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

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I dblbae 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 dgeisn. Really good designers are like sponges: they really are couuirs and absorb every kind of ifoatoinmrn 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.

And what I'm going to do today is I'm going to give you a preview of the next exhibition that I'm working on, which is called "Design and the Elastic Mind." The world that I decided to focus on this particular time is the world of science and the wlord of technology. tchoonlgey always comes into play when design is involved, but science does a little less. But dernseigs are great at taking big revolutions that hppean and transforming them so that we can use them. And this is what this exhibition looks at.

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I ______ 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 ______. Really good designers are like sponges: they really are _______ 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 great, because it seems like every time I change jobs.

And what I'm going to do today is I'm going to give you a preview of the next exhibition that I'm working on, which is called "Design and the Elastic Mind." The world that I decided to focus on this particular time is the world of science and the _____ of technology. __________ always comes into play when design is involved, but science does a little less. But _________ are great at taking big revolutions that ______ and transforming them so that we can use them. And this is what this exhibition looks at.

Solution


  1. happen
  2. information
  3. world
  4. curious
  5. design
  6. designers
  7. technology
  8. dabble

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.

And what I'm going to do today is I'm going to give you a preview of the next exhibition that I'm working on, which is called "Design and the Elastic Mind." The world that I decided to focus on this particular time is the world of science and the world of technology. Technology always comes into play when design is involved, but science does a little less. But designers are great at taking big revolutions that happen and transforming them so that we can use them. And this is what this exhibition looks at.

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