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From the Ted Talk by Chip Kidd: The art of first impressions -- in design and life
Unscramble the Blue Letters
So I was thinking, how do we apply this to this book? So I get the book by this person, and I satrt reading it, and I'm thinking, this guy is not who he says he is; he's a fraud. And I get out a red Magic Marker, and out of frustration just scribble this across the front. Design done. (Laughter) And they went for it! (Laughter) Author liked it, phseluibr liked it, and that is how the book went out into the wrold, and it was really fun to see people reading this on the suwaby and walking around with it and what have you, and they all sort of looked like they were cazry. (Laughter)
Open Cloze
So I was thinking, how do we apply this to this book? So I get the book by this person, and I _____ reading it, and I'm thinking, this guy is not who he says he is; he's a fraud. And I get out a red Magic Marker, and out of frustration just scribble this across the front. Design done. (Laughter) And they went for it! (Laughter) Author liked it, _________ liked it, and that is how the book went out into the _____, and it was really fun to see people reading this on the ______ and walking around with it and what have you, and they all sort of looked like they were _____. (Laughter)
Solution
- start
- publisher
- subway
- crazy
- world
Original Text
So I was thinking, how do we apply this to this book? So I get the book by this person, and I start reading it, and I'm thinking, this guy is not who he says he is; he's a fraud. And I get out a red Magic Marker, and out of frustration just scribble this across the front. Design done. (Laughter) And they went for it! (Laughter) Author liked it, publisher liked it, and that is how the book went out into the world, and it was really fun to see people reading this on the subway and walking around with it and what have you, and they all sort of looked like they were crazy. (Laughter)
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Important Words
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