09 March 2009

Paola Antonelli's new column for SEED

Paola Antonelli is the design curator at New York's Museum of Modern Art, and a two-time TEDTalks star, with her TED2007 talk "Treating design as art" and her EG'07 talk "Design and the elastic mind," a preview to the 2008 MOMA show of the same name. Today, SEED magazine premieres her next venture, a monthly column. In the first one, called "Core Principles," she lays out the challenge for designers right now:

Design today has to deal with a timely set of priorities and responsibilities: a concern for the environment, an evolved sense of responsibility toward other human beings, new technical advancements in manufacturing and distribution, new ideas about what constitutes privacy and ownership of things and spaces, the immateriality of new forms of design, the interactivity that many objects allow, and the resurgence of local cultures in response to the global market, to name just a few. Yet all design goes back to the same economy of goals and means, an economy that is also an ecology, and which could become the basis for a strong theory. Design is looking for a unified theory — or maybe just for a theory tout court — for, in spite of its permanence and inevitability, it is still a rather unexplored region of human creativity.

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08 March 2009

4 great talks for International Women's Day

To celebrate March 8, International Women's Day, we suggest these four TEDTalks gems from some amazing speakers -- artists, scientists and economists who think deeply about the role of women.

Author and activist Isabel Allende discusses women, creativity, feminism -- and the power of passionate thinkers and doers:

The former Finance Minister of Nigeria, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, talks about one key opportunity to grow African economies -- by investing in women and the businesses they start:

(For more, watch Jacqueline Novogratz >>)

Scientist Nalini Nadkarni explores the world of the forest canopy -- and shares her findings with the world below, through dance, art and bold partnerships. She's working to inspire the next generation of women scientists:

The wonderful Nellie McKay sings "Mother of Pearl" (with the immortal first line "Feminists don't have a sense of humor") and "If I Had You" from her sparkling set at TED2008:

Find these four and many more astonishing women (including the legendary primatologist Jane Goodall, oceanographers Sylvia Earle and Tierney Thys, games theorist Brenda Laurel, Zipcar inventor Robin Chase ... ) on TED.com >>

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25 November 2008

New book: Women of Design

From design blog Brand New comes word of Women of Design, a new book that celebrates female designers:

In publications, conferences and other public realms, women designers tend to be outnumbered by their male counterparts whose appearances, work and achievements are constantly in the spotlight. Luckily, it’s a reversing trend ...

[The book attempts to] bring full attention to the wonderful work, careers and contributions of women designers, writers, teachers and entrepreneurs around the world.

TEDster Paola Antonelli is among those featured. See sample spreads here.

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15 October 2008

Design and the elastic mind: Paola Antonelli on TED.com

At the EG conference, MOMA design curator Paola Antonelli talks about her groundbreaking show, "Design and the Elastic Mind" -- full of products, concepts and designs that reflect the elastic, multi-tasking, quickly shifting way we think now. Though the physical show has closed, the online home of the exhibit is quite lively and packed with amazement. (Recorded December 2007 in Los Angeles, California. Duration: 17:40.)

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17 January 2008

Porco awarded, Antonelli promoted

TED speaker Paola Antonelli (watch her TED 2007 talk) has been promoted to senior curator of the New York Museum of Modern Art's department of architecture and design. The promotion was announced by MoMA's director Glenn Lowry. Paola is currently preparing "Design and the Elastic Mind", an exhibition on science, design and innovation that will open at MoMA on February 24.

Carolyn Porco, leader of the imaging team for the Cassini space mission to Saturn and the opening speaker at TED 2007 (watch her talk), will be the recipient of this year's Isaac Asimov Science Award, given by American Humanist Association. Porco will receive the award in June in Washington.

To both, congratulations!

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15 January 2008

Design as art: Paola Antonelli on TED.com

Paola Antonelli, design curator at New York's MOMA, wants to spread an appreciation of design, in all shapes and forms -- and to remove any stigma of it being considered mere decoration. She leads a quick tour of some design exhibitions she has organized, including "Mutant Materials," "Workspheres" and "Safe." (Recorded March 2007 in Monterey, California. Duration: 18:11.)

Watch Paola Antonelli's talk on TED.com, where you can download it, rate it, comment on it and find other talks and performances.

Read more about Paola Antonelli on TED.com.

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