👁A futuristic vision for Latin America, rooted in ancient design
🧠Catalina Lotero
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English

👣What would Latin America look like if colonization hadn't interrupted its ancient civilizations? Imagining a future where ancestral knowledge intertwines with modern aesthetics, designer Catalina Lotero shows how "pre-Columbian futurism" draws inspiration from Indigenous symbolism and technology — empowering Latin America to reclaim lost cultural narratives.
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#design #art #culture #history #future

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👁How to build the 3D world of your dreams with just a text prompt
🧠Kiran Bhat
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English | 🇹🇷Turkish

👣What if AI could help you make the perfect video game — in seconds? In this cutting-edge demo, 3D AI innovator Kiran Bhat co-creates a never-before-seen Roblox world with the TED audience — transforming the crowd’s suggestions into a playable 3D village in real-time. Discover how AI can help you bridge the gap between creativity and code in this peek at the future of gaming.
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#AI #gaming #technology #engineering #creativity #design #computers #media #entertainment

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👁A life-saving invention that prevents human stampedes
🧠Nilay Kulkarni
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English | 🇹🇷Turkish

👣Every three years, more than 30 million Hindu worshippers gather for the Kumbh Mela in India, the world's largest religious gathering, in order to wash away their sins. With massive crowds descending on small cities and towns, stampedes inevitably happen, and in 2003, 39 people were killed during the festival. In 2014, then 15-year-old Nilay Kulkarni decided to put his skills as a self-taught programmer to use by building a tech solution to help prevent stampedes. Learn more about his invention -- and how it helped the 2015 Nashik Kumbh Mela have zero stampedes and casualties.
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#india #collaboration #data #creativity #design #innovation #religion #invention #software

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👁A pastry chef works his chocolatier magic — live
🧠Latif Nasser
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English

👣Get a taste of the chocolatier life from world-renowned pastry chef Amaury Guichon as he shares his story — and the secrets of his craft — with podcaster Latif Nasser. Learn what it takes to construct elaborate, lifelike (and delicious) sculptures from 100 percent confectionery ingredients as Guichon puts the final touches on his signature decadent chocolate clock pastry, complete with delicate gears.
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#food #art #design #innovation #creativity

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👁This TED Talk is full of bad ideas
🧠Gabe Whaley
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English

👣What if the worst ideas turned out to be the most interesting? Mischief-making artist Gabe Whaley shares how he built a collective of artists whose seemingly bad ideas — like selling 5,000 keys to the same car — often go viral and sell for thousands of dollars. His playful experiments show why it’s worth leaning into the absurd … because you never know what might happen.
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#art #design #Ideas #creativity

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👁How close can we actually get to the Sun?
🧠 TED-Ed
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English | 🇹🇷Turkish

👣In 2021, the Parker Solar Probe achieved its mission to touch the Sun, skimming through its outermost atmosphere. Since then, it’s carved closer and closer paths, but probing deeper into the corona— without melting, exploding, or falling into the Sun— is a monumental engineering challenge. Is it possible? Explore the obstacles of the mission and how it could unlock the mysteries of our star. [Directed by Igor Ćorić, Artrake Studio, narrated by Addison Anderson, music by Cem Misirlioglu, WORKPLAYWORK].
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#TED_Ed #education #space #technology #design #Sun #universe #engineering

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👁How I turned frustration into creative success
🧠Joshua Schachter
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English | 🇹🇷Turkish

👣Sharing his accidental journey to viral fame, digital pioneer Joshua Schachter reveals how programming a robot to make deliberate mistakes in otherwise deeply satisfying plotter art sparked millions of views (and hilariously strong reactions). Learn how to turn your frustration into creative success — and discover how quirky, unexpected art can captivate audiences worldwide. (Created in collaboration with Ignite Talks)
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#art #technology #design #social_media #computers #robots #creativity

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👁Wicked's costume designer on how to tell stories with clothes
🧠Paul Tazewell
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English

👣If you've ever been swept away by the worlds of "Wicked," "Hamilton" or "West Side Story," you've seen Paul Tazewell's breathtaking costumes. The Oscar-winning designer (whose work features in "Wicked: For Good") explores the subconscious language of clothing and how it shapes who we view as heroes — and who we view as villains. (Followed by a short Q&A with TED's Monique Ruff-Bell)
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#design #film #history #art #fashion #creativity #identity

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👁How are microchips made?
🧠George Zaidan
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English | 🇹🇷Turkish

👣Globally, we produce more than a trillion computer chips every year. Which means about 20 trillion transistors are built every second— and this process is done in fewer than 500 fabrication plants. How do we build so many tiny, intricately-connected devices, so incredibly fast? George Zaidan and Sajan Saini explore how photolithography helps build these devices and its environmental impact. [Directed by Kozmonot Animation Studio, narrated by George Zaidan, music by Tolga Yıldız, Kozmonot Animation Studio].
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#TED_Ed #education #animation #technology #engineering #nanotechnology #design #computers #innovation

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👁The art (and science) of stop-motion animation
🧠Brian McLean
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English

👣You're invited into the world of stop-motion animation, where design and engineering collide to create fan-favorite films. Visual effects artist Brian McLean (from the Oscar-winning studio behind "Coraline" and "ParaNorman") explores how 3D printing is revolutionizing this century-old craft, showing how creative obsession paired with cutting-edge technology can reinvent the way we make things.
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#animation #technology #art #creativity #design #innovation #media #storytelling #TEDx

