Are mushrooms the new plastic? Latest TED talk…

Here is the latest TED talk for your enjoyment.
Product designer Eben Bayer reveals his recipe for a new, fungus-based packaging material that protects fragile stuff like furniture, plasma screens — and the environment.

Frank Gehry asks “Then what?”

I would like to bring you a range of interesting and relevant talks from the people at TED, who are devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading. TED started out (in 1984) as a conference bringing together people from three worlds: Technology, Entertainment, Design. Since then its scope has become ever broader covering additional areas such as business, IT, and science. The website is a forum for sharing the presentations of experts from all of these fields and the commentary can be considered useful for enthusiasts, students, researchers and academics alike.

 To get the ball rolling I will start with a very interesting video talk between Richard Saul Wurman and architect Frank Gehry, who shares his take on the power of failure, his recent buildings, and the all-important “Then what?” factor.

“A living legend, Frank Gehry has forged his own language of architecture, creating astonishing buildings all over the world, such as the Guggenheim in Bilbao, the Walt Disney Concert Hall in LA, and Manhattan’s new IAC building.”   www.ted.com