About
Jeff Maki is an artist-programmer in New York City.
He earned his Master of Information Systems Management (MISM) at Carnegie Mellon University in 2005 while he was a Fellow at the STUDIO for Creative Inquiry. Jeff has taught coding and scripting, visual design and co-taught a National Science Foundation-funded senior studio elective in the School of Design.
Jeff writes about the legibility of urban infrastructure, has been an invited speaker on the future of digital cities, and advises public and private organizations on software development and integrated technology solutions.
My friends and I with our “street sweeper”, complete with bicycle-pump-powered water supply.
When you live in a world of concrete and over-engineered infrastructure, construction is top-of-mind. Here, my friends and I practice sidewalk road construction.
My Dad and I sometimes rode our bikes to a nearby hill overlooking a water treatment facility. This undoubtedly influenced me to build my own water works in the bathroom sink.
My Grandpa and I carving pinewood. Professionally, Grandpa worked on prototypes for Chrysler Defense (now part of General Dynamics).