TEDxKraków’s ultimate green driving machine
At TEDxKraków, participants had an unusual transportation option—a grass-covered van. Created to fit the theme “Secret Lives,” the idea for ...
TED Fellow helped Björk create 30-foot harp for Biophilia tour
Björk commissioned some truly unusual instruments for her Biophilia tour, which is headed to Paris next in 2013. The Icelandic songstress, w...
New TED Book: Tell Them I Built This
In 2009, author Emily Pilloton moved to Bertie County, North Carolina — the poorest county in the state with a population of just 20,0...
Touching the directions: Fellows Friday with Camille Seaman
Native American photographer Camille Seaman devotes years to her subjects, revealing the unfolding of reality over time. For the last decade...
What does a TED Talk look like drawn with markers? 6 examples from Collective Next
Amos Winter has married a wheelchair with a mountain bike and a lever. Why would he do this, you ask? To serve the 40 million people worldwi...
Design Mind magazine highlights TEDGlobal 2012
The theme of TEDGlobal 2012 was “Radical Openness” — a topic that caught the eye of Design Mind magazine. The publication, from longti...
Can bologna be educational? Absolutely. TED-Ed shows how.
In the TED-Ed lesson “Magical metals, how shape memory alloys work,” animator Andy London had a creative idea for how to bring a science les...
How Popcorn Maker adds a new layer of information to a TEDTalk
This morning, we’re thrilled to present a TEDTalk as you have never seen a TEDTalk before — with a clickable layer of informatio...
New exhibit explores design for the public good
Good design isn’t just about making a great-looking colander. Good design can actually improve our lives, both individually and collectively...