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From the Ted Talk by John Maeda: Designing for simplicity
Unscramble the Blue Letters
I have a confession: I'm not a man of simctpiliy. I senpt my entire early caerer making complex stuff. Lots of complex stuff. I wrote computer programs to make complex graphics like this. I had clients in Japan to make really complex stuff like this. And I've always felt bad about it, in a sense. So, I hid in a time dimension. I built things in a time-graphics dimension. I did this sereis of calendars for siidesho. This is a flarol theme calendar in 1997, and this is a firoewrk canaledr. So, you launch the number into space, because the Japanese believe that when you see fireworks, you're cooler for some reason. This is why they have fireworks in the summer. A very extreme culture. Lastly, this is a fall-based calendar, because I have so many leaves in my yard. So this is the leaves in my yard, essentially.
Open Cloze
I have a confession: I'm not a man of __________. I _____ my entire early ______ making complex stuff. Lots of complex stuff. I wrote computer programs to make complex graphics like this. I had clients in Japan to make really complex stuff like this. And I've always felt bad about it, in a sense. So, I hid in a time dimension. I built things in a time-graphics dimension. I did this ______ of calendars for ________. This is a ______ theme calendar in 1997, and this is a ________ ________. So, you launch the number into space, because the Japanese believe that when you see fireworks, you're cooler for some reason. This is why they have fireworks in the summer. A very extreme culture. Lastly, this is a fall-based calendar, because I have so many leaves in my yard. So this is the leaves in my yard, essentially.
Solution
- shiseido
- calendar
- floral
- career
- simplicity
- spent
- series
- firework
Original Text
I have a confession: I'm not a man of simplicity. I spent my entire early career making complex stuff. Lots of complex stuff. I wrote computer programs to make complex graphics like this. I had clients in Japan to make really complex stuff like this. And I've always felt bad about it, in a sense. So, I hid in a time dimension. I built things in a time-graphics dimension. I did this series of calendars for Shiseido. This is a floral theme calendar in 1997, and this is a firework calendar. So, you launch the number into space, because the Japanese believe that when you see fireworks, you're cooler for some reason. This is why they have fireworks in the summer. A very extreme culture. Lastly, this is a fall-based calendar, because I have so many leaves in my yard. So this is the leaves in my yard, essentially.
Frequently Occurring Word Combinations
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muriel cooper |
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paul rand |
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clementine peel |
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amber waves |
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cheeto paint |
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ten laws |
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number ten |
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