Wisdom Blog

Articles, reflections, and teachings from our community.

Design

Cool touchscreen sketchpad

Fans of Jeff Han‘s touchscreen will enjoy this demo of ILoveSketch, highly intuitive new software that enables designers to create flu...

Nov 25, 2008
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Fashion, passion, and about a million other things: Isaac Mizrahi on TED.com

Fashion designer Isaac Mizrahi spins through a dizzying array of inspirations — from ’50s pinups to a fleeting glimpse of a hole...

Nov 18, 2008
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The story of Serious Play

Our TEDTalk today, from Ideo’s Tim Brown, comes from the 2008 Art Center Design Conference, wonderfully named Serious Play. Curated by...

Nov 6, 2008
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The powerful link between creativity and play: Tim Brown on TED.com

From the 2008 Serious Play conference, designer Tim Brown from Ideo talks about the powerful relationship between creative thinking and play...

Nov 6, 2008
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A sign of satisfaction from Stefan Sagmeister

While the world economy twists itself into a tangle, one of our favorite designers and TED speakers, Stefan Sagmeister, is spending more hum...

Oct 29, 2008
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Design and the elastic mind: Paola Antonelli on TED.com

At the EG conference, MOMA design curator Paola Antonelli talks about her groundbreaking show, “Design and the Elastic Mind” &#8...

Oct 15, 2008
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Vote for the 2008 People's Design Award

Now through October 21, the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum is asking you to vote for what you think is the best design of 2008. Choose...

Oct 9, 2008
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Things I have learned in my life so far: Stefan Sagmeister on TED.com

Rockstar designer Stefan Sagmeister delivers a short, witty talk on life lessons, expressed through surprising modes of design (including &#...

Sep 30, 2008
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"RISD is MIT for the right brain," says John Maeda

On the eve of his inauguration as president of the Rhode Island School of Design, John Maeda gave a wide-ranging interview to Dominique Brow...

Sep 3, 2008
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