Ideas Worth Doing - Book launch conversations

Ideas Worth Doing: 15 conversation events featuring >20 Global TED and TEDx speakers including the founder of TED, Chief Creative Officer IDEO, founder of The Lonely Planet, architects, adventurers, actors, designers, poets, live-looper, etc

Series 1: Understanding, an exploration with Richard Saul Wurman, founder of TED, Eames Demetrios Director of Eames Office and Dave Lim on Fri 6 Nov, 2020

Series 2: Design IdeasWorthDoing explorations inspired by the late Dr. Milton Tan, founding director of Design Singapore, held in partnership with Design Singapore Council and National Design Centre.

Where Do Ideas Come From? Past, Present, Future with Eames Demetrios, grandson of design legends Charles and Ray Eames, Mark Wee exec director of Design Singapore, Ryan Tan founder of OuterEdit, and Tiffany Loy textile artist. Thurs 22 Oct, 2020
How to Build Idea and Creative Cities with Paul Bennett Chief Creative Office of IDEO, Richard Hassell founding director of WOHA architects, Ziqq Rafit of Design Says Hello, and Mark Wee of Design Singapore. Thurs 29 Oct, 2020.

Series 3: IdeasWorthDoing Power of Language and Literature

The Intimacy of Singlish exploration with TEDx speaker writer-poet Dr. Gwee Li Sui and linguistic nerd and Singlish fan Alyssa Loo. Wed 28 Oct, 2020.
Calls & Responses in a time of Covid TEDxSingapore speakers and poets Dr. Gwee Li Sui and Zakir Hossain Khokan explore the stories and journeys of migrant and local poetry, writing, and initiatives. Sun 1 Nov, 2020.

Series 3: IdeasWorthDoing Books and Knowledge

The Art and Science of Book Design with veteran book designer Kelley Cheng and global TED speaker Eames Demetrios explored the fascinating and compelling art and science of designing books. 7 Nov, 2020.
What is the Future of Books, Bookstores, and Ideas Worth Spreading? Singapore's book industry veterans Kenny Chan and Hoe Fang in conversation with next Generation Zer Alyssa Loo to explore the future of how we share and spread ideas and stories. Thur 12 Nov, 2020.

Series 4: IdeasWorthDoing Planet and Places

Are we now really a Lonely Planet? Join Tony Wheeler co-founder Lonely Planet to explore this pertinent question, and find out the story of how Lonely Planet was written in Singapore in the '70s. Sat 14 Nov 2020
The Intimacy of our Imaginations and Imaginary Places Join global TED and multi TEDxSingapore speaker Eames Demetrios to explore the power of our imagination and imaginary places like the parallel world of Kcymaerxthaere with 142 physical sites around the planet, Sat 21 Nov, 2020

Series 5: IdeasWorthDoing Our adventures!

Humans of Singapore What does being Singaporean mean, how is it evolving? and does what it means to be a Human in Singapore? Join photo-storyteller and TEDx speaker Zakaria Zainal, All Things Bukit Brown founder and TEDx speaker Claire Leow for a fascinating conversation and exploration of who we are and the stories we tell ourselves. Thurs 26 Nov, 2020.
Being a Pioneer, Provocateur, Possibilist How can we find and realise the powerful purpose and possibilities that lie within ourselves? Join actor Lim Yu-beng, global live looper and TEDx musician, Randolf Arriola, and All Women's Everest team and TEDx speaker Esther Tan in conversation on Thurs 3 Dec, 2020.

27 chapters and writers : 7 Global TED speakers , 20 TEDxSingapore speakers across professions: Architect, Archeologist, Artist, Conservationist, Designer, Doctor, Domestic worker, Educator, Entrepreneur, Geopolitical analyst, Impact investor, Inventor, Innovator, Marine biologist, Musician, Photographer, Poet, Social entrepreneur, Writer.

Want a sneak peek? Browse over 40 pages and read first chapter, download here

The late Hans Rosling, global health expert and TED speaker People are interesting, numbers are boring
The late Milton Tan, design pioneer Where do ideas come from?
Tony Wheeler, co-founder Lonely Planet Writing big dreams in Jalan Besar
Kishore Mahbubani, geopolitical expert and TED speaker How can the West adapt to a rising Asia?
Melissa Kwee, social champion The quest for belonging
Benjamin Kheng, artiste Storyteller
Gwee Li Swee, writer-poet I speak Singlish, can?
Tong Yee, social capitalist and educator Trust, faith, teaching and learning

- - Eames Demetrios, Geographer-at-large and TED speaker Tales of Kcymaerxthaere
  - Aaron Maniam, polymath and TED speaker Grow into the stories we tell ourselves
  - Alvin Pang, poet and writer What gives us our names: Passion, Purpose, Community
  - Zakir Hossain Khokhon, poet Writing poetry is like building a house
  - The late Teresa Hsu when she was 113 years young 'Ha ha’ is better than ‘Sng sng’
  - Kelley Cheng, designer You will not meet a tall, dark and handsome stranger

- - Randolf Arriola, global live-looper The other road, taken
  - Zakaria Zainal, photographer and storyteller Singaporean, but not by NRIC alone
  - Bob Lee, photographer How I taught photography to the visually-impaired
  - Esther Tan, All-Women’s Everest team The unlikely mountaineer
  - Neo Mei Lin, marine biologist and TED Fellow Singapore got marine life, meh?
  - Lian Pin Koh, conservationist and TED speaker Dreams to drones
  - Michael Sng, toymaker and TED speaker To be, or not to be a creator?

- - Esther Wang, designprenuer Compassion, courage and commitment
  - Masami Sato, social entrepreneur Discovering the true power of small
  - Nilushika Jayaweera, social champion Bit by bit, drop by drop
  - Laina Ravendran Greene, impact investor Angels of impact
  - Noel Hildalgo Tan, archeologist Learning how to see
  - Dave Lim, founder Passion, people, purpose, possibilities & The story of TEDxSingapore

Limited print of 1,800 copies only, celebrating the 10th Birthday of TEDxSingapore.

Illustrated on every page, 326 illustrations and 90 full-colour photos
210 pages, size W195mm x H250mm (similar to Monocle)
All proceeds go towards cost recovery of the book, and directly supports the Migrant Workers Library and OneBagOneBook founded by Zakir Hussain Khokan, TEDxSingapore speaker and chapter author.

Want a sneak peek? Browse over 40 pages, and read first chapter, download here

what is your idea worth doing?
ideas + dream + share + grow

we are possibilists, we are pioneers
our purpose, passion, and work
who is dave?