Stefan Sagmeister: Yes, design can make you happy
Posted by James on August 6, 2010 · 34 Comments
www.ted.com Graphic designer Stefan Sagmeister takes the audience on a whimsical journey through moments of his life that made him happy — and notes how many of these moments have to do with good design.TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world’s leading thinkers and doers are invited to give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes — including speakers such as Jill Bolte Taylor, Sir Ken Robinson, Hans Rosling, Al Gore and Arthur Benjamin. TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, and Design, and TEDTalks cover these topics as well as science, business, politics and the arts. Watch the Top 10 TEDTalks on TED.com, at http
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Neil deGrasse Tyson presents evidence to counter Intelligent Design and to demonstrate that the universe is often a hostile place that does not give preferential treatment to humans.
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he teaches? where?
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im super late. where do you go to school? I study graphic design as well 🙂
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You have one of the best Designers in the world as your teacher
I’m Austrian too, and because of that, I feel so sorry for his bad english :/
… although, his ideas are GREAT 😉
This is…a felicity consequence! Fascinant!.
remember the…14st Wilker
the “scale” of happiness at 4:09 comes from max scheler’s philosophy.
why is the edo period scroll “A Hundred Ways to Write Happiness” upside down (5:33-5:41)?
1.take ur middle finger and put on ur nose.
2.say a name of someone u like.
3.that person will ask u out or say they love u tomarrow.
4. heres the thing copy and paste to 2 other vids
dnt read this(cuz it really wrks). u will gt kissd on the nearest frieday by the love of ur life. 2mara wll b the bst day of ur life hwever if you dnt post ths comment 2 at least 3 vids u will die withn 2 days… sorry i hate these things
really? thats so sick!
COOL! :oD
Yes, I go to the “Graphische” in Vienna, Austria.
Cool! What school do you go to? Are you studying graphic design?
this guy is AWESOME!!!
Ji Lee.
Good God, it’s my teacher! I didn’t know he was at TED, how cool is that?
Anyone?
does anyone know that song at the beging, if it was a song?
TED makes resets my mood…
Thanks TED!
Just for curiosity Double Happiness its a sport brand. They sell table tennis professional products.
interesting associations .
i’ve liked the signs part :p
happiness -visualization
AHAHAHAA BORNED!? I LOVE IT!
i thought it was capitalism breeds poetry? Maybe i was wrong.
Stefan is the N1
@ScientificSkeptic unless you create another, smaller Dyson Sphere (*inside* the first Dyson Sphere) which occludes the sunshine part of the day for part of the living surface (it could probably have the dual-purpose of shutting out the deadly radiation as well).
If god is real, may he strike me down right now…
…I’m still here.
Science FTW!
That’s not a bad idea. Ever hear of a Dyson sphere? Of course, the problem there is that there is no night, ever.
If I designed the world, I would make it flat. Imagine a spinning plate going around the sun at just the right distance. One side day, the other, night. No more time zones or seasons. No huge zones of extreme hot and cold.
And don’t try to use Pascal’s Wager on me. I’m immune.
But you see all of the horrible things that exist right here on Earth like birth defects and disease which are not the fault of those who they attack. How can a being design a world like this and still be considered both intelligent and benevolent? I mean, if you said we had an intelligent designer who was cruel and hated humans, you’d actually have a decent case to make there. But a test to demonstrate that the intelligent designer is fair and kind? I’m just not seeing that.
We have an Intelligent designer that put us here for a reason. One day we will be able to explore other planets, it wont be mans doing but rather a privilege from God once sin has been wiped off the face of the earth. We are a test to show God is fair. That man is allowed to make up their minds and follow whom they choose. However we are his creation and he has the right to take lives if he so chooses.Don’t choose him and go with the propaganda and you will reap your reward. Is it worth it?
And what do the ‘smart ones’ have to say about it?
Typical blinders. All the things he is complaining about on the human body, take them away and lets see how happy he is. He would be dead. Of course we cannot live in the universe yet. We are not supposed to, maybe that’s why we cant? Nope lets keep the blinders on. Well I’m glad your thoughts of stupid design keep you alive, but i am disappointing you ended up off the short list and got a stupid brain. The smart ones have figured it out.