In this episode, we speak with Alex Maki-Jokela. Maki is an engineer-turned-artist and entrepreneur. His work includes Burning Man art installations, arctic vaults designed to preserve open-source code for millennia, and an AI-driven fashion company. He is currently the COO of GreenCubes, a startup building automated infrastructure for urban food production.

We’ll dive into topics including integrating AI into design workflows, mindfully navigating the emotional challenges of entrepreneurship, and positive ways to push yourself to execute on intentions.

>> Links and References <<

Maki’s Brain Installation at Burningman

Piql Arctic World Archive

Spirit & Glitch

Peak Design

Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler

Svalbard Global Seed Vault

Github Code Vault

Pictures of Cases Designed for Code Vault by Maki