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curated list 
April 23, 2015

Design of useful things

This playlist, curated by TED, is courtesy of TED.com. It comprises 13 talks with a total running duration of about 2 hours and 37 minutes.

Talks in this playlist:

Eben Bayer: Are mushrooms the new plastic?

Chip Kidd: Designing books is no laughing matter. OK, it is.

Kevin Surace: Eco-friendly drywall

John Hodgman: Design, explained.

Paola Antonelli: Treat design as art

Yves Behar: Designing objects that tell stories

Niels Diffrient: Rethinking the way we sit down

Jacek Utko: Can design save newspapers?

Amy Smith: Simple designs to save a life

Marcin Jakubowski: Open-sourced blueprints for civilization

Thomas Goetz: It’s time to redesign medical data

Paula Scher: Great design is serious, not solemn

Gary Lauder’s new traffic sign: Take Turns

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Talks in this playlist

Amy Smith: Simple designs to save a life

Amy Smith: Simple designs to save a life

Chip Kidd: Designing books is no laughing matter. OK, it is.

Chip Kidd: Designing books is no laughing matter. OK, it is.

Eben Bayer: Are mushrooms the new plastic?

Eben Bayer: Are mushrooms the new plastic?

Gary Lauder’s new traffic sign: Take Turns

Gary Lauder’s new traffic sign: Take Turns

John Hodgman: Design, explained.

John Hodgman: Design, explained.

Paola Antonelli: Treat design as art

Paola Antonelli: Treat design as art

Yves Behar: Designing objects that tell stories

Yves Behar: Designing objects that tell stories

Thomas Goetz: It’s time to redesign medical data

Thomas Goetz: It’s time to redesign medical data

Paula Scher: Great design is serious, not solemn

Paula Scher: Great design is serious, not solemn

Niels Diffrient: Rethinking the way we sit down

Niels Diffrient: Rethinking the way we sit down

Marcin Jakubowski: Open-sourced blueprints for civilization

Marcin Jakubowski: Open-sourced blueprints for civilization

Kevin Surace: Eco-friendly drywall

Kevin Surace: Eco-friendly drywall

Jacek Utko: Can design save newspapers?

Jacek Utko: Can design save newspapers?

Other talks

  • Yann Dall’Aglio: Love — you’re doing it wrong

    Yann Dall’Aglio: Love — you’re doing it wrong

  • Steven Johnson: The Web as a city

    Steven Johnson: The Web as a city

  • Jinha Lee: Reach into the computer and grab a pixel

    Jinha Lee: Reach into the computer and grab a pixel

  • Improv Everywhere: Gotta share!

    Improv Everywhere: Gotta share!

  • Tony Fadell: The first secret of design is … noticing

    Tony Fadell: The first secret of design is … noticing

  • Paul Rothemund: DNA folding, in detail

    Paul Rothemund: DNA folding, in detail

  • Doris Kim Sung: Metal that breathes

    Doris Kim Sung: Metal that breathes

  • Al Gore: Averting the climate crisis

    Al Gore: Averting the climate crisis

  • Richard St. John: 8 secrets of success

    Richard St. John: 8 secrets of success

  • Elizabeth Loftus: The fiction of memory

    Elizabeth Loftus: The fiction of memory

  • Imogen Heap: “Wait It Out”

    Imogen Heap: “Wait It Out”

  • Robert Gupta: Music is medicine, music is sanity

    Robert Gupta: Music is medicine, music is sanity

  • Joi Ito: Want to innovate? Become a “now-ist”

    Joi Ito: Want to innovate? Become a “now-ist”

  • Larry Brilliant: My wish: Help me stop pandemics

    Larry Brilliant: My wish: Help me stop pandemics

Notable Selections

  • Peter Gabriel: 11 surprising talks

    Peter Gabriel: 11 surprising talks

  • Macy Gray: My 4 favorite talks

    Macy Gray: My 4 favorite talks

  • Damon Lindelof: 5 talks I sent to friends

    Damon Lindelof: 5 talks I sent to friends

  • Ryan Holladay’s playlist

    Ryan Holladay’s playlist

  • Ramsey Musallam: 6 talks that blew me away

    Ramsey Musallam: 6 talks that blew me away

  • Ken Robinson: 10 talks on education

    Ken Robinson: 10 talks on education

  • Brandon Boyd: 9 eye-opening talks

    Brandon Boyd: 9 eye-opening talks

  • Diane von Furstenberg’s 5 favorite TED Talks

    Diane von Furstenberg’s 5 favorite TED Talks

  • Pearl Arredondo: 8 talks to spark success

    Pearl Arredondo: 8 talks to spark success

  • Ryuichi Sakamoto: On music and more

    Ryuichi Sakamoto: On music and more

  • Elif Shafak: 7 truly captivating talks

    Elif Shafak: 7 truly captivating talks

  • Ryan Coogler: 6 talks that inspired me

    Ryan Coogler: 6 talks that inspired me

  • Philippe Starck: 11 truly thrilling talks

    Philippe Starck: 11 truly thrilling talks

  • Robert Simpson’s playlist

    Robert Simpson’s playlist

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