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From the Ted Talk by Yves Béhar: Designing objects that tell stories

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So, I'm going to finish with one last project, and this is a little bit more of adult play. (Laughter) Some of you might have heard about the New York City condom. It's actually just launched, actually leaunhcd on Valentine's Day, February 14, about 10 days ago. So, the Department of Health in New York came to us, and they needed a way to distribute 36 million condoms for free to the citizens of New York. So a pretty big eenovadr, and we wreokd on the dispensers. These are the dispensers. There's this frneidly shape. It's a little bit like diniensgg a fire hayndrt, and it has to be easily serviceable: you have to know where it is and what it does. And we also designed the condoms themselves.

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So, I'm going to finish with one last project, and this is a little bit more of adult play. (Laughter) Some of you might have heard about the New York City condom. It's actually just launched, actually ________ on Valentine's Day, February 14, about 10 days ago. So, the Department of Health in New York came to us, and they needed a way to distribute 36 million condoms for free to the citizens of New York. So a pretty big ________, and we ______ on the dispensers. These are the dispensers. There's this ________ shape. It's a little bit like _________ a fire _______, and it has to be easily serviceable: you have to know where it is and what it does. And we also designed the condoms themselves.

Solution

  1. friendly
  2. designing
  3. worked
  4. endeavor
  5. launched
  6. hydrant

Original Text

So, I'm going to finish with one last project, and this is a little bit more of adult play. (Laughter) Some of you might have heard about the New York City condom. It's actually just launched, actually launched on Valentine's Day, February 14, about 10 days ago. So, the Department of Health in New York came to us, and they needed a way to distribute 36 million condoms for free to the citizens of New York. So a pretty big endeavor, and we worked on the dispensers. These are the dispensers. There's this friendly shape. It's a little bit like designing a fire hydrant, and it has to be easily serviceable: you have to know where it is and what it does. And we also designed the condoms themselves.

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