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Feb 28th

What you should not do, I think, is worry about the opinion of anyone beyond your friends. You shouldn’t worry about prestige. Prestige is the opinion of the rest of the world. […] Prestige is like a powerful magnet that warps even your beliefs about what you enjoy. It causes you to work not on what you like, but what you’d like to like. […] Prestige is just fossilized inspiration. If you...

Feb 28th

http://www.themakersproject.com/ →

Witnessing unwavering passion and utter dedication to building one’s craft or ‘career’ never fails to win my admiration. It redefines it, gives it so much life and meaning - even to the seemingly simplest of things.

Feb 25th

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“The role of the imagination is to create new meanings and to discover...”

– Iconic designer and legendary curmudgeon Paul Rand on the role of the imagination

Feb 10th

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Jan 27th

“…Perhaps the greatest hindrance to our work is our own imagined strength;...”

– James Hudson Taylor

Jan 27th

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Jan 23rd

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curiositycounts: “Economies are made in bedrooms not markets.” Hans Rosling explains the changing shape of the world population with coffee mugs. Also see his illuminating TED talk on how the washing machine sparked the reading revolution.

Jan 22nd

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Jan 22nd

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“From the beginning, when I was watching my children stand mesmerized over...”

– Annie Leibovitz

Jan 7th

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Dec 21st

“Be yourself. Everyone else is already taken.”

– Oscar Wilde

Dec 20th

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Dec 18th

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Dec 16th

“If you think you can or think you cannot, you are correct.”

– Henry Ford

Dec 13th

“In order for connection to happen, we have to allow ourselves to be seen —...”

– Brené Brown

Dec 10th

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Dec 10th

Dec 9th

How might we restore vibrancy in regions facing...

THEME: ENABLE ENTREPRENEURSHIP — Small and local businesses play a vital role in the vibrancy of any community. For cities facing economic decline, it’s imperative to attract entrepreneurs, support local economies, and think creatively about the relationship between businesses and communities. How might we spark opportunities to create and support new businesses and social enterprises...

Dec 9th

Dec 8th

“When Ive talks about Rams designing “surfaces that were without apology, bold,...”

– Jonathan Ive on Dieter Rams

Dec 7th

“Good design is innovative. Good design makes a product useful. Good design is...”

– Dieter Rams

Dec 7th

“Access is better than ownership.”

Dec 7th

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BREAKER – ambitious new project by senior TED Fellow Juliette LaMontagne, aiming to expand the educational experience through a 12-week program that mobilizes interdisciplinary teams of young people ages 18 to 24 to design innovative solutions to big challenges, from the future of the book to urban micro agriculture.

Dec 7th

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