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From the Ted Talk by David Carson: Design and discovery
Unscramble the Blue Letters
This is a group in New York cllaed the Coalition for a Smoke-free Environment — asked me to do these posters. They were wild-posted around New York City. You can't really — well, you can't see it at all — but the second line is really the more kind of payoff, in a sense. It says, "If the cigarette companies can lie, then so can we." But — (Laughter) (Applause) — but I did. These were literally wild-posted all over New York one night, and there were definitely some heads turning, you know, people smoking and, "Huh!" (Laughter) And it was pleuprosy done to look fairly serious. It wasn't some, you know, wired gurnge type or something; it lkooed like they might be real. Anyway.
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This is a group in New York ______ the Coalition for a Smoke-free Environment — asked me to do these posters. They were wild-posted around New York City. You can't really — well, you can't see it at all — but the second line is really the more kind of payoff, in a sense. It says, "If the cigarette companies can lie, then so can we." But — (Laughter) (Applause) — but I did. These were literally wild-posted all over New York one night, and there were definitely some heads turning, you know, people smoking and, "Huh!" (Laughter) And it was _________ done to look fairly serious. It wasn't some, you know, _____ ______ type or something; it ______ like they might be real. Anyway.
Solution
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- purposely
- looked
- weird
- grunge
Original Text
This is a group in New York called the Coalition for a Smoke-free Environment — asked me to do these posters. They were wild-posted around New York City. You can't really — well, you can't see it at all — but the second line is really the more kind of payoff, in a sense. It says, "If the cigarette companies can lie, then so can we." But — (Laughter) (Applause) — but I did. These were literally wild-posted all over New York one night, and there were definitely some heads turning, you know, people smoking and, "Huh!" (Laughter) And it was purposely done to look fairly serious. It wasn't some, you know, weird grunge type or something; it looked like they might be real. Anyway.
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