TED Talks on Design Ideas worth Spreading on 28 November 09

I am thankful to attend the TED Talks on Design Ideas worth Spreading at Ngee Ann Kongsi auditorium, Singapore Management University as more than 700 people registered for the event but only 300 participants were selected. Thank you TEDx Singapore! This event was organised by a group of passionate volunteers, the Curatorial teams of TEDx Singapore and TEDxGreen.

During the two hours and a half programme, we were shown 7 videos relating to design talks by leading designers, engineers who aspire to make the world a better place.

I am most impressed with the TED talk, Design with Passionate Anger by Michael Pritchard. He channelled his anger and frustration with lack of clean water in the developing world and the inefficiency of aid agencies to create a Lifesaver purification water bottle. The Lifesaver bottle helps to solve the problem of being forced to drink unsafe water. Using cutting-edge nanotechnology, he designed the lifesaver water bottle which sterilised water and filtered virus as small as 25nm.



Another talk that I like is Biomimicry in Action by Janine Benyus. She advised inventors to observe nature first when solving a design problem. In the talk, she showed examples of existing products such as the aerodynamic, solar-powered designs that take their cue from nature.


Although TED stands for Technology, Entertaining and Design, Singapore TEDx has its own interpretation; Thinkers & Especially Doers.

For more information, visit www.ted.com