Random Talks

Jesse Mooney-Bullock makes puppets. But not the kind that you might first think of when you hear that word. They are not usually very soft or bright.

BLACK – Yo-Yo Performer and Serial Dreamer BLACK is all about impossible dreams. After getting Gold Medal at the World Yo-Yo Contest in 2001 whi

A modern artist based in Palo Alto, California, Drue Kataoka blends the refined techniques of her ancient Zen art form of sumi-e with cuttingedge conc

Hans Aarsmans talk at TEDxAmsterdam was titled From pretty to ugly and back again; mysterious ways of beauty in photography and the audience judged it

If Edison is an inventor, Yoichi Ochiai is a wizard. He integrates science and art, combining digital and analog media such as electronic circuits and

Sh0h – Beatbox Artist Sh0h ignites audiences with just his body and a single microphone. A beatbox artist who won the Japan Beatbox Championship

Professor Semir Zeki is Professor of Neuroesthetics at UCL. He pioneered the study of the higher visual areas of the brain, and discovered the special

In her talk about “Selfies”, Elizabeth A. Urbanski covers the fascinating and sometimes puzzling phenomenon of publicly posted instant sel

You see Taku Satoh’s design handiwork virtually every shopping day, wrapping consumables like Calpis drinks, Lotte gum and S&B black pepper. But

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In 2008, lacquer artist and Living National Treasure Kazumi Murose began to focus on preserving intangibly important Japanese culture and heritage thr

View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/corruption-… It’s hard to imagine Venice without the curious, banana-shaped gondolas that glide down

Inspired by the world renowned annual arts event in Nevada’s Black Rock Desert, Burning Man has become a global cultural movement with more than

Nana Watanabe has a wide-angle lens on life. As a photographer, she has shot for iconic brands like Shiseido, Sony Music and Paris Vogue, and also exh

This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. “Speak to the Heart” is David’s motto for an invitatio

Viacom/MTV executive Ross Martin shares how his background in poetry uniquely and appropriately prepared him for the business world.