# Designers -- think big!

- Institution: TED
- Department: TEDGlobal 2009
- Speaker: Tim Brown
- Year: 2009
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Earth and environment, Business and management, History, Art, architecture and design
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/tim_brown_designers_think_big)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Tim Brown says the design profession has a bigger role to play than just creating nifty, fashionable little objects. He calls for a shift to local, collaborative, participatory "design thinking" -- starting with the example of 19th-century design thinker Isambard Kingdom Brunel.

## Lectures

1. [Designers -- think big!](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/tim_brown_designers_think_big/c6797d54a3fc), 17 min (TED's player)