{"id":656874,"date":"2013-05-08T17:32:00","date_gmt":"2013-05-08T21:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gigaom.com\/?p=643532"},"modified":"2013-05-08T17:32:00","modified_gmt":"2013-05-08T21:32:00","slug":"john-maeda-on-how-better-design-can-lead-to-better-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/656874","title":{"rendered":"John Maeda on how better design can lead to better health"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Rhode Island School of Design President (RISD) John Maeda, a well known author of popular and influential books such as <em>Redesigning Leadership (Simplicity: Design, Technology, Business, Life)<\/em> and <em>The Laws of Simplicity,<\/em>\u00a0believes that health and medicine are going to change for the better because of design-oriented thinking.<\/p>\n<p>In a presentation at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tedmed.com\/event\/abouttheevent?ref=location\">TEDMED 2013<\/a> conference last month, he talked about how\u00a0design principles lead to more discovery and better treatment. Maeda (a speaker at our <a href=\"http:\/\/event.gigaom.com\/gigaomroadmap\/?utm_source=tech&#38;utm_medium=editorial&#038;%2338;utm_campaign=intext&#038;%2338;utm_term=643532+john-maeda-on-how-better-design-can-lead-to-better-health&#038;%2338;utm_content=om\">RoadMap 2012 conference<\/a>) is persuasive, to say the least. Enjoy the video, and make sure to check out our RoadMap 2013 conference in November in San Francisco, as Maeda is working with us on the event (<a href=\"http:\/\/event.gigaom.com\/gigaomroadmap\/?utm_source=tech&#38;utm_medium=editorial&#038;%2338;utm_campaign=intext&#038;%2338;utm_term=643532+john-maeda-on-how-better-design-can-lead-to-better-health&#038;%2338;utm_content=om\">tickets will go on sale<\/a> in the summer).<\/p>\n<p> <span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" type=\"text\/html\" width=\"604\" height=\"370\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/c5d7nN0bLBU?version=3&#38;rel=1&#038;%2338;fs=1&#038;%2338;showsearch=0&#038;%2338;showinfo=1&#038;%2338;iv_load_policy=1&#038;%2338;wmode=transparent\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/span> <br \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/stats.wordpress.com\/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;%23038;post=643532&#038;%23038;subd=gigaom2&#038;%23038;ref=&#038;%23038;feed=1\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/jump?iu=\/1008864\/GigaOM_RSS_300x250&#038;sz=300x250&#038;%23038;c=1991\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/ad?iu=\/1008864\/GigaOM_RSS_300x250&#038;sz=300x250&#038;%23038;c=1991\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img width='1' height='1' src='http:\/\/gigaom.feedsportal.com\/c\/34996\/f\/646446\/s\/2bae6ffd\/mf.gif' border='0'\/><\/p>\n<div class='mf-viral'>\n<table border='0'>\n<tr>\n<td valign='middle'><a href=\"http:\/\/share.feedsportal.com\/share\/twitter\/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fgigaom.com%2F2013%2F05%2F08%2Fjohn-maeda-on-how-better-design-can-lead-to-better-health%2F&#038;t=John+Maeda+on+how+better+design+can+lead+to+better+health\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/res3.feedsportal.com\/social\/twitter.png\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/share.feedsportal.com\/share\/facebook\/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fgigaom.com%2F2013%2F05%2F08%2Fjohn-maeda-on-how-better-design-can-lead-to-better-health%2F&#038;t=John+Maeda+on+how+better+design+can+lead+to+better+health\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/res3.feedsportal.com\/social\/facebook.png\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/share.feedsportal.com\/share\/linkedin\/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fgigaom.com%2F2013%2F05%2F08%2Fjohn-maeda-on-how-better-design-can-lead-to-better-health%2F&#038;t=John+Maeda+on+how+better+design+can+lead+to+better+health\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/res3.feedsportal.com\/social\/linkedin.png\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/share.feedsportal.com\/share\/gplus\/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fgigaom.com%2F2013%2F05%2F08%2Fjohn-maeda-on-how-better-design-can-lead-to-better-health%2F&#038;t=John+Maeda+on+how+better+design+can+lead+to+better+health\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/res3.feedsportal.com\/social\/googleplus.png\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/share.feedsportal.com\/share\/email\/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fgigaom.com%2F2013%2F05%2F08%2Fjohn-maeda-on-how-better-design-can-lead-to-better-health%2F&#038;t=John+Maeda+on+how+better+design+can+lead+to+better+health\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/res3.feedsportal.com\/social\/email.png\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td valign='middle'><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/da.feedsportal.com\/r\/165663765979\/u\/49\/f\/646446\/c\/34996\/s\/2bae6ffd\/a2.htm\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/da.feedsportal.com\/r\/165663765979\/u\/49\/f\/646446\/c\/34996\/s\/2bae6ffd\/a2.img\" border=\"0\"\/><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" src=\"http:\/\/pi.feedsportal.com\/r\/165663765979\/u\/49\/f\/646446\/c\/34996\/s\/2bae6ffd\/a2t.img\" border=\"0\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/OmMalik?a=H4H-MH9-B0c:uS4_uuOiflI:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/OmMalik?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/OmMalik\/~4\/H4H-MH9-B0c\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rhode Island School of Design President (RISD) John Maeda, a well known author of popular and influential books such as Redesigning Leadership (Simplicity: Design, Technology, Business, Life) and The Laws of Simplicity,\u00a0believes that health and medicine are going to change for the better because of design-oriented thinking. 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