New York Times columnist David Pogue takes aim at technology’s worst interface-design offenders, and provides encouraging examples of products that get it right. To funny things up, he bursts into song.

The MIT Media Lab's John Maeda lives at the intersection of technology and art, a place that can get very complicated. Here he talks about paring down to basics.

Simplicity: We know it when we see it -- but what is it, exactly? In this funny, philosophical talk, George Whitesides chisels out an answer.

As Dave Eggers says, "The best TED Talks make sense of complicated ideas and trends, and have an elegant simplicity to them. It’s plenty of time to get across a clear and bold idea.” Below, his notes on 4 great talks.

Sandra Fisher-Martins fights “information apartheid” -- the barrier created by overly complex language.

In this bracingly honest talk, international security strategist Thomas Barnett outlines a post-Cold War solution for the foundering U.S. military that is both sensible and breathtaking in its simplicity: Break it in two.

With profound simplicity, Coach John Wooden redefines success and urges us all to pursue the best in ourselves. In this inspiring talk he shares the advice he gave his players at UCLA, quotes poetry and remembers his father's wisdom.

Animal behavior isn't complicated, but it is complex. Nicolas Perony studies how individual animals -- be they Scottish Terriers, bats or meerkats -- follow simple rules that, collectively, create larger patterns of behavior. And how this complexity born of simplicity can help them adapt to new circumstances, as they arise.

A branding expert and one of the leading authorities on business communication, Alan Siegel wants to put plain English into legal documents for government and business.

Stephen Wolfram is the creator of Mathematica and Wolfram|Alpha, the author of A New Kind of Science and the founder and CEO of Wolfram Research.

Behold, the first TED Talks posted online, shared with the world on June 27, 2006. Each one is powerful and moving -- and still resonates today.

Why do people feel so miserable and disengaged at work? Because today's businesses are increasingly and dizzyingly complex -- and traditional pillars of management are obsolete, says Yves Morieux. So, he says, it falls to individual employees to navigate the rabbit's warren of interdependencies. In this energetic talk, Morieux offers six rules f...

Mileha Soneji believes that having empathy and being able to put yourself in another person's shoes is what makes for great design.

Some of history's greatest designers share intriguing perspectives and vignettes from their prolific journeys.

Cleo Wade creates uplifting messages, blending simplicity with positivity and arresting honesty.

Aaron O'Connell is the first person to experimentally induce and measure quantum effects in the motion of a humanmade object, bridging the quantum and classical worlds.

BCG's Yves Morieux researches how corporations can adapt to a modern and complex business landscape.

A two-term U.S. Poet Laureate, Billy Collins captures readers with his understated wit, profound insight -- and a sense of being "hospitable."

Pope Francis was the head of the Roman Catholic Church and a strong advocate of global action against climate change, to which he devoted his powerful 2015 encyclical "Laudato Si'."

James Balog's latest work, the Extreme Ice Survey, captures the twisting, soaring forms of threatened wild ice.

The transparent simplicity and experiential nature of Olafur Eliasson's work has built his reputation as one of the world's most accessible creators of contemporary art.

About this event: Simplicity - Theme is SIMPLE BY DESIGN

About this event: This event can be thought of as "a taste of TEDxNASA," the highly acclaimed event held at the Ferguson Center the past two years. Our theme, Simplicity, was selected to acknowledge the contrast between the extraordinary preparations made for our day long TEDxNASA outreach events and the comparatively simple, three hour event to be held on site. ...

About this event: TEDxEmory is proud to host our main conference on April 17th, featuring original TEDx talks by professionals, change-makers, thought leaders, and even two Emory students! Simplexity is designed to demonstrate simplicity in a seemingly complex world & uncover the hidden complexity of life's most simple things. At this unique moment in histor...

About this event: In the late Middle Age – as today – lands and goods were owned by few and conquered through war. Their power and richness drove the many to return to simplicity; one of the first and strongest example in history was St. Francis. His rule, founded on brotherhood and simplicity, is still alive today in some phenomenons: sharing economy, peer to pe...

About this event: Looking at the different fields offered at VCU, one commonality emerged: no matter what field, complex ideas must be boiled down to something simple; concepts that are easily explained or illustrated, in order to be widely used and understood. Great masterpieces are created through a collection of simple actions. These types of ideas and creatio...

About this event: Our Values. We have invited a diverse set of external speakers to provide perspective our our company's eight core values; Doing the Right Thing, Innovation, Simplicity, Collaboration, Openness, Volunteerism, Enthusiasm and Respect.

About this event: Simplicity is our theme. About how you can build great things, success stories; about how you can inspire and motivate through what you are, but with a lot of hard work and determination. Because that's what we need.

About this event: What do we choose: do we take on challenges and seek for new solutions or think and rely on previous and primitive mechanisms? Avant-gardists of the 20th century showed us that simple visual forms can incorporate an intricate and fascinating world that cannot be discovered and understood through simplicity and clichés. Kazimir Malevich once w...

About this event: In the delicate tango between simplicity and complexity, simplexity represents the vulnerabilities and strengths born from increasingly diverse circumstances. Simplexity marks the relationships emerging from both expected and unexpected patterns. Our speakers will subtly explore topics on this spectrum, teasing at the sensitive threshold of...