The Power of Design

TED Radio Hour

NPR

Social Sciences, Society & Culture, Science, Technology

4.4 • 21.3K Ratings

🗓️ 8 September 2017

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

Design is all around us, but much of it could be better, bolder, more elegant. This episode, TED speakers on the essence of good design in buildings, brands, the digital realm and the natural world. Guests include computer engineer Tony Fadell, architect Marc Kushner, Airbnb co-founder Joe Gebbia, design critic Alice Rawsthorn, and science writer Janine Benyus. (Original broadcast date: May 20, 2016)

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0:00.0	Hey, it's Guy here. Just want to let you know that today's episode originally aired in May of 2016.
0:06.2	It's called the Power of Design, and it's all about how design has a huge influence on our lives.
0:12.4	Even when we want to peel a little sticker off the fruit, you know, you dig your fingernail in it, and it's super annoying.
0:19.5	Well, you will find out why that happened. So, take a listen.
0:24.8	This is the Ted Radio Hour.
0:30.8	Each week, groundbreaking Ted Talks. Ted Talks. Ted. Ted. Technology. Entertainment. Design. Design.
0:37.7	Is that really what's 10 for us? I'm never known that it delivered at Ted conferences around the world.
0:42.1	It's the gift of the human imagination. We've had to believe in impossible things.
0:46.3	The true nature of reality beckons from just beyond those talks, those ideas adapted for radio.
0:56.4	From NPR.
1:00.9	I'm Guy Razz.
1:02.8	To Tony, can I tell you something that totally drives me crazy?
1:07.2	Sure.
1:08.0	So, you know what you get to join a conference call from your smartphone?
1:12.8	No.
1:13.6	You've got to dial the number on your phone.
1:15.9	Welcome.
1:17.3	And then flip back.
1:18.4	Please enter your reading idea or audio to that screen to get the conference code.
1:22.5	Invalid entry.
1:23.6	And then you flip back and then you lose all the codes.
1:26.3	You have entered Invalid Meeting credential.
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