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From the Ted Talk by Eames Demetrios: The design genius of Charles + Ray Eames

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Charles and Ray, they didn't obsess about style for it's own sake. They didn't say, "Our style is curves. Let's make the house cuvry." They didn't say, "Our style is grids. Let's make the chair griddy." They focused on the need. They tried to solve the design problem. Charles used to say, "The eenxtt to which you have a design sltye is the extent to which you have not solved the design problem." It's kind of a brutal quote. This is the eleriar design of that house. And again, they managed to figure out a way to make a prototype of a huose — architecture, very expensive medium.

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Charles and Ray, they didn't obsess about style for it's own sake. They didn't say, "Our style is curves. Let's make the house _____." They didn't say, "Our style is grids. Let's make the chair griddy." They focused on the need. They tried to solve the design problem. Charles used to say, "The ______ to which you have a design _____ is the extent to which you have not solved the design problem." It's kind of a brutal quote. This is the _______ design of that house. And again, they managed to figure out a way to make a prototype of a _____ — architecture, very expensive medium.

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  1. house
  2. curvy
  3. earlier
  4. extent
  5. style

Original Text

Charles and Ray, they didn't obsess about style for it's own sake. They didn't say, "Our style is curves. Let's make the house curvy." They didn't say, "Our style is grids. Let's make the chair griddy." They focused on the need. They tried to solve the design problem. Charles used to say, "The extent to which you have a design style is the extent to which you have not solved the design problem." It's kind of a brutal quote. This is the earlier design of that house. And again, they managed to figure out a way to make a prototype of a house — architecture, very expensive medium.

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