Joe is a nationally known industrial designer and former senior faculty member in the Department of Design at Carnegie Mellon University. As the head of the department, he was instrumental in orienting CMU’s design programs toward integrating high technology with traditional graphic and industrial design. He is concerned that people have satisfying, aesthetically pleasing experiences with technology as it influences ever more of our everyday lives.
MAYA co-founder and principal Joseph Ballay designs human-centered products, environments, and interfaces.
At MAYA, Joe was one of the principal developers of Workscape, an interface metaphor for a software product that collects, stores, retrieves, and works with large numbers of diverse documents. He has also helped to guide the design of products in the domains of consumer electronics, interactive television, military logistics, fire protection, and computer peripherals.
Joe holds an M.F.A. in design from Carnegie Mellon University. He also holds a B.S. in industrial management from Carnegie Institute of Technology and a B.F.A. in industrial design from the University of Illinois. He is a member of the Industrial Designers Society of America.