Inside the swanky offices of TED, the company behind the internet's viral 18-minute talks

TED has been around since 1984, but it's only been within the last several years that the company's thought-provoking, lecture-style talks have exploded into the mainstream.

The 18-minute-or-less talks cover everything from psychology to the environment to finance to business, and they often rake in millions of views online.

All of that success originates in TED's New York City headquarters. 

The office has a 100-plus-person amphitheater, a stop-motion studio, plush viewing tents, single-person workspaces, and too many plants to count. Here's what it's like inside.

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TED occupies two floors in an office building located in New York's SoHo neighborhood. It looks into the atrium, so TED installed high-reaching plants to shield people from the view.

The company moved there in March 2016. Susan Zimmerman, TED's special projects manager, said it was a huge upgrade from the last space.

Adorning the walls are framed photographs taken by TED staff.

On the lower floor is the server room. The doors display the daily TED talk video views in real-time. Just after lunch on a recent Wednesday, the views were closing in on 1.3 million for the day.

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