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From the Ted Talk by Paola Antonelli: Design and the Elastic Mind

Unscramble the Blue Letters

I dabble in design. I'm a cauortr of architecture and design; I happen to be at the Museum of Modern Art. But what we're going to talk about today is really design. Really good designers are like sponges: they really are curious and absorb every kind of iatfrnoomin that comes their way, and transform it so that it can be used by people like us. And so that gives me an opportunity, because every design show that I curate kind of looks at a different world. And it's gerat, because it seems like every time I caghne jobs.

Open Cloze

I dabble in design. I'm a _______ of architecture and design; I happen to be at the Museum of Modern Art. But what we're going to talk about today is really design. Really good designers are like sponges: they really are curious and absorb every kind of ___________ that comes their way, and transform it so that it can be used by people like us. And so that gives me an opportunity, because every design show that I curate kind of looks at a different world. And it's _____, because it seems like every time I ______ jobs.

Solution

  1. curator
  2. information
  3. change
  4. great

Original Text

I dabble in design. I'm a curator of architecture and design; I happen to be at the Museum of Modern Art. But what we're going to talk about today is really design. Really good designers are like sponges: they really are curious and absorb every kind of information that comes their way, and transform it so that it can be used by people like us. And so that gives me an opportunity, because every design show that I curate kind of looks at a different world. And it's great, because it seems like every time I change jobs.

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