Hans Rosling: 200 Countries – 200 Years

Posted on December 9th, 2010 in All Videos,Leaders,Quickies,Society

5 minutes

Hans Rosling, famous for his lectures which explore enormous amounts of public data and presents it in a storytelling fashion, presents data on 200 countries in 200 years. Weatherman and sports commentators can step aside as Hans presentation style is both exciting and engaging and for the first time steps it up with the use of augmented reality. In this video Hans shares the story 200 countries have moved from being poor with low life expectancy to wealthy and high life expectancy using over 120,000 data points in the process.


BBC Documentary Series: Genius of Design

Posted on June 11th, 2010 in All Videos,Design

59 minutes

Genius of Design, a TV series appearing on BBC2 in the UK, focuses on all thing industrial design. Episode 1 of the five part series focuses on the evolution of industrial design throughout history and the move from craftsmanship to industrialization and consumerism. Guest appearances include Ford’s global head of design J Mays, and legendary designer Dieter Rams.

If you look at the customer… go into the customer’s home as an example, and you will see who they are. See that same customer driving around in their car, and that is who they want to be.
- J Mays, Global Head of Design at Ford