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TEDxGangnamSalon: Change of life, design - an independently organized event

About this event: Change lives in a design can be found. Through design thinking and a variety of ways can be found. How can you use the talents of design? The design approach was to create a positive attitude and thinking If the environment changes, this idea can be gathered. Try to design your ideas In your room, office. Let's start with TEDxGangnamS...
Event details: seoul, Seoul Teugbyeolsi, South Korea · July 23, 2011
https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/3171

Playlist: The pros and cons of digital life (18 talks)

Our hyper-connected lives have been rewired for the digital age. These talks explore how the Internet and social media are shaping our relationships, personal lives and sense of self.
Curated by TED · 18 talks
https://www.ted.com/playlists/the_pros_and_cons_of_digital_life

Emily Pilloton: Teaching design for change

Designer Emily Pilloton moved to rural Bertie County, in North Carolina, to engage in a bold experiment of design-led community transformation. She's teaching a design-build class called Studio H that engages high schoolers' minds and bodies while bringing smart design and new opportunities to the poorest county in the state.
https://www.ted.com/talks/emily_pilloton_teaching_design_for_change

Angela Oguntala: Re-imagine the future

From flying cars to lab-grown food, we love thinking about what delights the future will bring. But futurist Angela Oguntala suggests that, in fact, these pop-culture benchmarks create a blinkered vision of the future. In her talk, Oguntala urges us to reach further and push for true innovation.
https://www.ted.com/talks/angela_oguntala_re_imagine_the_future

TEDxMonashUniversity - an independently organized event

About this event: TEDxMonashUniversity is ran by Monash students, for the Monash University community, to encourage creative thinking, design thinking and critical thinking in light of TED's mission, "Ideas worth spreading". TEDxMonashUniversity 2018 Out of The Box is also the first TEDx event happened in Monash University Australian campuses.
Event details: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · May 31, 2018
https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/27542

Paola Antonelli: Treat design as art

Paola Antonelli, design curator at New York's Museum of Modern Art, wants to spread her appreciation of design -- in all shapes and forms -- around the world.
https://www.ted.com/talks/paola_antonelli_treat_design_as_art

Paola Antonelli: Design and the Elastic Mind

MOMA design curator Paola Antonelli previews the groundbreaking show Design and the Elastic Mind -- full of products and designs that reflect the way we think now.
https://www.ted.com/talks/paola_antonelli_design_and_the_elastic_mind

Elise Roy: When we design for disability, we all benefit

"I believe that losing my hearing was one of the greatest gifts I've ever received," says Elise Roy. As a disability rights lawyer and design thinker, she knows that being Deaf gives her a unique way of experiencing and reframing the world -- a perspective that could solve some of our largest problems. As she says: "When we design for disability...
https://www.ted.com/talks/elise_roy_when_we_design_for_disability_we_all_benefit

Paul Bennett: Design is in the details

Showing a series of inspiring, unusual and playful products, British branding and design guru Paul Bennett explains that design doesn't have to be about grand gestures, but can solve small, universal and overlooked problems.
https://www.ted.com/talks/paul_bennett_design_is_in_the_details

Daan Roosegaarde: A smog vacuum cleaner and other magical city designs

Daan Roosegaarde uses technology and creative thinking to produce imaginative, earth-friendly designs. He presents his latest projects -- from a bike path in Eindhoven, where he reinterpreted "The Starry Night" to get people thinking about green energy, to Beijing, where he developed a smog vacuum cleaner to purify the air in local parks, to a d...
https://www.ted.com/talks/daan_roosegaarde_a_smog_vacuum_cleaner_and_other_magical_city_designs

John Maeda: My journey in design

Designer John Maeda talks about his path from a Seattle tofu factory to the Rhode Island School of Design, where he became president in 2008. Maeda, a tireless experimenter and a witty observer, explores the crucial moment when design met computers.
https://www.ted.com/talks/john_maeda_my_journey_in_design

Don Norman: 3 ways good design makes you happy

In this talk from 2003, design critic Don Norman turns his incisive eye toward beauty, fun, pleasure and emotion, as he looks at design that makes people happy. He names the three emotional cues that a well-designed product must hit to succeed.
https://www.ted.com/talks/don_norman_3_ways_good_design_makes_you_happy

Vik Muniz: Art with wire, sugar, chocolate and string

Vik Muniz makes art from pretty much anything, be it shredded paper, wire, clouds or diamonds. Here he describes the thinking behind his work and takes us on a tour of his incredible images.
https://www.ted.com/talks/vik_muniz_art_with_wire_sugar_chocolate_and_string

TEDxNTUESalon - an independently organized event

About this event: We introduced about what is TED and TEDx.We introduce TED with serval TED talks. Also, what is TEDxNTUE and what are we going to do.Then we discuss about the topics through design thinking. Also discussing what do they want to see in our school.
Event details: Da-an district, Taipei, Taiwan · December 5, 2014
https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/13860

Alan Russell: The potential of regenerative medicine

Alan Russell studies regenerative medicine -- a breakthrough way of thinking about disease and injury, using a process that can signal the body to rebuild itself.
https://www.ted.com/talks/alan_russell_the_potential_of_regenerative_medicine

