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Michael Pawlyn: Using nature's genius in architecture
How do you design a building that is sustainable, efficient, and beautiful? Michael Pawlyn talks about projects that uses ideas from nature to solve these architectural problems.
Thomas Heatherwick: Building the Seed Cathedral
See the beautiful architecture designs of Thomas Heatherwick - in particular, the Seed Cathedral for the 2010 World Expo in Shanghai. Heatherwick explains why they felt it was important to build a seed cathedral and how they were able to make each seed look important by placing them in an optical hair.
David Kelley: How to build your creative confidence
We've all met people who avoid creative tasks by saying things like, "I'm not creative". How do you take someone fearful of being non-creative and make them confident? How do you break the barrier between being creative and non-creative? This TED Talk will teach you how we can change people in a series of small successes called "guided mastery" and give them a new type of confidence called "self-efficacy".
Macro Tempest: The magic of truth and lies (and iPods)
I know we said 10 TED talks, but here's one more - a fun one to end it all. Marco Tempest created an app that can synchronize video on multiple mobile devices. Using this app, he shares a message about art, its deception, and the emotions it creates in the form of magic tricks.
5 comments on “10 Inspiring TED Talks for Creative Professionals”
Wow expert inspiration I like all!?Thanks for sharing……….
Truly inspirational content here. Bookmarked this for when I need motivation.
Great collection of TED talks. Thank you.
The first vid of the net is amazing! Those nets look like abstract computer art,, but in real life!
Great list!! Thank you!