Niels Diffrient: Rethinking the way we sit down

www.ted.com Design legend Niels Diffrient talks about his life in industrial design (and the reason he became a designer instead [Read more…]

CK Williams: Poetry for all seasons of life

www.ted.com Poet CK Williams reads his work at TED2001. As he colors scenes of childhood resentments, college loves, odd neighbors [Read more…]

Andy Hobsbawm: Do the green thing

www Andy Hobsbawm shares a fresh ad campaign about going green — and some of the fringe benefits.

Bill Joy: What I’m worried about, what I’m excited about

www.ted.com Technologist and futurist Bill Joy talks about several big worries for humanity — and several big hopes in the [Read more…]

Luca Turin: The science of scent

Download this talk * * * * * Video to desktop (Zipped MP4) * Video to iTunes (MP4) * Share [Read more…]

Tim Brown: The powerful link between creativity and play

www.ted.com At the 2008 Serious Play conference, designer Tim Brown talks about the powerful relationship between creative thinking and play [Read more…]

Dr. Dean Ornish: Healing and other natural wonders

www.ted.com Dean Ornish talks about simple, low-tech and low-cost ways to take advantage of the body’s natural desire to heal [Read more…]

Virginia Postrel: The power of glamour

www.ted.com In a timely talk, cultural critic Virginia Postrel muses on the true meaning, and the powerful uses, of glamour [Read more…]

Garrett Lisi: A beautiful new theory of everything

www.ted.com Physicist and surfer Garrett Lisi presents a controversial new model of the universe that — just maybe — answers [Read more…]

James Nachtwey: Use my photographs to stop the worldwide XDR

www.xdrtb.org Photojournalist James Nachtwey sees his TED Prize wish come true, as we share his powerful photographs of XDR-TB, a [Read more…]