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Cameron Sinclair: The refugees of boom-and-bust

At TEDGlobal U, Cameron Sinclair shows the unreported cost of real estate megaprojects gone bust: thousands of migrant construction laborers left stranded and penniless. To his fellow architects, he says there is only one ethical response.
https://www.ted.com/talks/cameron_sinclair_the_refugees_of_boom_and_bust

Cameron Sinclair: My wish: A call for open-source architecture

Accepting his 2006 TED Prize, Cameron Sinclair demonstrates how passionate designers and architects can respond to world housing crises. He unveils his TED Prize wish for a network to improve global living standards through collaborative design.
https://www.ted.com/talks/cameron_sinclair_my_wish_a_call_for_open_source_architecture

Cameron Sinclair | TED Speaker

2006 TED Prize winner Cameron Sinclair is co-founder of Architecture for Humanity, a nonprofit that seeks architecture solutions to global crises -- and acts as a conduit between the design community and the world's humanitarian needs.
Co-founder, Architecture for Humanity
https://www.ted.com/speakers/cameron_sinclair

Cameron Sinclair opens up architecture

I wish to create a community that actively embraces open-source design to generate innovative and sustainable living standards for all. The plan Create an online network dedicated to enhancing living conditions through sustainable design. The open-source platform will allow designers to share architectural plans and blueprints on the web, and al...
https://www.ted.com/participate/ted-prize/prize-winning-wishes/open-architecture-network

Playlist: Architectural inspiration (9 talks)

Master architects share their vision for buildings that inflate, float, twist and glitter, while artfully addressing the challenges faced by their residents, their cities and the planet.
Curated by TED · 9 talks
https://www.ted.com/playlists/architectural_inspiration

"Wish granted," says TED Prize winner Cameron Sinclair

In the Huffington Post, Cameron Sinclair reports: Today is a very big day for my 2006 TED Prize. Thanks to this. It's granted. Done. Finito. Complete. "This" is a brand-new iPad app called Open Architecture. It uses the power of Sinclair's Open Architecture Network to help users discover and explore innovative building projects. Thi...
Posted October 7, 2010
https://blog.ted.com/2010/10/07/wish-granted-says-ted-prize-winner-cameron-sinclair

TEDxEQCHCH: The Reimagination of Christchurch - an independently organized event

About this event: TEDxEQChCh was an event focused on the future of Christchurch. It was born from the rubble of the devastating earthquake that hit our city on February 22nd, 2011. Speakers included TED Prize winner Cameron Sinclair and former San Francisco Mayor Art Agnos, as well as local architects, business leaders, community members, and urban planners.
Event details: Christchurch, New Zealand · May 20, 2011
https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/2574

TEDxTheHague: Designing Well-being - an independently organized event

About this event: You are cordially invited to the next TEDxTheHague salon! Our April edition — themed Designing Well-being — is curated by TEDxTheHague regular Dorcas de Koning and generously hosted by Gallerie Lily's. Dorcas writes: "First-world countries are suffering from a new definition of 'poverty' in the health care domain. The way we choose to tackle...
Event details: The Hague, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands · April 11, 2014
https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/12151

Public Interest Design names its top 100, including 16 TED alums

Great design doesn’t just look good -- it has the potential to make lives easier and to enhance the public good. Public Interest Design, the website dedicated to examining how, has created a list of 100 makers, educators, connectors, policymakers and visualizers in the U.S. who are doing incredible work at the intersection of design and serv...
Posted December 6, 2012
https://blog.ted.com/2012/12/06/public-interest-design-names-its-top-100-including-16-ted-alums

Somber photos of the American Storm Belt

From his latest book you wouldn’t guess that photographer Robert Leslie was born in England. Stormbelt transports you across America the way only a homegrown native could, taking you down Route 66 past golden, rusty waves of sand and dust. Leslie captures abandoned car lots, foreclosed homes and forgotten billboards with pathos, giving life to t...
Posted September 16, 2014
https://ideas.ted.com/somber-photos-of-the-american-storm-belt

A 21st-century car break-in, a message on vaccines for Pakistani parents and a look at the exhaustion epidemic

Please enjoy your weekly roundup of news briefs from members of the TED community: A 21st-century break-in. Security futurist Marc Goodman knows that technology can make both life and crime easier. In a post on Boing Boing excerpted from his book Future Crimes, he tells the story of an auto trading company that installed tiny remote-controlled ...
Posted March 3, 2015
https://blog.ted.com/2015/03/03/a-21st-century-car-breakin-and-other-ted-community-news-3-3-15

A look at 11 TED Prize wishes past, to help inspire new ones

A TED Prize wish must be ambitious and bold, with the ability to impact lives all across the globe. And yet, a TED Prize wish must also be practical -- an actionable plan that can flourish with $1 million in seeding and access to leverage the power of the TED community. With nominations open for the 2016 TED Prize -- you can nominate a visionary...
Posted May 23, 2013
https://blog.ted.com/2013/05/23/a-look-at-10-ted-prize-wishes-past-to-help-inspire-new-ones

Putting the public back in public interest design: The making of an exhibit at TED2013

By Courtney E. Martin and John Cary Editor's note: designer John Cary and journalist Courtney E. Martin are the curatorial brains behind the show, “Public Interest Design: Places, Products, & Processes,” which opened at the Autodesk Gallery in San Francisco last October. The entire exhibit has been reinstalled at TED in Long Beach, an...
Posted February 25, 2013
https://blog.ted.com/2013/02/25/putting-the-public-back-in-public-interest-design-2

TED Prize, by the numbers

A few numbers to keep in mind: 3, 31, and 1 million. That’s because nominations for the 2016 TED Prize are being accepted through the end of the day on March 31, 2015. You have until then to nominate a mentor, a co-worker or a visionary leader whose work you admire from afar for this prestigious prize, which brings with it $1 million for a w...
Posted February 18, 2014
https://blog.ted.com/2014/02/18/ted-prize-by-the-numbers

Mohammad Tauheed | TED Fellow

Architect
https://www.ted.com/profiles/60548/about

Saul Griffith: Everyday inventions

Inventor and MacArthur fellow Saul Griffith shares some innovative ideas from his lab -- from "smart rope" to a house-sized kite for towing large loads.
https://www.ted.com/talks/saul_griffith_everyday_inventions

Hector Ruiz: The thinking behind 50x15

Hector Ruiz, the executive chair of AMD, wants to give Internet access to everyone. In this talk, he shares his extraordinary life story and describes AMD's 50x15 initiative that calls for connecting 50 percent of the world by 2015.
https://www.ted.com/talks/hector_ruiz_the_thinking_behind_50x15

David Peterson: Why language is humanity's greatest invention

Civilization rests upon the existence of language, says language creator David Peterson. In a talk that's equal parts passionate and hilarious, he shows how studying, preserving and inventing new languages helps us understand our collective humanity -- and gives a quick lesson on High Valyrian, one of two languages he created for "Game of Throne...
https://www.ted.com/talks/david_peterson_why_language_is_humanity_s_greatest_invention
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