch?a=6JH3azav62Y:y2QJghUAV5E:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Techcrunch?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Techcrunch?a=6JH3azav62Y:y2QJghUAV5E:-BTjWOF_DHI\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Techcrunch?i=6JH3azav62Y:y2QJghUAV5E:-BTjWOF_DHI\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Techcrunch?a=6JH3azav62Y:y2QJghUAV5E:D7DqB2pKExk\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Techcrunch?i=6JH3azav62Y:y2QJghUAV5E:D7DqB2pKExk\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Techcrunch?a=6JH3azav62Y:y2QJghUAV5E:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Techcrunch?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/Techcrunch\/~4\/6JH3azav62Y\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\"\/> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5817,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[59,66,26],"class_list":["post-337496","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-technology","tag-media","tag-techcrunch","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/337496","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5817"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=337496"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/337496\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=337496"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=337496"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=337496"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}