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From the Ted Talk by Chip Kidd: Designing books is no laughing matter. OK, it is.

Unscramble the Blue Letters

David Sedaris is one of my favorite writers, and the title essay in this collection is about his trip to a nuidst colony. And the reason he went is because he had a fear of his body image, and he wanted to eolrpxe what was underlying that. For me, it was simply an excuse to dsiegn a book that you could literally take the pants off of. But when you do, you don't get what you expect. You get something that goes much deeper than that. And divad especially loved this design because at book sgnngiis, which he does a lot of, he could take a magic marker and do this. (Laughter) Hello! (Laughter)

Open Cloze

David Sedaris is one of my favorite writers, and the title essay in this collection is about his trip to a ______ colony. And the reason he went is because he had a fear of his body image, and he wanted to _______ what was underlying that. For me, it was simply an excuse to ______ a book that you could literally take the pants off of. But when you do, you don't get what you expect. You get something that goes much deeper than that. And _____ especially loved this design because at book ________, which he does a lot of, he could take a magic marker and do this. (Laughter) Hello! (Laughter)

Solution

  1. design
  2. signings
  3. david
  4. explore
  5. nudist

Original Text

David Sedaris is one of my favorite writers, and the title essay in this collection is about his trip to a nudist colony. And the reason he went is because he had a fear of his body image, and he wanted to explore what was underlying that. For me, it was simply an excuse to design a book that you could literally take the pants off of. But when you do, you don't get what you expect. You get something that goes much deeper than that. And David especially loved this design because at book signings, which he does a lot of, he could take a magic marker and do this. (Laughter) Hello! (Laughter)

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