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John Maeda on designing the future

FT Tech Tonic

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The Tension Between Useful and Cool in the Tech Industry

In Silicon Valley, cool is really important. People want things that are useful now. But in an era of spectacle, it's hard to find them. The wow is confused with cool design or whatever. Muji's goal is the after wow. So I think of the after wow as this amazing experience,. whereas the wow is like amazing and you buy it.

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