TED TALKS

As a someone who hopes to one day be a designer, being a good thinker, and having solid ideas is pretty key. When I want a good idea, when I want inspiration, looking at art galleries, studying books and browsing through tumblr can only go so far. When I feel like I need to develop a project with substance. This is the place I come to.

One of the reasons I love Youtube. Great ideas, great messages, solid advice. Everyone can take something away from these kinds of videos. Here are some of my absolute favourite TED videos.

Cameron Russell: Looks aren't everything. Believe me I'm a model.

Cameron Russell, talk about societies standard of beauty and how complexity unrealistic it is. She talks about it being a creation, the accumulation of the best stylists, photographers and retouchers the industry has to offer. As if it's all one big lie. She also talks bout the racism in the fashion industry and how non white girls are faced with an uphill battle to get work.

Richard Dawkins: Militant Atheism

Richard Dawkins, a professor at Oxford University and author of the bestselling "The God Delusion" gives a seminar about simply not respecting religion. Throwing it completely out the window and looking at cold hard facts. I'm not sure I agree entirely, but it's certainly an interesting watch that re affirms my beliefs (or lack of beliefs). Looking at religion objectively can only really, truly be done when you don't abide by any.

Brene Brown: The Power of Vulnerability

I loved this one. Berne Brown comes out to share a personal epiphany, the power in being vulnerable. In a very quick summary, she talks about how it's the starting point for us to live happier, better lives. How by being vulnerable we learn to accept and embrace our insecurities, because it's what makes us human. 

Hyeonseo Lee: My Escape from North Korea

It's a sad one, but an important one. Hyeoneso paints us a very sad picture of what's become of North Korea. How the totalitarian regime has impacted not just her life, but the lives of her family and everyone living there. It's story that feels like a good movie, only it's real; it's happening right now.

Steve Johnson: Where good ideas come from

Revoles around the importance of networking and sharing ideas. Communication is the key to deconstructing and reassembling existing ideas, in order to create something new. To innovate. The eureka moment doesn't really exist, it's the accumulation of a lot of time, work and trail and error. Similar ideas and themes (such as 20% time) are brought up in TED's most popular video, see "TED: The puzzle of motivation".