Name: Pirates, nurses and other rebel designers
Uploaded: 2016-05-03T15:08:34Z
Duration: 11 min 34 s
Description: In this ode to design renegades, Alice Rawsthorn highlights the work of unlikely heroes, from Blackbeard to Florence Nightingale. Drawing a line from these bold thinkers to some early modern visionaries like Buckminster Fuller, Rawsthorn shows how the greatest designers are often the most rebellious.

In this ode to design renegades, Alice Rawsthorn highlights the work of unlikely heroes, from Blackbeard to Florence Nightingale. Drawing a line from these bold thinkers to some early modern visionaries like Buckminster Fuller, Rawsthorn shows how the greatest designers are often the most rebellious.

Alice Rawsthorn: Pirates, nurses and other rebel designers

Pirates, nurses and other rebel designers

Blackbeard's redesign as a menacing pirate was a masterclass in early modern communications, transforming fear into power.

Arthur Zang's Cardiopad illustrates modern design's potential to fulfill Florence Nightingale's healthcare dream in Africa.

Design's greatest rebels, from Blackbeard to Florence Nightingale, transformed their worlds with audacious ideas and actions.