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Graphic notes on Chip Kidd … and more
Design

Graphic notes on Chip Kidd … and more

Tricia Walker shares a snapshot of this sketchbook page inspired by Chip Kidd’s TEDTalk: Check out more graphic note-taking from TED a...

Apr 4, 2012
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Building connections — between toys …
Design

Building connections — between toys …

Here’s something else fun to do with a 3D printer: Designers at Free Art and Technology have created an open-source template to connec...

Mar 29, 2012
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Video: TED & TEDx explained in 70 seconds

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0NHOpeczUU] This short, sweet explainer from BlinkTower tells you just what you need to know about ...

Mar 28, 2012
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Cool timelapse: Building Paper City 2.0 at TEDActive

[vimeo http://vimeo.com/38292386 w=525&h=294] Watch Theo Jemison’s video of artist Kiel Johnson’s installation “Everyone’s an Architect”...

Mar 16, 2012
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Spell TED wherever you are: Scenes from TED Live
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Spell TED wherever you are: Scenes from TED Live

Photo: Tokey + Associates, Calgary, AB, Canada During TED2012, we asked TED Live members to submit their own creative ways to spell out TED,...

Mar 4, 2012
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Design a life with intent: John Hockenberry at TED2012
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Design a life with intent: John Hockenberry at TED2012

Photo: James Duncan Davidson Journalist and commentator John Hockenberry takes the stage to share an incredibly personal insight into thinki...

Mar 1, 2012
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Design, explained: John Hodgman at TED2012
Design

Design, explained: John Hodgman at TED2012

Design, says session host Chee Pearlman, can be confusing, the words often jargony and opaque. Fortunately, John Hodgman is here. John Hodgm...

Mar 1, 2012
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Building creative confidence: David Kelley at TED2012
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Building creative confidence: David Kelley at TED2012

Photo: James Duncan Davidson David Kelley starts off his story in third grade, at Oakdale School in Ohio. His friend Brian was making a hors...

Mar 1, 2012
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Representing the suppleness of democracy: Liz Diller at TED2012
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Representing the suppleness of democracy: Liz Diller at TED2012

Photo: James Duncan Davidson Liz Diller notes that we divide space into private and public realms: “We know the legal distinctions well, and...

Mar 1, 2012
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