10 TED Videos for Designers - Inspiring

TED is a nonprofit organization that transmits “Ideas Worth Spreading.” It all started in 1984 as a talk conference that brought people from three industries: Technology, Entertainment, Design. TED has some of the most inspiring, innovative, and creative people speak about various subjects. Their goal is to keep moving forward and to make the world a better place.

What I love most about TED is the fact that there are so many intelligent individuals that try to change the world as we know it for the better. TED.com offers thousands of videos for anybody to watch and enjoy. The ideas that the speakers share are really inspiring and make you want to take action. we would like to share with you some of the most interesting videos in most interesting field, Yeah! In design. We hope you will find these ideas very helpful and inspiring, More over, Enjoy by sharing it.


1. Tim Berners-Lee on the next Web

Tim Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web. He leads the World Wide Web Consortium, overseeing the Web's standards and development.

For his next project, he’s building a web for open, linked data that could do for numbers what the Web did for words, pictures, video: unlock our data and reframe the way we use it together. He is currently leading the World Wide Web Consortium, and oversees the Web’s standards and development.

2. Rives controls the Internet



Rives - Storyteller and poet Rives is the star of the new special "Ironic Iconic America." A regular on HBO's Def Poetry Jam, he's the co-host of the upcoming TEDActive simulcast event in Palm Springs. Offstage, Rives designs and writes pop-up books. How many poets could cram eBay, Friendster and Monster.com into 3-minute poem worthy of a standing ovation? Enjoy Rives’ unique talent.



3. Sergey Brin and Larry Page on Google



Oh! i am sorry guys, i could find anything about these guys in internet, even in GOOGLE, So, i dont have anything to say about these guys intelligence, OMG, Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin offer a peek inside the Google machine, sharing tidbits about international search patterns, the philanthropic Google Foundation, and the company’s dedication to innovation and employee happiness.

4. Mena Trott on blogs

Mena Trott and her husband Ben founded Six Apart in a spare bedroom after the blogging software they developed grew beyond a hobby. With products Movable Type , TypePad , LiveJournal and Vox, the company has helped lead the "social media" revolution. The founding mother of the blog revolution, Movable Type’s Mena Trott, talks about the early days of blogging, when she realized that giving regular people the power to share our lives online is the key to building a friendlier, more connected world. Six Apart's software gives online voice to millions of people and organizations worldwide.


5. Alexis Ohanian: How to make a splash in social media





Alexis Ohanian co-founded Reddit, a social-voting news website with geek allegiances, a small-town feel and a penchant for lighting up the memes your friends IM you about next week. In 2009 he founded Breadpig, an "uncorporation" that creates and sells "geeky products" and donates all its non-sustainable profits to charity. In a funny, rapid-fire 4 minutes, Alexis Ohanian of Reddit tells the real-life fable of one humpback whale’s rise to Web stardom. The lesson of Mister Splashy Pants is a shoo-in classic for meme-makers and marketers in the Facebook age.


6. Stefan Sagmeister shares happy design



Stefan Sagmeister is among today’s most important and influential graphic designers. Renowned for album covers, posters and his recent book of life lessons, designer Stefan Sagmeister invariably has a slightly different way of looking at things. Things I have learned in my life (thingsihavelearnedinmylife.com) so farSagmeister brings a fresh perspective to the role and work of a designer.

Dont forget to visit his website - sagmeister.com/
Watch his other famous video : Stefan Sagmeister: Don't Take Creativity For Granted in vimeo : http://vimeo.com/16480283


7.Marian Bantjes: Intricate beauty by design



Organic, logical, complex, beautiful: Marian Bantjes' illustrations draw on her deep relationship with letterforms (she was a typesetter for ten years). With flowing lines, filigree and generosity, she plays in the space between a and b and c. Her illustration work has appeared in Wired, Wallpaper, the Walrus and many other magazines and newspapers worldwide, and once took over Saks Fifth Avenue top to bottom. In graphic design, Marian Bantjes says, throwing your individuality into a project is heresy. She explains how she built her career doing just that, bringing her signature delicate illustrations to storefronts, valentines and even genetic diagrams.


8. Richard St. John: “Success is a continuous journey”



A self-described average guy who found success doing what he loved, Richard St. John spent more than a decade researching the lessons of success -- and distilling them into 8 words, 3 minutes and one successful book. In his typically candid style, Richard St. John reminds us that success is not a one-way street, but a constant journey. He uses the story of his business’ rise and fall to illustrate a valuable lesson — when we stop trying, we fail.


9. Don Norman on 3 ways good design makes you happy



Don Norman studies how real people interact with design, exploring the gulf between what a designer intends and what a regular person actually wants. His work has resulted in some classic books, including "The Design of Everyday Things."

In this talk from 2003, design critic Don Norman turns his incisive eye toward beauty, fun, pleasure and emotion, as he looks at design that makes people happy. He names the three emotional cues that a well-designed product must hit to succeed.


10. Milton Glaser on using design to make ideas new

Milton Glaser's work is easy to spot in a lineup -- it's simple, direct and clear, while leaping over conceptual boundaries, so that his work connects directly to the viewer like a happy virus. His best-known work may be the I [heart] N Y logo -- an image so ubiquitous, it's hard to believe there was a time when it didn't exist. From the TED archives: The legendary graphic designer Milton Glaser dives deep into a new painting inspired by Piero della Francesca. From here, he muses on what makes a convincing poster, by breaking down an idea and making it new.