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Jonathan Harris tells the Web’s secret stories, on TED.com

Jonathan Harris wants to make sense of the infinite world on the Web — so he builds dazzling graphic interfaces that help us visualize...

Jul 10, 2007
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Vik Muniz on TED.com

Vik Muniz makes art from pretty much anything, be it shredded paper, wire, clouds or diamonds. Here he describes the thinking behind his wor...

Apr 20, 2007
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Photographer Phil Borges on TEDTalks

Photographer Phil Borges displays his remarkable portraits documenting the world’s disappearing cultures, from persecuted monks in Tib...

Jan 10, 2007
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2005 TEDPrize winner Ed Burtynsky on TEDTalks

Photographer Ed Burtynsky accepts the 2005 TEDPrize, and presents a stunning slideshow of his work, which explores human impact on the natur...

Oct 31, 2006
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Architecture

Ads We Love: Adidas football fresco

In celebration of the World Cup, Adidas has launched a series of unconventional, high-profile ads across Germany. We just laid eyes on this ...

Jun 13, 2006
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Photoshop Fraud: It isn't just for tabloids anymore

Scientific journals are taking measures to detect digitally manipulated images.

Jan 26, 2006
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Flickr: Museum of the future?

A collection of mid-century science magazines points to Flickrs potential as the museum of the future

Jan 10, 2006
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Museum Watch: Darwin in NY, Comics in LA

Two highly anticipated museum exhibits open this weekend: Darwin in New York, and Masters of American Comics in LA.

Nov 18, 2005
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Georgia O'Keefe: Software muse?

Was the Firefox logo influenced by the eerily similar Georgia O’Keefe painting, “Goat Horn with Red”?

Nov 16, 2005
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