How to design a library that makes kids want to read

How to design a library that makes kids want to read | Michael Bierut

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7 жыл бұрын

When Michael Bierut was tapped to design a logo for public school libraries, he had no idea he was embarking on a years-long passion project. In this often hilarious talk, he recalls his obsessive quest to bring energy, learning, art and graphics into these magical spaces where school librarians can inspire new generations of readers and thinkers.
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@44043495 6 жыл бұрын

I am 64 years old, I will start my PHd within few months. My thesis will be “teaching children age 5-9 all about business“. I think this video will be big help for me. My daughter is an architect, I sent her a copy of this great video.

@cheesecakelasagna 6 жыл бұрын

ah, I like how you're creating a ripple effect!

@ajdhjaoakdn2ndgoogleaccoun929 5 жыл бұрын

A copy. Of a video. Right...

@tinathompson1129 4 жыл бұрын

Good luck with your PhD.

@SulemanKhan008 4 ай бұрын

Sir is your phd completed?

@edgarortiz1366 7 жыл бұрын

A wonderful ted talk for young designers. To remind us that the work we do shouldnt be based around our portfolio or "cleverness". And its also nice to see that the celebrities of design like michael beirut dont always get it right on the first try either.

@Aritul 6 жыл бұрын

Edgar Ortiz. I agree.

@cheesecakelasagna 6 жыл бұрын

yes, functionality over cleverness. general people should get the gist, the purpose/meaning instantly.

@pepsicoke4080 5 жыл бұрын

Michael's blog posted a digitized "Adam Lanza"'s face on a body, playing dance-dance revolution, to try to prove that SandyH00K's not a hoax.

@eylemozkaramanli7332 Жыл бұрын

Working on a school library project now and somehow bumped to this video! made me cry, thank you thank you thank you.... Such an inspiration and showed/reminded me that as a community we can make this happen if we put our super-powers together.... We just need to care, and let the profeccionals do their work... in this example, let the librarians do their magic together with the kids, just give them a much needed inspirational space and resources and watch what happens !...

@hiddengemsliteraryemporium 3 ай бұрын

So are we!! We could really use your help! We are building a library for a middle school who has not had one for over 20 years!

@Ahrysa 10 ай бұрын

its so cool how the concept kept growing from that initial photo set. The end results all look amazing, I wish we had more libraries like these.

@nadhervina 7 жыл бұрын

wow this is amazing. I'm soon-to-be librarian and kinda sad how the library was look like but you did a great thing. this is so inspiring♡

@moodi422 7 жыл бұрын

Nadiah Istiqomah Good luck Nadiah, hope you find being a librarian fun and interesting.

@tinycandypanda 7 жыл бұрын

It was my dream to become a librarian until I discovered how much of a drama queen I was. Now pursuing drama therapy. Kudos for sticking up for books and quiet reading time

@cheesecake4648 6 жыл бұрын

I'm almost a librarian myself!

@cassielewis7864 4 жыл бұрын

when he's talking about the librarian reminding herself why she comes to work (around 11:25) you can hear that his voice almost wavers with emotion

@MrJacobPhoenix 7 жыл бұрын

But when will Ted actually talk?

@peterfalconer 5 жыл бұрын

Phoenix El Classifico Spelaren I don’t know, but I heard MySpace Tom might make an appearance. 😆

@benjaminsmith5862 7 жыл бұрын

The way he speaks makes me feel breathless.

@jamesmedalla7043 Жыл бұрын

I have a Library at School which is based on old-timey Philippine Houses from where I live. They have a fair amount of books and have lots of plants and its so calming to read there. Though most of my classmates only go there to play chess but still I like my Library very much!

@Silverspecks 7 жыл бұрын

I thought this was going to be about a method of organizing books that's easier to navigate than the Dewey Decimal System.

@darkmist977 7 жыл бұрын

No just call it a MMORPG and they will read crazy endless walls of text

@MrC0MPUT3R 7 жыл бұрын

This is why I feel like everyone who's done edutainment games were morons. There's so much potential in them!

@tinycandypanda 7 жыл бұрын

Now I won't say education games are moronic. I played my fair share of mmorpg AND was an avid fan of jump start as a kid. I mean, when I had less language skills I really enjoyed the stories in jump start, and the hard quests (some of them include art / world history too at primary school levels - some of which are things I still use in my BA degree!) super engaging. Meanwhile, as I grew older I started to tend towards mmorpg and appreciating the story arcs, the clever puzzles and quest obsessions. I think education games are very useful to opening up a child's mind to newer, difficult ideas.

