
Welcome to the BIGVIZ, a visual
depiction of the big ideas presented at
TED2008. From February 27th to March
1st, 2008 over 50 leaders in technology,
entertainment and design shared their
ideas, passion and brilliance to an audi-
ence of 1600 in Monterey, California,
and Aspen, Colorado.
This e-book strives to capture the spirit
of the mainstage presentations by repre-
senting the presenters’ ideas in the form
of loose sketches, concept maps and
visualizations.
Our intent is to provide a rich graphic
record of TED. For those fortunate to at-
tend this year’s conference, the BIGVIZ
will hopefully remind you of the central
concepts, big ideas, as well as the little
ones. Our graphic representations are
idiosyncratic, expressive, rather than
objective.