Tim Brown: Tales of creativity and play

At the 2008 Serious Play conference, designer Tim Brown talks about the powerful relationship between creative thinking and play -- with many examples you can try at home (and one that maybe you shouldn't).
https://www.ted.com/talks/tim_brown_tales_of_creativity_and_play

David Kelley: How to build your creative confidence

Is your school or workplace divided between the "creatives" versus the practical people? Yet surely, David Kelley suggests, creativity is not the domain of only a chosen few. Telling stories from his legendary design career and his own life, he offers ways to build the confidence to create. (From The Design Studio session at TED2012, guest-curat...
https://www.ted.com/talks/david_kelley_how_to_build_your_creative_confidence

TEDxSantaBarbaraSalon: TEDxSantaBarbaraSalon 20230101 - an independently organized event

About this event: How do you use emotional awareness to change how healthcare works. Evan brings a career in design thinking to help solve the problem of how all of us interact with the healthcare system. He’ll talk about providers and patients and how to redefine our individual experiences to make them more relevant and relatable.
Event details: Santa Barbara, California, United States · August 17, 2022
https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/51714

John Maeda: How art, technology and design inform creative leaders

John Maeda, former President of the Rhode Island School of Design, delivers a funny and charming talk that spans a lifetime of work in art, design and technology, concluding with a picture of creative leadership in the future. Watch for demos of Maeda's earliest work -- and even a computer made of people.
https://www.ted.com/talks/john_maeda_how_art_technology_and_design_inform_creative_leaders

TEDxPretoria: Collaboration + Innovation = Change - an independently organized event

About this event: On 27 September 2013 distinguished leaders in technology, entertainment, design, science, art, education, government, healthcare and other areas will share their remarkable thoughts and ideas focused on creating positive changes in our society through collaboration and innovation. We intend on bringing you insight into topic in practice as well ...
Event details: Lynnwood, Pretoria, South Africa · September 27, 2013
https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/8208

Design Matters: Brené Brown

Host Debbie Millman talks to author and researcher Brené Brown about belonging, courage, and vulnerability. Design Matters with Debbie Millman, the show about how incredibly creative people design the arc of their lives, is now a member of the TED family of podcasts through the TED Audio Collective. Listen or subscribe wherever you get your podc...
https://www.ted.com/talks/design_matters_brene_brown

Julia Watson: How to build a resilient future using ancient wisdom

In her global exploration of Indigenous design systems, architect Julia Watson researches enduring innovations that could help us counter the challenges of climate change. From floating villages to living root bridges that strengthen over time, Watson introduces us to some of these resilient solutions -- and shows how they can teach us to design...
https://www.ted.com/talks/julia_watson_how_to_build_a_resilient_future_using_ancient_wisdom

TEDxAstonUniversity - an independently organized event

About this event: The first ever university TEDx in Birmingham, TEDxAstonUniversity is an independently organized event by Aston University students to celebrate the ideas generated at Aston through the research done by our exceptional academics. The event theme was "Design Thinking" and the speakers spoke about what the phrase meant to them in relation to their ...
Event details: Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom · April 29, 2013
https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/7930

Kate Wagner: I hate McMansions -- and you should too

If you've never heard of a McMansion, get ready for a crash course in gaudy, oversized home design. In this hilarious talk, Kate Wagner, creator of the blog McMansion Hell, roasts a few of these architectural eyesores, and discusses how builders and homebuyers can make better design choices with an eye to both sustainability and aesthetics.
https://www.ted.com/talks/kate_wagner_i_hate_mcmansions_and_you_should_too

TEDxDIS: ACTION DESIGN - an independently organized event

About this event: Problems are everyday more complex and require a real collaborative work to get solved. The Design Department at Universidad Iberoamericana has been encouraging out of the box thinking providing new learning models for innovation processes. Design represents a viable way in which NGO´s and companies can innovate and compete in the local scene...
Event details: Mexico, Mexico · October 29, 2012
https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/4038

TEDxGUST - an independently organized event

About this event: The TEDxGUST 2018 event has been designed to spark deep conversation and connection through the theme of ‘making a mark’ on one’s society through design. Social design is mindful of the designer's role and responsibility in society and their use of the design process to bring about social change. Through the multi-disciplinary speakers and proje...
Event details: West Mishref, Ḩawallī, Kuwait · November 17, 2018
https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/24472

Debbie Millman: The function and fashion of eyeglasses

Glasses were originally created to overcome physical obstacles, but design evangelist Debbie Millman shares how they turned into a fashion statement.
https://www.ted.com/talks/debbie_millman_the_function_and_fashion_of_eyeglasses

David Carson: Design and discovery

Great design is a never-ending journey of discovery -- for which it helps to pack a healthy sense of humor. Sociologist and surfer-turned-designer David Carson walks through a gorgeous (and often quite funny) slide deck of his work and found images.
https://www.ted.com/talks/david_carson_design_and_discovery

Alex Steffen | TED Speaker

Alex Steffen explores our planet's future, telling powerful, inspiring stories about the hard choices facing humanity ... and our opportunity to create a much better tomorrow.
Planetary futurist
https://www.ted.com/speakers/alex_steffen

David Kelley: Human-centered design

IDEO's David Kelley says that product design has become much less about the hardware and more about the user experience. He shows video of this new, broader approach, including footage from the Prada store in New York.
https://www.ted.com/talks/david_kelley_human_centered_design
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