@QuietDuplicity 7 жыл бұрын

That was true years ago, now most players just follow the quest marker on the hud or minimap, reading quest text is a last ditch effort when they still can't figure out what to do. Many players will even ask in chat before reading the quest text they are that lazy.

@theamici 6 жыл бұрын

same here!

@mateuszkubala1800 6 жыл бұрын

Brownninja97 i

@brendarua01 7 жыл бұрын

What a wonderful story! Thank you, TED, for sharing.

@44043495 6 жыл бұрын

I believe that you can learn anything if you make it playful.

@-katthebooknerd-3714 5 жыл бұрын

Yea kids need schools that make kids excited to learn

@MegOkuraJazz 7 жыл бұрын

BEAUT!FUL

@Aritul 6 жыл бұрын

ReasonLogicJazz. ☺

@DuluthTW 7 жыл бұрын

I love the green library. This was a great topic. Thanks for sharing!

@apeshitclothing 7 жыл бұрын

Reading is fundamental

@kulik03 7 жыл бұрын

nope

@talhatariqyuluqatdis 7 жыл бұрын

kulik03 ?

@rajarsheegupta591 3 жыл бұрын

Most significant. Feeling hopeful about young learners after listening to this talk.

@justmashpodcastnetwork3512 7 жыл бұрын

My friend and I talked about the TED and KZfaq combo on our podcast, the two platforms have helped educate people in ways that never would have been possible beforehand

@AnthonyHaux 7 жыл бұрын

I love this channel! almost all of the videos u guys make r so self inspiring!

@cheesecakelasagna 6 жыл бұрын

Inspiring indeed! Functionality over cleverness. General people should get the gist, the purpose/meaning instantly.

@rashadjaveed274 Ай бұрын

A great idea and execution to fruition in a simple and brief talk appears to be very interesting and inspiring to me. I will try to mimmic these things into our school library soon. Thank You!

@laksamee4637 6 жыл бұрын

thanks!!! this makes me feeling better every day

@renishghetiya901 9 ай бұрын

Wonderful session on how to design a library that makes kids want to read

@anweshabhattacharya8808 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the interesting talk on making libraries more attractive.

@AVIJITDAS-ty4ki 3 жыл бұрын

thank you sir for your outstanding speech.

@MrSageCurtis 7 жыл бұрын

These are the talks I like listening to.

@s.a.l2919 3 жыл бұрын

Indeed an enriching and enlightening session

@nishantpandya1988 3 жыл бұрын

We have to make our students visit the library. Nice inspiring talk.

@bhaginapatel4264 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you sir for outstanding speech

@janellecox-douglas1725 6 жыл бұрын

I wanna hug this guy omg! Am really inspired 😍

@dr.vijaypatil848 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the interesting talk on making libraries more attractive

@alkagawas87 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing knowledge.

@incognitoriaanonymousita 6 жыл бұрын

I love TED talks!

@goutampahari4820 3 жыл бұрын

Wonderful talk. Everyone should listen it carefully.

@jigneshkumarlimbachiya8282 3 жыл бұрын

Man I wish Libraries were called the Owl. That's so badass. I love it

@kd1s 7 жыл бұрын

Well when I was in school, the school library was well stocked. But my favorite was the Public Library. I could get lost in the stacks reading all sorts of programming, technical and other books.

@dr.amalendusamanta 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for such wonderful lecture

@allabouttruth8865 5 жыл бұрын

it is great idea....tanks for your presentation ...if we take this idea ...it is going to blow our mind...

@CommanderBR 7 жыл бұрын

Amazing transformation.

@JessicaGeorge9674 6 жыл бұрын

Amazing work!

@caringlovetv6998 Жыл бұрын

Love the topic!

@LanceWinslow 7 жыл бұрын

EXCELLENT! WELL DONE!

@rupanbaro5849 3 жыл бұрын

Very interesting session. Its amazing design.

@dr.swetadesai546 3 жыл бұрын

Very good ideas about library which makes kids to develop intreset in reading.

@nagbhushanagoudp628 3 жыл бұрын

amazing design. Very interesting session

@Aritul 6 жыл бұрын

One of the neatest videos I've watched today.

