Chris Burkard’s quest for the perfect Arctic surf
Along the remote, frozen coast of Hornstrandir National Park, photographer Chris Burkard (TED Talk: The Joy of Surfing in Ice-Cold Water) an...
TEDYouth 2014, in pictures
TEDYouth 2014 was an explosion of “Worlds Imagined.” On Saturday, November 15, New York students gathered for a day of punchy, i...
Behind the scenes: Setting up for TEDGlobal 2014
Rehearsals are done; attendees have arrived. TEDGlobal 2014: South! is in full effect in Rio de Janeiro, with mainstage talks starting tomor...
Brothers in arms: TED Fellow Ed Ou shares photos of the unrest in Ukraine
As TED Fellows arrive from all over the world to Ed Ou’s hometown of Vancouver for TED2014, Ou himself is far away in Ukraine, where he̵...
A biologist, an engineer, a designer and a musical robot builder walk into a room. Not a joke; it’s their office
Listen to too much talk about innovation, and before long you’re bound to hear someone utter the “cross” word. It might be...
Kids share their dreams in these photos from Dear World
By Robert Fogarty of Dear World When I was 14, my dad wrote me a note. He told me to figure out what I wanted and to go for it, but also tha...
San Francisco in pictures: Chris Downey on the experience of a city
It might seem strange to show a gallery of images of places the narrator can’t actually see. But as architect Chris Downey explains, h...
Dhaka in pictures: a city of culture, opportunity and deprivation
Nurur Rahman Khan was born and bred in Dhaka, Bangladesh. A practicing architect and university lecturer, Khan alternately marvels at the ci...
Christchurch in pictures: Life after a devastating earthquake
Christchurch-based Danny Squires is director of Space Craft Systems and co-founder of WikiHouse/NZ, a global project aiming to make it poss...