TEDGlobal Day 2: What You Missed
Text by Maria Popova; artwork by Len Kendall
Emily Pilloton, Humanitarian design activist, during TEDGlobal 2010 Session 6: Different by Design, July 2010 in Oxford, England. Credit: James Duncan Davidson / TED
Pilloton's book, Design Revolution: 100 Products That Empower People, came out last fall and is an absolute must-read for anyone interested in how humanitarian design can lay the groundwork for a smarter, more sustainable future of society. Which, perhaps, should be everyone.
Follow our live coverage of TEDGlobal the rest of this week and keep an eye on ted.com as some of the talks begin being released.
Maria Popova is the editor of Brain Pickings, a curated inventory of miscellaneous interestingness. She writes for Wired UK, Big Think and Huffington Post, and spends a shameful amount of time on Twitter.
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These Maps Show You How to Live, Not Just Where Whether you live in a map culture or not, it’s clear maps can change the way we interact with and change the world.
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Guerrilla Artists Turn “Anti-Homeless Spikes” into Cozy Bedroom Set “Space, Not Spikes” transforms the controversial fixtures designed to make life more difficult for those already facing hardships.
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Camera-Embedded Horns Could Make Rhino-Poachers an Endangered Species “Protect RAPID” puts the power to stop poaching directly in the hands–and horns–of the very rhinos they’re trying to protect
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14 Women Go Nude to Show How Beauty Comes In All Shapes, Sizes, and Ages This is what real “American Beauty” looks like.
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Incredible Footage Shows Drowning Girl Saved By Her Selfie Stick Proving once and for all that selfie sticks are only mostly worthless.
