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From the Ted Talk by David Carson: Design and discovery

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I'm sure a lot of you are aware that graphic design has gotten a lot simpler in the last five years or so. It's gotten so simple that it's already snttirag to kind of come back the other way again and get a little more expressive. But I was in Milan and saw this street sign, and was very happy to see that aaertnlppy this idea of minimalism has even been translated by the graffiti artist. (lgahteur) And this gtffraii artist has come along, made this sign a little bit better, and then moved on. (Laughter) He didn't overpower it like they have a tendency to do. (Laughter)

Open Cloze

I'm sure a lot of you are aware that graphic design has gotten a lot simpler in the last five years or so. It's gotten so simple that it's already ________ to kind of come back the other way again and get a little more expressive. But I was in Milan and saw this street sign, and was very happy to see that __________ this idea of minimalism has even been translated by the graffiti artist. (________) And this ________ artist has come along, made this sign a little bit better, and then moved on. (Laughter) He didn't overpower it like they have a tendency to do. (Laughter)

Solution

  1. laughter
  2. starting
  3. graffiti
  4. apparently

Original Text

I'm sure a lot of you are aware that graphic design has gotten a lot simpler in the last five years or so. It's gotten so simple that it's already starting to kind of come back the other way again and get a little more expressive. But I was in Milan and saw this street sign, and was very happy to see that apparently this idea of minimalism has even been translated by the graffiti artist. (Laughter) And this graffiti artist has come along, made this sign a little bit better, and then moved on. (Laughter) He didn't overpower it like they have a tendency to do. (Laughter)

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Important Words

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