@sheliya2357 2 жыл бұрын

What a wonderful story ❤

@ShaudaySmith 7 жыл бұрын

i'm surprised this is a Ted talk... and not a TedxTalk... this talk was so anecdotal that it wasn't about anything in particular. Official TED talks share ideas, concepts, possible solutions to certain problems. This was just a guy talking about a thing he had to do... and honestly, after he created the logo he didn't sound all the vested in the project but here you see him patting himself on the back for the whole endeavour. This is huge charity organization called him up to donate a logo and he did... good job bro..they asked him if he knew anyone that could help design/decorate the interiors, he gave them his wife's contact number and the names of some other artists.... good job bro.

@pjauthur9869 7 жыл бұрын

love this

@coralday2009 5 жыл бұрын

I Love this, clever man!

@harshitkothari4102 3 жыл бұрын

Good lecture on library decoration!

@Firmus777 7 жыл бұрын

This guy looks like a sitcom character. There is just something Raymondy (or is it Seinfeldy) about him.

@ShaudaySmith 7 жыл бұрын

I see it! Maybe it's because he's from New York? Seinfeld takes place in New York and Everybody Loves Raymond takes place in Long Island.. and that observatory almost apathetic way of talking about things that he didn't do while patting himself on the back for the things he thought he did well... New York-ish..lol

@SurrealKangaroo12 6 жыл бұрын

I was thinking the same thing.

@Mithhi03 3 жыл бұрын

Wonderful talk.. great initiative

@ijayita 3 жыл бұрын

Nice speech.Thank you.

@chandreshkharadi5767 9 ай бұрын

Nicely explained with a great story

@scaltheceiling 7 жыл бұрын

I WISHED OUR LIBRARIES LOOKED LIKE THAT!!!

@rakeshmakwana950 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Informative session on library

@apurbamandal4102 2 жыл бұрын

Informative information Thank you sir🙏

@jigneshraval9673 3 жыл бұрын

Good to know about necessary information.

@misaxo Жыл бұрын

love this!

@Syphorce 7 жыл бұрын

This is so underrated. I hope I can do some inspiring work like this...and make money lol

@shamprasadvarijaraghu6878 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this nice information.

@amitapatel2822 3 жыл бұрын

A very good session to design the library.

@dinbandhuprajapati3885 3 жыл бұрын

Its really interesting to decorated library.thank you

@bhawanamanekar46 3 жыл бұрын

Fantastic way of designing library

@Spekopoulos Жыл бұрын

What a great storyteller.

@ibrahimtwahirkilagwa653 2 жыл бұрын

Wonderful talk. it really enlighten me

@vishnuhadal2704 3 жыл бұрын

Very nice lecture thank you.

@jigneshpurabiya379 2 жыл бұрын

very interesting lecture and such a new concept

@LazlowRave 7 жыл бұрын

I'm a 30 year old kid who still reads Goosebumps like I'm winning the Pizza Hut Book It program.

@Sa_natan 3 жыл бұрын

Informative session

@sejalpatel1025 3 жыл бұрын

Wonderful lecture

@avinashkudva8592 3 жыл бұрын

Nice TED talk on designing a library

@dr.manojl.chaudhari2622 3 жыл бұрын

Very useful information 🙏

@user-jr4oo4bl8h 7 жыл бұрын

ted vedios r changing my life

@janakprajapati5119 3 жыл бұрын

Very informative 🙏🏻

@DrMANISHBRAVAL 3 жыл бұрын

Superb session.

@lt.r.b.chaudhary4328 3 жыл бұрын

Really informative session on library

@juthikabiswakarma 3 жыл бұрын

Wonderful talk.

@raghupatel5573 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much

@hasinasikdar8783 3 жыл бұрын

Thank your for this information

@RafaelSantos-xl1ut 6 жыл бұрын

I'M AMAZED!!! :o

@binitadevi1370 3 жыл бұрын

Very important discussion.

@incognitoriaanonymousita 2 жыл бұрын

Beautiful

@sannitabell 7 жыл бұрын

This is so cool!!

@dilshadpatel6872 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you.

@tinathompson1129 4 жыл бұрын

Librarians and teachers really put their heart in soul into their work. They deserve the same as these business people. They keep our society a float not business men.