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Thomas Thwaites: Como eu montei uma torradeira -- do zero.

Filmed Nov 2010 • Posted Jan 2011TEDSalon London 2010
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Precisa-se de uma geração inteira para montar uma torradeira. O designer Thomas Thwaites descobriu da maneira mais difícil, ao tentar construir uma do zero: explorando minério para o aço, derivando plástico de óleo... francamente é incrível que ele tenha chegado tão longe. Uma parábola da nossa sociedade interligada, tanto para designer quanto para consumidores.

Thomas Thwaites is a designer "of a more speculative sort," he says. Full bio »

Translated into Portuguese, Brazilian by Fers Gruendling
Reviewed by Jeff Caponero
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