5 unconventional maps to get lost in
From the earliest days of human exploration we’ve made progressively more accurate and sophisticated maps. Maps help us find our way a...
TEDxers remix the TEDCity2.0 poster from a kit of parts
What is the city of the future? What will it look like? How will it come to be? This weekend, from Taipei to Melbourne to Mexico City, over ...
TEDCity2.0: The poster, remixed
“Dream me. Build me. Make me real.” This is the driving philosophy behind TEDCity2.0, happening Friday, Sept. 20. To visually represent the ...
The TED universe, visualized
When TED began in 1984, it was simply a conference. But in the 30 years since, we’ve grown into an international organization with a constel...
The 5-senses showdown: How to grade your experiences
Sight. Sound. Touch. Taste. Smell. We all know the five senses by heart and yet, points out designer Jinsop Lee in today’s talk, few product...
The sound of color: Neil Harbisson’s talk visualized
Colorblind artist Neil Harbisson is an intrepid “eyeborg” wearer. That’s a device that converts color into audible frequen...
Bob Mankoff picks his 11 favorite New Yorker cartoons ever
Bob Mankoff lives and breathes cartoons. He’s drawn many himself — he’s had a contract with The New Yorker for more than 3...
A field guide to TED graphic notes
At TED 2011, Sunni Brown encouraged doodling everywhere – classrooms and meeting rooms included. “The doodle … engages all four learning mod...
How to survive without air. Or, David Blaine: visualized!
Check this out: a rather cool visualization of a TED Talk, courtesy of the Brazilian culture and science magazine Superinteressante. Each mo...