Glasses were originally created to overcome physical obstacles, but Debbie Millman, host of "Design Matters," shares how they turned into a fashion statement.
Small Thing Big Idea, a TED original series, celebrates the lasting genius of everyday objects so perfectly designed that they changed the world around them. (Made possible with the support of The North Face)
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You know you’re an Anime Protagonist
when you fix your Eye Glasses and it shines
i have the uv and blue-light protection thing on my glasses so they shine… in purple or blue
20/20 vision in 2020 lol
except it’s not noted “20/20” either than “10/10 and 10/10″ but ”10 – 10” (first your score out of ten for your left eye then your score out of ten for your right eye)
@Simon Masset You remind me of smokey from friday counting money back to big worm lol.
https://youtu.be/yteMOI27YDo
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Excellent and enjoyable quick review of the history of eyewear!
I’m 16 and I rely on my glasses to live!
you don’t have to see to live, but it sure helps.
Who all are watching this with glasses
Who else come true learn english??
I wish this video was way longer.
Been wearing soft contact lenses for over 45 years. I got them as a teen. The best part of ditching glasses was that I had peripheral vision again. Woo hoo! No more “tunnel vision” through a pair of frames.
I like this sherlock holmes edit looks like
Who are here after the beatbox guy?
My glasses wear me at all times.
Morrissey used a hearing aid as a fashion statement.
Perfect video, thank you.
who ever edited this went a bit overboard on the sound effects
I’d be disabled without glasses
I don’t know if I’d say that “only” eyeglasses have become this. It’s more common than with the other that I can think of off the top of my head, but there is another: the cane.