Marisa Fick-Jordan: Marisa Fick-Jordan Shares the Wonder of Zulu Wire Art
June 1, 2007 (almost 17 years ago)In this speech, Fick-Jordan tells us how veering toward the contemporary side of art helped weavers from an African community.
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Chris Bangle: Great Cars are Art
February 1, 2002 (over 22 years ago)Art, love and trust mingle as Chris Bangle shares the story of how his team of designers and engineers came up with ideas for BMW's next big thing.
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Robert Lang: Robert Lang Folds Way-New Origami
February 1, 2008 (over 16 years ago)Robert Lang shows how origami has evolved from simply having aesthetic value to having scientific and mathematical worth.
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Nalini Nadkarni: Life Science in Prison
February 1, 2010 (over 14 years ago)In this talk, Ecologist Nalini Nadkarni provides a comparison between trees and prisons. She argues that both these entities are not entirely static. She shows us her project that helps our prisons become more dynamic, like the painting of trees.
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Tom Shannon: The Painter and the Pendulum
May 1, 2009 (about 15 years ago)Tom Shannon talks about how the universe and the orbits inspire his artwork.
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Bill Strickland: Bill Strickland Makes Change With a Slide Show
February 1, 2002 (over 22 years ago)Bill Strickland shows his center in Pittsburgh that caters world-class education and livelihood projects for poor children and welfare mothers in the inner city.
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Raghava KK: Five Lives of an Artist
February 1, 2010 (over 14 years ago)In this thoroughly enjoyable talk, artist Raghava KK tells us about his life and his art. He narrates how various reincarnations, of being born again has defined his life and his art in very meaningful ways.
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Luca Turin: The Science of Scent
February 1, 2005 (over 19 years ago)In this aromatic talk, Biophysicist Luca Turin tells us about the science of scent. He teaches us how our noses work and tells us what fragrances are made of. Using his theory on scent, he now is able to find smells much faster and more economically,
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Alwar Balasubramaniam: Art of Substance and Absence
November 1, 2009 (over 14 years ago)Artist Alwar Balasubramaniam speaks about the inspiration of his art and the exploration of human perception through sculpture and art.
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Lakshmi Pratury: On Letter-Writing
March 1, 2007 (about 17 years ago)In this short but moving talk, Lakshmi Pratury tells us about the lost art of letter-writing. She narrates how her father, in the last two years before he died, filled a notebook with his thoughts of her. She asks us to consider leaving our children a valuable legacy by reviving this disappearing...
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