David Carson: Design, discovery and humor

http://www.ted.com Great design is a never-ending journey of discovery -- for which it helps to pack a healthy sense of humor. Sociologist and surfer-turned-designer David Carson walks through a gorgeous (and often quite funny) slide deck of his work and found images.

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[Azuboi]

that was a great talk, i loved every moment, he has such great ideas, a great eye for design, and what a great talker! (the car parking note was just class, so funny!) i think there is no doubt he is one of the greatest designers out there! would love to meet him some day!

[Mrmoc7]

I don't think you're reading what I'm saying carefully. I'm not implying that our simulation techniques haven't improved, but rather, allowing for the fact that not everything can be simulated, and no new plane will be market worthy until it has REAL world flight data to back it up. This is where test pilots come in.

[samala51]

Wonderful concepts and well put. Thanks for yet another great TED talk!

[lacrahuntington]

First time I see a commercial after a video and not at the beginning. That is so great.

If you want to see the commercial or not is up to you. that way you do not end up Hating the product or service advertised. Sorry 4 the off topic. BTW Carson is a MAESTRO!

[Secretary0b0]

you mad

[PNHassett]

A lot of you designers came from Art Center College of Design. Your instructors were assholes. I'm surprised if most designers can see fun in anything after going through an art school cult with militaristic mannerisms. Carson didn't go to art school, which proves most of design is about stroking people.

[fullboxxskater]

his designs look unattractive and not appealing-but that may be because it was 2003

[CarlosMendoification]

In everything we do,we shouldn't take it seriously. It's nice if we could have some fun while doing the job or doing the work.

[Dave Reid]

We're designers. How could we ever afford a Rolex?

[Allah Awakba]

The advertiserz and teh ones in control of people magazine were basically making fun of the shit that went down on 9/11. Its plain to see, or were they rally not giving a fuck.Who knows but he was right and was obviously exposing some of that narrative.

[nextmarvel]

brilliant

[HGRKzk]

This is as entertaining as it is informative. Now that's inspiring.