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TED and Reddit’s 10 questions to Hans Rosling - Gapminder.org
Hans Rosling answers 10 questions posed to him after his TED Talk. Almost as good as the TED Talk that inspired the questions, this too is a must-see presentation.
Hans Rosling: Let my dataset change your mindset | Video on TED.com
An amazing presentation by Hans Rosling about world health & economic data, his site (gapminder.org), the "bottom billion," and ...well, blowing cliches about health and wealth out of the water. Also see Rosling's 10 answers to 10 questions video: http://www.gapminder.org/videos/ted-and-reddits-10-questions-to-hans-rosling/
Elizabeth Gilbert on nurturing creativity | Video on TED.com
Really interesting, and borderline kooky (but therefore refreshing), talk on creativity/ the muse/ Genius, and strategies for dealing with same. Key: think of it as residing outside of yourself, as a "visitation," and in this way take the heat off yourself when you "fail" to deliver. But don't forget to show up - old-fashioned ideas about genius aren't an excuse for slacking off!
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Elizabeth Gilbert muses on the impossible things we expect from artists and geniuses -- and shares the radical idea that, instead of the rare person "being" a genius, all of us "have" a genius. It's a funny, personal and surprisingly moving talk.
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Alain de Botton: A kinder, gentler philosophy of success | Video on TED.com
Excellent presentation by Alain de Botton, described as follows:
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[Botton] examines our ideas of success and failure -- and questions the assumptions underlying these two judgments. Is success always earned? Is failure? He makes an eloquent, witty case to move beyond snobbery to find true pleasure in our work.
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Really worth watching/ listening to.
Building Blocks of a New Interface - SIFTABLES - Technology Review: Videos
David Merrill, inventor of Siftables, interactive electronic building blocks, demonstrates his technology at the 2009 TED conference.
Amazing technology; when he started the demo, I was immediately reminded of what art historians _used to do_ when we still used slides: we used "slide tables" (basically light boxes) and moved the slides around to create and edit our lectures, really almost on the fly, as it were. It was a very creative way to put together a presentation and make connections between ideas, a tactile & spatial way, that you can't do anymore using only digital media. So it's kind of nice to see some of that spatial aspect coming back into how we (literally) manipulate information to make new connections.
YouTube - Seth Godin: Sliced bread and other marketing delights
Still one of the best talks on ...well, sliced bread and all it has spawned.
Presentation Zen: Making presentations in the TED style
Lots of great links and pointers to explore in this post by Garr Reynolds who blogs "on issues related to professional presentation design." As the title indicates, this entry is about "the TED style," and includes "the TED commandments" as well as links to examples of great presentations.
Greg Lynn | Profile on TED.com
Portal page to Greg Lynn's TED talk.
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Who says great architecture must be proportional and symmetrical? Not Greg Lynn. He and his firm, Greg Lynn FORM, have been pushing the edges of building design, by stripping away the traditional dictates of line and proportion and looking into the heart of what a building needs to be.
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Who says great architecture must be proportional and symmetrical? Not Greg Lynn. He and his firm, Greg Lynn FORM, have been pushing the edges of building design, by stripping away the traditional dictates of line and proportion and looking into the heart of what a building needs to be.
Exchange Morning Post: "Greg Lynn: How calculus is changing architecture"
Questioning symmetry:
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Greg Lynn talks about the mathematical roots of architecture -- and how calculus and digital tools allow modern designers to move beyond the traditional building forms. A glorious church in Queens (and a titanium tea set) illustrate his theory.
Greg Lynn is the head of Greg Lynn FORM, an architecture firm known for its boundary-breaking, biomorphic shapes and its embrace of digital tools for design and fabrication.
Who says great architecture must be proportional and symmetrical? Not Greg Lynn. He and his firm, Greg Lynn FORM, have been pushing the edges of building design, by stripping away the traditional dictates of line and proportion and looking into the heart of what a building needs to be.
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Who says great architecture must be proportional and symmetrical? Not Greg Lynn. He and his firm, Greg Lynn FORM, have been pushing the edges of building design, by stripping away the traditional dictates of line and proportion and looking into the heart of what a building needs to be.
A series of revelations about building practice -- "Vertical structure is overrated"; "Symmetry is bankrupt" -- helped Lynn and his studio conceptualize a new approach, which uses calculus, sophisticated modeling tools, and an embrace of new manufacturing techniques to make buildings that, at their core, enclose space in the best possible way.
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Who says great architecture must be proportional and symmetrical? Not Greg Lynn. He and his firm, Greg Lynn FORM, have been pushing the edges of building design, by stripping away the traditional dictates of line and proportion and looking into the heart of what a building needs to be.
A series of revelations about building practice -- "Vertical structure is overrated"; "Symmetry is bankrupt" -- helped Lynn and his studio conceptualize a new approach, which uses calculus, sophisticated modeling tools, and an embrace of new manufacturing techniques to make buildings that, at their core, enclose space in the best possible way.
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