Jeff Maki is an artist-programmer in New York City.
He is a principal collaborator with Publicworks Office and a product/project manager in the public transportation group at OpenPlans. Jeff 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 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.
An early collaboration: a “street sweeper,” complete with bicycle-pump-powered water supply.
When you live in a world of concrete and over-engineered infrastructure (i.e. the greater Detroit area), construction is top-of-mind. Here, I organize my friends in sidewalk road construction.
After bike rides with my Dad to a nearby hill overlooking a water treatment facility, I built my own water works in the bathroom sink.
Before retiring to carve pinewood with me, Grandpa worked on prototypes for Chrysler Defense (now part of General Dynamics), including the M1 Abrams tank and the “mobile lounges” at Dulles International Airport in Washington, D.C.
