Want To Be More Creative? Go For A Walk When trying to come up with a new idea, we all have times when we get stuck. But according to research by behavioral and learning scientist Marily Oppezzo, getting up and going for a walk might be all it takes to get your creative juices flowing. […]
Why ‘What Do You Want To Be When You Grow Up? Is the Wrong Question Why do so many of us lose the sense of Wonder. What IS wonder? Amy Schaffer delves into this question and shows how Wonder can be harnessed to enhance our own creativity and sense of self. Amy is an intuitive […]
Mistakes, Omissions, and Iconoclasts: From Sgt Pepper to Work in Progress During its 50th year anniversary, Jann Haworth—the co-designer for the Grammy award-winning album cover, the Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper Lonely Hearts Club Band—provides never before shared insights, lessons learned, and stories about the iconic pop art. Today she focuses on Work in Progress, an iconic […]
Why City Flags May Be The Worst-Designed Thing You’ve Never Noticed TED.COM | Roman Mars is obsessed with flags — and after you watch this talk, you might be, too. These ubiquitous symbols of civic pride are often designed, well, pretty terribly. But they don’t have to be. In this surprising and hilarious talk about […]
The fifth Beatle — the birth of the Beatles, impossible dreams This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. The untold story of the birth of the Beatles, lessons to be learned from their visionary manager Brian Epstein, and how to apply them to realize your own wildest […]
When he was a child, GEORGE TAKEI and his family were forced into an internment camp for Japanese-Americans, as a “security” measure during World War II. 70 years later, Takei looks back at how the camp shaped his surprising, personal definition of patriotism and democracy. LINKS: Website | Facebook | IMDb | Instagram | Pinterest […]
Making It In The Little Leagues What if every graphic designer, builder, craftsman, creator donated 4-5 hours of FREE time on a Friday to help the greater good? Aaron Draplin is onto something and he is changing the world, one logo, one friend at a time… #FREEFRIDAYS Born from the loins of the proud Midwest, […]
How I Started Writing Songs Again TED.com | Sting’s early life was dominated by a shipyard—and he dreamed of nothing more than escaping the industrial drudgery. But after a nasty bout of writer’s block that stretched on for years, Sting found himself channeling the stories of the shipyard workers he knew in his youth for […]
My Life In Typefaces TED.COM | Pick up a book, magazine or screen, and more than likely you’ll come across some typography designed by Matthew Carter. In this charming talk, the man behind typefaces such as Verdana, Georgia and Bell Centennial (designed just for phone books — remember them?), takes us on a spin through a career […]
The Museum Of Four In The Morning Beware: Rives has a contagious obsession with 4 a.m. At TED2007, the poet shared what was then a minor fixation with a time that kept popping up everywhere. After the talk, emails starting pouring in with an avalanche of hilarious references—from the cover of “Crochet Today!” magazine to […]