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👁Can you picture things in your mind? I can't
🧠Alex Rosenthal
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English

👣Picture this: a rocket ship crash-lands on a planet, and an alien approaches the spacecraft. What do you see in your mind when you visualize this scene? For Alex Rosenthal (and many others), the answer is: absolutely nothing. Exploring the fascinating science of aphantasia, or the inability to generate mental images, he shows why our minds are much more different than we think.
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#brain #psychology #design #biology #art #TED_Ed #education #neuroscience

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👁Why don’t companies want you to repair your stuff?
🧠Aaron Perzanowski
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English | 🇹🇷Turkish

👣Today, some companies are working hard to prevent consumers from repairing products on their own. In many cases, repair can only be done by the original manufacturer, if at all. With limited repair options available, we end up buying new and throwing more items out. So, how exactly do companies prevent repair? And what can consumers do about it? Aaron Perzanowski investigates. [Directed by Nick Hilditch, narrated by Addison Anderson].
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#TED_Ed #education #animation #business #technology #design #consumerism #product_design #sustainability

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👁The inside story of Notre-Dame’s incredible reconstruction
🧠Philippe Villeneuve
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English | 🇹🇷Turkish

👣In a moment that stunned the world in 2019, the famed Notre-Dame in Paris went up in flames, threatening the future of the centuries-old Gothic treasure. Philippe Villeneuve, the chief architect of the cathedral’s restoration, recounts the collective effort to bring the building back to life while honoring its history. Listen for a story of craftsmanship, devotion and innovation — and learn how more than 2,000 hands worked to return this landmark to the world.
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#architecture #history #innovation #technology #design #art #spirituality

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👁Why the world is still not built for women
🧠Virginia Santy
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English

👣Design consultant Virginia Santy set out to create an office space built specifically for women, flipping the script on the subtle (and not-so-subtle) ways that workplaces and cities still fail them. The results were striking: greater productivity, deeper collaboration and an environment where women felt genuinely valued, leading her to ask a simple question: What would the world look like if we designed with women in mind?
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#design #women #social_change #feminism #cities #urban_planning

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👁The accidental brilliance of makeshift signs
🧠Kate Canales
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English

👣What happens when the design of everyday things misses the mark? People fill in the blanks. Designer Kate Canales has spent more than 20 years photographing the handmade, improvised signs that appear when the original falls short. From perplexing bathroom directions to our struggles with doors and point-of-sale machines, her photos capture something technology can't replace: our instinct to look out for each other and leave a few instructions behind.
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#design #society #culture #technology #creativity #art #humor

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👁How hat fashion has evolved throughout history
🧠Alison Goodrum
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English | 🇹🇷Turkish

👣Humans have been fashioning caps since the dawn of civilization. A bearskin cap from the Bronze Age is one of the earliest surviving hats, discovered alongside Europe’s oldest mummy. Hats aren’t just for keeping heads warm or making a fashion statement— they’ve been used throughout history as a symbol of status, power, and politics. Alison L. Goodrum traces the illustrious history of headwear. [Directed by Biljana Labović, narrated by Alexandra Panzer, music by Cem Misirlioglu, WORKPLAYWORK].
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#TED_Ed #education #animation #fashion #history #women #design

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👁You got what you wanted. Now what?
🧠Debbie Millman
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English

👣Over two decades of interviewing countless creative people, Debbie Millman (host of the iconic "Design Matters" podcast) had a realization: the pride and joy of accomplishing something often evaporates almost instantly. She explains how to stop chasing external validation for your achievements and instead live for the act of creation itself.
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#creativity #design #personal_growth

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👁Reimagining traditional architecture for modern needs
🧠Riyad Joucka
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English

👣Architect Riyad Joucka believes your home should be a mirror of who you are. Using 3D printing and ancient architectural wisdom, he's designing efficient, personal homes that respond to context, climate and culture without sacrificing character. He makes the case that we should start designing for people, not the market.
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#architecture #technology #design #3D_printing #urban_planning #innovation

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👁How did NASA touch the Sun without melting?
🧠 TED-Ed
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English | 🇹🇷Turkish

👣In 2021, the Parker Solar Probe achieved its mission to touch the Sun, skimming through its outermost atmosphere. Since then, it’s carved closer and closer paths, but probing deeper into the corona— without melting, exploding, or falling into the Sun— is a monumental engineering challenge. Is it possible? Explore the obstacles of the mission and how it could unlock the mysteries of our star. [Directed by Igor Ćorić, Artrake Studio, narrated by Addison Anderson, music by Cem Misirlioglu, WORKPLAYWORK].
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#TED_Ed #education #space #technology #design #Sun #universe #engineering

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👁How does the space station never run out of oxygen?
🧠Theo St Francis
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English | 🇹🇷Turkish

👣For over 25 years, the International Space Station’s air supply systems have revolutionized space missions. Yet the need for regular maintenance, repairs, and upgrades has pushed engineers to develop even more reliable systems for future spacecraft. How do we create breathable air in space? And what does that look like for longer expeditions? Alvaro Romero-Calvo and Theo St Francis investigate. [Directed by Lazy Chief, narrated Addison Anderson, music by George Rodriguez].
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#TED_Ed #education #animation #space #science #invention #innovation #technology #design

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