News / Articles archive
Friday Links 04-20-2012
Mickey McManusGateway 4, Trillions, truthiness, the company of the dead, thinking fast and slow, TNT freaks people out, the greatest lecture on creativity ever given, and a beautiful and fluid dance.
Read full article
Friday Links 03-30-2012
Mickey McManusAngelmaker, the Rook, the Orphan Master’s son, SXSW and the reason why beauty is embarrassing, the VIP Pizza Button, seeing around corners, the emergence of swarm spam, and Jim Henson’s foray into computers.
Read full article
MAYA Presents a Project at Portal Bridge Design Symposium
MAYA is one of five nationally recognized design teams to publicly present their design concepts for the Portal Bridge, the iconic entranceway to Pittsburgh’s Point State Park. The company’s design proposal will be presented at a symposium to be held at the Carnegie Museum of Art Lecture Hall . . .
Read full article
Consumer Electronics Show Features Craftsman and LiftMaster Brands' Apps
Both Craftsman® and LiftMaster® brands captured lots of attention at the 2012 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) for their Apps to control and monitor a garage door remotely by smartphone or computer. MAYA helped design these user interfaces. Brian Cooley (CNET’s “Top 5” host) remarked . . .
Read full article
Friday Links 01-06-2012
Mickey McManusWild Abandon, Mayan predictions, the Empire States, a MAYAn best of list, a show about management consulting, the toaster, some algorithms, knowing but not understanding, DNA sequencing for garage biotech, and of course Spike Jonze and 3000 bits of felt.
Read full article
Best Design Articles of 2011
David BishopWelcome to 2012… We’ve pored over MAYA’s Feed posts for the past year, internal “you should all read this” emails, and a few of our favorite blogs. Here’s MAYA’s take on the best design articles of 2011.
Read full article
Friday Links - 12-10-2011
Mickey McManusGrumpy blather, Audio Reality, best toys ever, MAYAn Action League!, projection mapping taken to a whole new level, turning air into plasma so you can see Obi-Wan, 138 years of Popular Science, and Ice Cube on Charles and Ray Eames.
Read full articlePress archive
PepsiCo asks, "What If" at South by Southwest with help from MAYA
Visitors to the digital festival, South by Southwest, were treated to a host of ways to explore PepsiCo’s “What if?” theme for envisioning digital innovation. Both Matt Casebeer of MAYA Designs and David Weiner, Manager of Global, Digital and Social Media at PepsiCo were interviewed on how attendees were engaged in novel ways, using digital technology and how the companies worked together to make it happen.
Read full articlePEPSICO PRESENT FUTURISTIC EXPERIENCES AT SOUTH by SOUTHWEST FESTIVAL
PepsiCo’s interactive Zeitgeist Phone Booth captured the attention of visitors to the 2012 South by Southwest Festival. PepsiCo provides an inspiring look at the way technology could soon transform our future consumer engagements. MAYA helped the PepsiCo team develop the Zeitgeist experiences based on the theme of “What If.”
Read full articleMAYA Announces New Roles to Further Advance Human-Centered Design
To further human-centered design, David Bishop is now a MAYA Fellow and Katie Scott has assumed the role of director, Human Sciences Group.
Read Full Press Release