In my last post I mentioned a TED video by Stefan Sagmeister -- assuming that everyone had heard of TED before. My bad.
TED : Ideas Worth Spreading
TED is a group of invite-only individuals that get together annually to spread their most important ideas -- each in an 18 minute talk. The website archives the majority of lectures and presentations in video format where you can view them for free.
Not all of the videos are related to visual culture, but a fair amount of them are. All of the talks are worth checking out though.
- Marc R.
On an unrelated sidenote, here is a great little spot a friend showed me:
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I personally have found these TED videos extremley insightfull, thought provoking and I feel better about the world of art and design and its contributions to society when i watch these creatives speak passionatley about their works in relation to our overall culture.
-marnie leah
Here's a extremely interesting speech where Richard Dawkins (notable evolutionist biologist) points out just how weird reality might be.
It's a very stirring video.
http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/view/id/98
~Rachel R
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