John Maeda is an associate professor of design and computation at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and codirector of SIMPLICITY, a new research program intended to redefine our relationship with the technology in our daily lives (for a complete biography, please see page 12).

After spending a couple of hours with him, I discovered there are a few other descriptions that fit him as well. He is a simple man, a great listener, comedian, husband, father, rock star, gardener, and superhero.: The Front Lines of the New York Design Scene?