Faculty at Rhode Island School of Design in Providence voted no-confidence in school President John Maeda yesterday, according to reports by the Providence Journal and WRNI radio. According to the news accounts, the vote was 147 to 32, or 76 percent, against Maeda, who has lead the school since 2008. (Of the 194 in attendance, 15 reportedly abstained.)
Previously:
March 2, 2011: Maeda could face no-confidence vote at RISD.
Pictured above: Video created to introduce John Maeda at the Art Directors Club when it named him to its Hall of Fame in 2008.
Amazing that in this video he says he considers RISD “his current project”