Mike Kinney: A pro wrestler's guide to confidence
You are more than you think you are, says former pro wrestler Mike Kinney -- you just have to find what makes you unique and use it to your advantage. For years Kinney "turned up" the parts of himself that made him special as he invented and perfected his wrestling persona, Cowboy Gator Magraw. In a talk equal parts funny and smart, he brings hi...
Maggie Kane: Food for Thought, Choice and Dignity
Mac Gagné: Stories and Simulations: A Living Proof
Join aspiring mathematical game theorist and pulp fiction writer Mac Gagné as she explores the deep-seeded human need for escapism. Straddling fields of mathematical modeling and storytelling, Gagné’s work connects the two discipline’s shared desire to escape from reality into stories and simulations. In exploring this intersection, she implores...
COlm Mac Con Iomaire: Music Roots
Colm Mac Con Iomaire grew up in Dublin in an Irish-speaking household, with a close connection to Galway’s Connemara Gaeltacht. Music was always part of his life, from sean nós singing to classical piano. These contrasting languages, places and music styles have left a mark on the fiddle player’s musical style playing with both rock bands and co...
Meag-gan Ann O'Reilly: Enough is Enough: The Power of Your Inherent Value
If you have ever quietly wondered to yourself “Am I enough?” this talk is for you. That insatiable drive toward status, successes, beauty, and achievement may stem from a conditional valuing system toward yourself that impedes your experience of your inherent value. Stanford Psychologist Meag-gan O’Reilly offers a powerful reminder informed by a...
Ken Miki: デザインの学び方/How to learn design
グラフィックデザイナー。三木さん グラフィックデザイナーであり、大阪芸術大学教授でもある三木健さん。 「気づきに気づく」をコンセプトにしたデザインを学ぶ教育プログラム「APPLE」を開発。その開発に至るまでのプロセスや実際に授業で教えている内容の一部を紹介。 なぜりんごなのか、そして世界中の誰もが知っているりんごを通して「デザインとは何か?」を語る。りんごを通して私たちが学べることは何だろうか。 Mr.Miki Ken is a graphic design and professor at Osaka University of Arts. He has developed an educational program called ”APPLE” to teach desig...