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MAYA Design Inc. is a technology design firm and innovation lab founded in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States in 1989. MAYA helps companies design more usable and useful technology products, as well as information-rich services and environments. It has established a pervasive computing practice to help companies design smart connected products, environments, and services. 〔(MAYA Pervasive Computing Practice )〕 〔(TECHburgher - MAYA's McManus to Present at Aspen Ideas Festival )〕 The name MAYA is based on an acronym coined by the industrial designer Raymond Loewy, and stands for Most Advanced Yet Acceptable'. The company's tag line is "taming complexity."〔(MAYA Web Site )〕 MAYA was started in 1989 as MAYA Design Group by Peter Lucas (a cognitive psychologist), Joseph Ballay (an industrial designer), and James Morris (a computer scientist). At the time, all were colleagues at Carnegie Mellon University.〔(PG News -- Executive in the Spotlight: The battle against the Ugly Alliance )〕〔(Pittsburgh Business Times - CMU spinoff MAYA Design finds success in simplicity )〕 In 1998, the name was changed to MAYA Design, Inc. The current President and CEO is Dutch MacDonald.〔(Dutch MacDonald appointed CEO/president at Maya Design )〕 MAYA has been selected as a "Top Small Company to Work For in America" by Inc. Magazine ,〔(Top Small Company Workplaces - MAYA Design )〕 Fortune Small Business,〔(Money - Best Small Companies )〕 and Entrepreneur Magazine.〔(Entrepreneur - Great Places to Work )〕 MAYA has created four spin-off companies: MAYA Group in 1998, MAYA Viz in 1998, now called GD-Viz since being acquired by General Dynamics in 2005;〔(General Dynamics Acquires MAYA Viz )〕 Rhiza Labs, spun out in 2008〔(MAYA launches Rhiza Labs )〕 and LUMA Institute, in 2010.〔(Luma Institute )〕 == Human-Centered Design == The company practices Human-Centered Design (HCD) with an interdisciplinary team of engineers (computer, mechanical, and electrical engineers), human-scientists (cognitive psychologists, anthropologists, human-computer interaction specialists), and visual designers (industrial designers, communication designers, film makers, a traditional architect, and game designers). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「MAYA Design」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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