Debbie Millman: How symbols and brands shape our humanity | TED

"Branding is the profound manifestation of the human spirit," says designer and podcaster Debbie Millman. In a historical odyssey that she illustrated herself, Millman traces the evolution of branding, from cave paintings to flags to beer labels and beyond. She explores the power of symbols to unite people, beginning with prehistoric communities who used them to represent beliefs and identify affiliations to modern companies that adopt logos and trademarks to market their products -- and explains how branding reflects the state of humanity.

[ApplicoInc]

Fascinating take at 9:47 looking at the evolution of human behavior around brands/symbols and going a level deeper than the typical narrative we've all endlessly heard about advertising and corporations. "The condition of branding has always reflected the condition of our culture" 🤔 🙏. Great talk! 💯

[cjoyceheart]

Thank you. I have a background studying World religion and an aspiring Designer. And I love this...Thank you for sharing the connection.

[ApoorvaBhoge]

Swastika is A major Civilizational Hindu Symbol which is actually "OM" symbol drawn in all Four Directions. OM is referenced to name of The Eternal Ubiquitous Power which is known as "Eshwar"(Eshwar is not the same as in other beliefs like 'God' or 'Allah' which is manifested as if "someONE" sitting in sky who will forgive).
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Swastika comes from Sanskrit word Swasti meaning source of All Happiness and Prosperity. And source of happiness and solution of all problems in Life comes from Knowledge. And knowledge comes by Discarding Superstitions, myths and pseudo knowledge.
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With Knowledge, you won't have any "Dosha", if there is no Dosha, you won't have "Pravritti", if there is no Pravritti, there is no "Dukha" and if there is no Dukha, you'll have "Moksh"(lookup these terms)
There is such deep meaning imbibed in that symbol which is 1000's of years old and all it took was a dictator less than 70 years ago to change its meaning and perception.

[syedejabali]

i like the way the branding was described from big bang to present. really love it

[schwimdandy]

This video was the first time I've ever seen the hat.

[mustafakayikci]

..beautiful preparation and even ideal presentation of that..i appreciate your contribution ma'am..

[OValger]

An interesting and valuable talk, if a little bit hard to listen (too much emphasis literally in every sentence).
However, I'm afraid as majority of American-born speakers, this speaker again uses "universally recognized" instead of "recognized in the US and Europe". Unfortunately, the majority of the world population has never heard of the hat at all.

[Fogaata]

Didn't expect such an angle of delivery on a political message.

[prashantrawat]

I listened to this talk in Ted Talks Daily Podcast earlier. This is a great one. So informative. And Debbie Millman elaborated it in a great way

[chechoandchecho]

Inspiring talk. 100% admiration for Debbie Millman

[cjoyceheart]

12:03

"Our greatest innovations are the creation of brands that can make a difference in our lives, and reflect the kind of world that we want to live in." <3

[VickyHantari]

A great talk which discussing a shift of branding in the era of capitalism

[MyTubeUtoo]

"Signs and symbols rule the world, not words nor laws." - Confucius   We see *much* occult symbolism in the logos of big corporations, and on one national flag, that I won't mention. People go through life mostly oblivious to everything around them, even the evil symbolism.

[chaeju]

So to sum up branding has became not only a tool for capitalism but is the profound manifestation of the human spirit, it showed how the internet could provide and amplify messages and how the people could use their democratic power efficiently.

Brands are being pushed up by people for the sole purpose of changing the world and making it a better place

[HoduAphrodite]

Problem is when corporations come to brands done by people and they make a whole system to gain money from it without caring about the context. Because money is power, unfortunately

[herdiyantomirror]

what a great presentation. From A to Z in why and purposes...Its help me a lot to spread the kindness of brand and branding. Brand meaning nowadays comes to be more purity. Thank you Debbie M

[BATMAN]

Wow, who knew (not me😀) This is a fabulous video I love learning. Thank you for sharing 👍

[ayamahmoud]

well, I am a muslim one and i declare that what u called Hand of Fatima does NOt represent anything in ISLAM.

[PowerfulU]

This is so interesting. I enjoyed this talk.

[Kobiejohnson]

I learned more from this video than I expected lmao