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TEDxMillCity is an exploration of creative methods that help today's leaders gain perspective and inspire change. Graphic design legend Rick Valicenti incites us to "bring life to form," using design and technology to mediate real human presence. Rick Valicenti is the founder and design director of Thirst, a firm that has been influencing design discourse internationally since 1988. In October 2006, Rick was awarded the prestigious AIGA Medal for his sustained contribution to design excellence and the development of the profession. The medal is the highest honor of the graphic design profession. In 2004, he was awarded the AIGA Chicago Chapter Fellow, and he has been a member of AGI (Alliance Graphique Internationale) since being invited in 1996. Rick gave a presentation at 2009 Design Indaba, the world'-s largest multi-disciplinary annual conference in Cape Town, South Africa. Throughout his career, Rick has lectured across six continents including Beijing, Tokyo, Hong Kong, Singapore, Jakarta, Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur, Sydney, London, Porto, Oslo, Berlin, Florence, Toronto, and throughout the United States. His work was featured in the 2006 Triennial Design Life Now at the Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum. Selected works have also been included in the Museum of Modern Art, the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum's permanent collection and the STA Chicago Design Archive. In April 2005, a 356-page monograph on the Thirst work, "Emotion as Promotion," was published by The Monacelli Press. About TEDx, x = independently organized event In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized. (Subject to certain rules and regulations.) About TED TED is a nonprofit organization devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading. Started as a four-day conference in California 25 years ago, TED has grown to support those world-changing ideas with multiple initiatives. The annual TED Conference invites the world's leading thinkers and doers to speak for 18 minutes. Their talks are then made available, free, at TED.com. TED speakers have included Bill Gates, Al Gore, Jane Goodall, Elizabeth Gilbert, Sir Richard Branson, Nandan Nilekani, Philippe Starck, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Isabel Allende and UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown. The annual TED Conference takes place in Long Beach, California, with simulcast in Palm Springs; TEDGlobal is held each year in Oxford, UK. TED's media initiatives include TED.com, where new TEDTalks are posted daily, and the Open Translation Project, which provides subtitles and interactive transcripts as well as the ability for any TEDTalk to be translated by volunteers worldwide. TED has established the annual TED Prize, where exceptional individuals with a wish to change the world are given the opportunity to put their wishes into action; TEDx, which offers individuals or groups a way to host local, self-organized events around the world, and the TEDFellows program, helping world-changing innovators from around the globe to become part of the TED community and, with its help, amplify the impact of their remarkable projects and activities. Follow TED on Twitter at twitter.com/TEDTalks, or on Facebook at facebook.com/TED. TEDGlobal 2010, "And Now the Good News," will be held July 13-16, 2010, in Oxford, UK. TED2011, "The Rediscovery of Wonder," will be held February 28-March 4, 2011, in Long Beach, California, with the TEDActive simulcast in Palm Springs, California.