Aarni's personal notes on design
I found this video presentation of Changing Education Paradigms thanks to Outi Lammi (@outilammi on Twitter).
This animate was adapted from a talk given at the RSA by Sir Ken Robinson, world-renowned education and creativity expert and recipient of the RSA's Benjamin Franklin award.
Legendary designer Philippe Starck gave a very personal TED presentation without any slides in 2007. He starts with a bold claim, "I think my job is absolutely useless. I mean, I feel useless."
He continues by painting a view of our evolution. We are now half way between the first living organisms and the end of our sun.
"Because we have almost finished, I’ll repeat this story. And the beauty of this: in perhaps fifty years, sixty years, we can finish completely this civilization, and offer to our children the possibility to invent a new story, a new poetry, a new romanticism. With billions of people who have been born, worked, lived, and died before us, these people who have worked so much, we have now bring beautiful things, beautiful gifts, we know so many things. We can say to our children, OK, done, that was our story. That passed. Now you have a duty. Invent a new story. Invent a new poetry. The only rule is, we have not to have any idea about the next story. We give you white pages. Invent. We give you the best tools, the best tools, and now, do it. That’s why I continue to work, even if it’s for toilet brush."
I like to use photographs in my PowerPoint or Keynote presentations. Good photos evoke emotions.
Choosing photographs for your presentation is not an easy task. Best photos communicate your idea clearly and at the same time offer a slightly intriguing perspective. Poor photos are self-evident and unoriginal.
Here are examples of stock photos that I cannot recommend:
These conceptual photos were perhaps once original. Due to overuse they are now just tiresome.
Photo: iStockphoto
P.S. Even if this particular type of photo is on my list I like iStockphoto very much!
