My love letter to cosplay, Adam Savage

Adam Savage makes things and builds experiments, and he uses costumes to add humor, color and clarity to the stories he tells. Tracing his lifelong love of costumes from a childhood space helmet made of an ice cream tub to a NoFace costume he wore to ComicCon Savage explores the world of cosplay and the meaning it creates for its community. We re connecting with something important inside of us, he says. The costumes are how we reveal ourselves to each TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world s leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes (or less). Look for talks on Technology, Entertainment and Design plus science, business, global issues, the arts and much more. Find closed captions and translated subtitles in many languages at Follow TED news on Twitter: Like TED on Facebook: Subscribe to our channel: